Belkin PureAV AV21000-12 12-Foot Component Video Cable

by Belkin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 x 4 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001VWILM
• Item model number: AV21000-12
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 7, 2005

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Using advanced engineering methods and the highest-quality materials, these 12-foot PureAV Component Video Cables isolate your signal from interference to deliver brighter, more accurate colors and sharper detail from your components.

The ideal solution for HDTV and progressive-scan DVD players, Component Video separates color into its primary components using three cables to transmit three distinct signals. This provides brighter, more accurate colors and sharper detail, exceeding the performance of Composite and S-Video.

Product Description

Belkin AV21000-12 Component Video Cable 12Ft. 24k Gold RCA Connectors

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "BEST BUY" step to the side!, March 14, 2009

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George A. Sites (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin PureAV AV21000-12 12-Foot Component Video Cable (Electronics)

The "Pure/AV" component video cables by Belkin are extremely high quality. As an electrical engineer with many years of experience I feel I have the experience to make this judgment. I have been using Belkin cables in my designs for over 30 years and have never had a problem.

These cables have heavy gauge wire with gold plated connectors. The beauty of the gold plated RCA connectors is they resist corrosion and offer a lower resistance connection which reduces electrical losses and helps produce a higher quality picture. Heavy gauge wire minimizes any electrical losses associated with the video signal strength.

Why buy from Amazon instead of Best Buy or another electronics retailer is simple. Cables and other accessories are "add on" purchases for people buying electronic gear. In other words, you buy them because you need them. Consider this, you researched and just purchased a new Blue Ray player at the best deal you could find and need cables. You pay whatever the store asks for the the cables without shopping around. The cables and other accessories are high profit sales for these stores and there is no difference in the quality of the cable from what you find on Amazon.

You ask why not purchase "Monster" cables. Again the answer is simple. Copper wire is copper wire and as long as you are using the gold plated connectors and the same gauge of cable, the results should be the same. The video signal is low and the larger cable makes little difference in performance. However for audio cables, using larger cables will result in better sounding audio due to the signals being of a much larger magnitude and the electrical losses associated with a smaller gauge wire would be greater resulting in poorer sound.

The best issue with buying this from Amazon vs. Best Buy or another electronic store is the price. This compares easily to the $58.00 cables available at Best Buy and Wal-Mart and will provide essentially the same performance as the $89.00 cables available from the same stores.

Clearly a fantastic buy and if you bundle it with a DVD or Blue Ray of approximately $6.00 you will receive free shipping. One more thing, the cable has a life-time warranty. You just cannot beat this deal.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works exactly as advertised, inexpensive, August 12, 2008

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Hans Kessock (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin PureAV AV21000-12 12-Foot Component Video Cable (Electronics)

Not much to say really. Right mix of flexibility and shielding. Oh, don't forget that you probably need the accompanying audio cables if you're getting these component video cables ;).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well made, works great, August 23, 2007

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Andras (Queens, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Belkin PureAV AV21000-12 12-Foot Component Video Cable (Electronics)

An excellent value. Beautifully packaged and made. Woks great, the picture is perfect. This cable is flat (not round) because the 3 cables that make it up are molded side-by-side.