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Cables and reception, with construction described

What they actually do

Audio and video connection accessories, and reception equipment.

The limit no cable escapes

Toslink carries stereo PCM and compressed 5.1. It cannot carry Dolby Atmos or lossless formats, whatever the cable is made of — that is a limit of the standard, not of the product, and these pages say so.

Every OEHLBACH part we have reviewed

  • Oehlbach Scope Vision 5G active DVB-T2 aerial in white

    OEHLBACH Scope Vision 5G active DVB-T2 HD aerial

    A 5G filter and a low-noise amplifier — and a maker that tells you to check whether you need a roof aerial before buying this one at all.

    Design
    Active indoor aerial — stated
    Filter
    5G filter against interference sources — stated
    Amplifier
    Low-noise, described by the maker as improved over the previous model
    Power
    Any USB port (television or PC), or the supplied mains adapter — stated
    Cable
    1.8 m, with 24 K gold-plated contacts — stated
    Colour
    White — stated
    Maker's advice
    Run a DVB-T2 reception check to establish whether a roof, outdoor or indoor aerial is needed — stated
    Stated gain in dB
    Not published in this listing
    Amazon reference
    B0B7BH6W33 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4003635172353
    • A 5G filter, which addresses the newest and fastest-growing source of interference
    • A low-noise amplifier, which is the specification that matters more than raw gain
    • A 1.8 m cable is the shortest here, which limits where the aerial can go

    Best for: A location with mobile-network interference, close enough to the television for a short cable.

    ≈ £46 / 43 €
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  • Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto 300 optical cable with metal Toslink connectors

    OEHLBACH Hyper Profi Opto 300, 3 m

    Metal ferrules instead of plastic, a published data rate, and a format list that stops at what Toslink genuinely carries.

    Length
    3 m — stated
    Connectors
    Metal Toslink connectors — stated
    Stated transfer rate
    Up to 75 Mbit/s — stated
    Formats stated
    Dolby Digital, DTS, DVD Audio and LPCM — stated
    Jacket
    Flexible, durable — stated
    Colour
    Black — stated
    Formats the standard allows
    Stereo PCM and compressed 5.1 — matching what this maker claims
    Amazon reference
    B00007ELUA (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4003635060834
    • Metal Toslink connectors, where the whole shelf uses plastic — and the ferrule is what breaks
    • A published transfer rate, which nothing else on this shelf gives
    • Several times the price of every other optical cable here, for a standard whose ceiling nobody can raise

    Best for: A permanent installation where the cable will be plugged and unplugged, and the ferrule has to survive it.

    ≈ £43 / 36 €
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