I have a drawer full of cables. Mainly component cables, SCART cables, vga cables and old phone chargers.

As you can imagine most of the av cables are from old freeview boxes, video recorders etc.

Can i throw them away as technology has moved rapidly. I dont think i will ever use these standard cables as everything is hdmi now.

Throw or keep? Is there any sale value?

I had the same dilemma. I chose to keep one or two of each style of cable and throw the rest out (I gave them to a charity that recycles them).

I would also recommend using a coat hanger to hang the shorter cables on a wall. Which should save space.

Little or no sale value now that technology has moved on to one or two standardised connectors - HDMI for AV and USB (and its variants) for computers - with the exception of Apple who intent to continue to fleece consumers who buy i-tat by ensuring their kit has different connectors and therefore ensuring the add-ons are overpriced as well .

I was the same, until I finally got rid of SCART in my AV set-up. But I still keep my optical cables (4), I don't use them anymore, but my AV receiver does have an optical connection, so can't bring my self to throw them out just yet. Phone chargers I do keep, as you find things that need, mini, micro usb cables all the time. I've just got rid of my 32 pin apple cables as I don't have any need for those now.

I still use SCART cables to provide a secondary audio link to my wireless headphones via a SCART switch box so I can be listening to one thing while watching another.

Have got rid of my stash of DIN leads... 3 pin, 5 pin, 7 pin, 3 to 5 pin etc. Thank God that era is gone!

Throw. Naturally within a fortnight there will be that "oh, I need that *whatever* cable; but 99.9% chance you can buy it off ebay for less than a quid - or even a decent charity shop.

I've also got a holdall full of cables and old mains leads in the garage. Of course, these days one has USB leads and mobile chargers with leads and so on.

I like the idea of the coat-hanger (koantemplation). USB leads and the like can be a pain to pack when you're going away. For these I make good use of the elastic bands that postmen drop on their walks. Not bought an elastic band since I retired.

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Put them in a carrier bag in the loft, if after a year you haven't used them put the bag in the bin.

These are exactly the sort of things that I would keep for years and years