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Old 29-03-2014, 21:09   #24
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Re: HDMI cables: Free? & price v quality.

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Originally Posted by Taf View Post
Corrosion happens whenever 2 disimilar metals are in contact, gold is inert so prevents the corrosion, even if the other contact is not gold.
So by that reckoning using gold contacts on the cable would result in corrosion on the non gold (and so dissimilar) contacts on the tv or stb???
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