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HDMI cable Mystery – Why are HDMI cables so expensive?
What is the difference between professional cable HDMI cable, and those really expensive HDMI cables at the big retail stores? Is there a quality difference? Do I need to be careful of poor quality HDMI cables?
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#2 written by dtsmucker 1 year ago
Shush now. There is no need for you to loose yer temper. You say you “work with hdtv’s all the time”. I’m guessing you work for Dixons or Argos or some other “shop”. If I threw a few issues at you, regarding the differences between interlaced and progressive images, and their shortcomings/benefits. Veiwing distances regarding screen size and chroma/luminance cross talk/ jitter with DVD>blu-ray..
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#4 written by docwisdom 1 year ago
I will agree that cheap cables work just as well as the expensive ones, but if you run into a situation where your content demands a high bandwidth HDMI 1.3 to transmit all of its data completely and your cable is inferior, you will run into blocking and breakup issues.
If you plug it in and it works, great. If its blocking and freezing all over the place, you need a better cable.
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#5 written by lilsuprano 1 year ago
I work with HDTVs all the time too, and you’re way off. An LED TV would not need any different HDMI cable than an LCD TV because they are effectively the same, the only thing that is different is the backlighting.
Secondly, for an HDMI cable to be made, as long as it is certified, it will perform as good as any other. So they’re all the same. Monster is made better and has a lifetime warranty, but the picture wont be any different at all.
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#25 written by 10CentHead 1 year ago
Close, but not 100% correct. the 1.3 testing standard is actually an “on purpose” worst case scenario. A weak signal is used for the eye-pattern testing. There’s no true “1080p compliant” spec. That has more to do with cable length. I’ve seen cables that have not passed the 1.3a or 1.3b testing still pass a 1080p signal flawlessly.
Also, you don’t need a special or new cable for 3D… existing cables still work just fine unless your gear requires the optional ethernet connection.
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Wow. You’ve just redefined the concept of digital.
Maybe you should get some real expensive USB cables too, I hear the picture is friggin awesome when you connect a hdd with a Supra USB to your bloody Xbox.
It’s only $200 and it ships with a laser beam picture enhancement thingy and 16 shields.
Works on iPods too (!).
Duh.