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Replacement Plasma Cord, Shielding???

I want a longer Power cord for my 58 inch Sammy plasma. The only HDMI it touches is the one that goes from tv to processor, so not the source hdmi cables. Therefore no audio is going to tv obviously.

The one that came with the tv is a 6 foot shielded right angle cord. I went to my local parts store (u do it electronics) and they have the right angle cord but it is not Shielded and it is not UL listed i believe. Not sure if either of these matter???

Should I be getting a Shield power cord??? The gentleman at the store claimed it would not make a difference, not sure if he realized my set up of course.

If so does anyone have an suggestions for a right angle shielded option??? RAM had some custom made ones and it would run aprox 60-80 with shipping. Am I pushing it with the one from the local store??

thanks all,

David
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I had the chance to try a very high end power cord, used for my stereo on my Plasma TV. The cord, Dream State "Epic" is not shielded, and I was using it just to burn it in.

The result of a high end cord surprised me, the colors were quite noticeably brighter, richer and deeper. The image was much sharper with better definition.

Once the cord was burned in, I took it off and when back to the stock cord. It took two days for me to not "need" a high end cord on my TV, the point of this response is two fold.

First power cords appear to matter, and it might be worth looking into a custom made cord. Two shielding was not an issue.
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