Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1586 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Fanatec
• Released on: 2007-03-30
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Manufacturer's Description
Providing high detail pictures and bright colour sharpness even with standard TV's this anti-corrosive cable features gold plated contacts for ideal signal quality. The cable includes solid copper wires with multiple shielding with strong ferrit core to filter all external interfering signals. The cable is warp resistant and fail safe constructed with a heavy duty all metal scart plug. 2m cable length.

Customer Reviews

Recommended for Gamers, not for movie buffs
As a long time hi-fi lover, I have no problem grappling with the idea of upgrading the bundled cables of my gadgets. With no Official product on the scene this is the best built one I've found - very well made - though does it really need to be 2m long? There are other scart leads around from 'toy' shops with gaming areas but not all are RGB - which gives the best signal via SCART on a standard TV.

I have a nice quality Loewe 32in CRT telly; the PS3 menus and home environment are much easier to follow - darker backgrounds and crisper text - instantly noticeable. The games are much clearer, brighter and sharper too - with nicely saturated colours. Again a big, noticeable improvement, which is even more apparent if you leave it in for a bit, and then switch back to the original PS3 composite lead - then see what you're missing.

Obviously, make sure you're using an RGB supported scart socket on the telly - only 2 of my 3 scart sockets are RGB and you have to specify this in the set-up menu of the telly. And make sure the PS3 is also synced.

PROBLEM.... Like others here, playing BluRay discs gives you the monochrome green screen - so you'll need to swap over to the old PS3 cable and go composite - not much point buying Blurays in other words... as my old DVD player is RGB scarted too.

HOWEVER, I have since managed to get the Loewe to display better colour on BluRays via this cable when setting it to YUC with a sync to YC - not exactly sure what this is but it looks better than composite - probably S-video quality, as the images are brighter and sharper than with just the old PS3 lead. Hopefully someone will post some tips to getting Blurays to work with this. Sadly, this setting wont work for the PS3 games - so you will have to switch back and forth.

As it's not much hassle switching modes on the TV set-up, I'm keeping the cable installed for Games and just switch to the other mode on the telly when i want to watch the one Blu-Ray disc I own.

For Games it's a definite best buy... very close to how the PS3 looks on my small LCD via HDMI - which is very good news for those with last generation hi-end CRT tellys.

Best choice for standard def TV
Certainly gives a noticable improvment
over supplied composite lead - deeper
blacks, more vivid colours and generally
sharper picture.

Word of warning - Don't buy if you intend
to watch DVDs on a standard def TV - you'll
get a green monochrome picture. This is
a PS3 hardware design flaw rather than a fault
with the cable itself. Doesn't affect games

Hmm. Not impressed.
If like me, you simply can't afford a HDTV, and want the next best thing, buying this premium scart cable, with its fantastic reviews it has recieved, seems a must buy. But for me, it wasn't. I have a Sony WEGA 32" widescreen telly, which was the latest, greatest thing when i got it 3 an a half yrs ago, then just my luck, HD appeared on the scene. I was full of anticipation, and sure the picture would improve noticably after reading these other rave reviews, but sadly, it looks EXACTLY THE SAME. Ive swapped and compared it with the original composite leads, and it's no improvement or any worse. The ps3 menus, motorstorm, fifa 08, dvds, ive tried them all, and simply can't see any difference. I changed the display settings accordingly. Nothing. Very disappointing for me.