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Must Haves: Essential Power Cables for Optimal Performance

A great place to start your cable upgrades is with power cables. By introducing a good quality power cable from the wall socket to a power block, there can be a noticed increase in performance of all equipment powered by that block. With even more power cables added to each and every socket, there can be a more complete cleaner set-up which can be noticed almost immediately. Here are our top picks when it comes to power cables: (Continue reading...)

Futureshop 4 September 2019 6 min

Must Haves: Mains Power Blocks for Optimal Performance

Mains Power Blocks are a great addition to any electrical equipment connected up within your house. The power you receive and travel around your houses nowadays are not of the same quality as in the past and with higher energy requirements now, this power is spread thinly affecting the performance of certain products, e.g. Hifi and TVs. There are however products that can clean, condition and isolate the power that you do use. (Continue reading...)

Futureshop 4 September 2019 6 min

Must Haves: USB Cables

Nowadays where there are clusters of power cables and connections all around, digital signals can be susceptible to interference which will degrade the signal being received at point B. There are however many USB cables made to carry signals less susceptible for various lengths and actually improve what will be seen or heard. Here is what we think you need to consider for that important upgrade: (Continue reading...)

Futureshop 7 August 2019 6 min

Must Haves: - Our Top Picks of Essential HDMI Cables

Newer HDMI cables run a specification called HDMI 2.0 that improves the limit of the bandwidth they can carry and allows higher resolution signals to be sent from your sources to your TV. On top of improving the conductors in HDMI cables, there is also an improvement on shielding and protection to prevent the signal being interfered with by nearby power cables and power supplies. We have compiled a list of HDMI cables that we recommend for being must-haves: (Continue reading...)

Futureshop 6 February 2019 5 min

Must Haves: Top Ethernet Cable Picks for Superior Connectivity

Ethernet Cables are becoming increasingly more popular with the increase of streamers and streaming services for audiovisual distribution. By using higher performance level ethernet cables within networked situations, there can be a noticed increase in the quality of audio and visual being streamed due to better shielding preventing interference and more conductive materials being used within. Here are our top picks that will help you to delve into improving your streaming experiences: (Continue reading...)

Futureshop 2 January 2019 7 min

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