If you saw my previous post on "Ground Loop Isolation" for Audio. WELL now I have it on video. My latop is connected via a VGA (15 pin) connector to my TV. When the video is on it has some small horizontal wobble and waves that move throughout the screen when displayed on my 55" Sony Bravia. I isolated the problem by UNPLUGGING my laptop and the lines go away. SO I immediately know that it is a power issue and a RF spill into the video signal disrupting the quality of the video. NOW there really isn't a DIY thing for this . SINCE the VGA connection is 1/2 inch from the power input it is hard to separate the two the minimum of 12 inches to reduce the interference. SO now I need a "Video Ground Loop Isolator". I looked online and they want from $97 to $350 for one. HOLY MOLY. thats a lot. TOO much in fact. SO I decided to try the next best thing. I will publish and update when I finish installing it but here is the solution. A FERRITE CHOKE. Yes this is a clip on round barrel that allows the cable to go through it then any spilling RF is trapped by the choke. Sounds simple BUT will it work. I will post a video and what this looks like shortly. Here is a link to what I am talking about. http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=ferrite%20choke&origkw=ferrite+choke&sr=1
UPDATE: So I purchased this yesterday and tried it out. It minimized the video disruption a little. I put the ferrite barrel on the POWER cord first then on the VIDEO cable. It seemed to work best on the video cable. I will still be looking but this may have been an acceptable solution. If I find something better I will post it.

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