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Best Powercord for a TV?

Hello everyone,

So my question is whats a good powercord for a tv? I recently upgraded my LCD TV and plasma tv with Richard gray powercords and they actually made the picture worse compared to the stock cord.

I had a ps audio powercord and a old transparent cable powercord that I tried as well and although they where better than the Richard gray, the picture quality was not that good.

For some reason the powercords made the black color look weak and choppy.

Are newer tvs made differently than older ones? I remember upgrading my plasma tv years ago with a transparent powercord and it made one hell of a difference.
Any suggestions?
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What is it about surge protectors make the LCD
picture quality look so bad? Because that doesn't happen with my Plasma. I am still in shock to finding this out....
I agree with that statement and in my own experience had similar degradation with my Panasonic Plasma from surge protector.

Power cord did make a difference on mine, not as big as the HDMI cable but certainly visible. Due to length and cost of good audiophile cable I instead choose Belden 19364 shielded and added my own connectors.

Nice upgrade and cost consummate to the value of my TV.
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