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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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about 1 month ago
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.
about 1 month 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..
about 1 month ago
this is true. i hate everytime a friend buys some expensive cable, cuz he didn’t know and it’s to late to return
about 1 month 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.
about 1 month 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.
about 1 month ago
i don’t get it what he means by some hdmi cables might not work why the hell is that ?
about 1 month ago
@lilsuprano I agree, I’d also like to just say that a lifetime warranty on a cable is just ridiculous, by the time it wears out it will be obsolete anyways.
about 1 month ago
HDMI cables are expensive because people that don’t look outside the box buy them from electronic stores.. If people looked online & bought cheaper hdmi cables the prices in stores would come down..
about 1 month ago
haha i could get 1 for free no problem.!
about 1 month ago
they should sell them included with the price of the tv and then there wouldn’t be should a problem.
about 1 month ago
@ST33N0wnz only morons buy monster cables
about 1 month ago
i get a 6 footer from amozon for 3 bucks same exact one at radioshack its 50 bucks
about 1 month ago
@rpm2004 and since when does a cable wear out.. LOL Only cables you put in and out every day.. Exactly. And i don’t need warranty on my 2.99 euro cable.
about 1 month ago
is it true that one specific hdmi cable is only good for a certain size of hdtv you lets say an hdmi cable was ment for big tvs and you tried it on a small tv would it work? or is there no such thing REPLY ASAP
about 1 month ago
No. HDMI cables will work with any size TV. The only news to this information is that HDMI 1.4V is now out and it will be used for 3D TV and HDMI over Ethernet. Otherwise, HDMI 1.3V is still sufficient for any size TV, monitor, or projector.
about 1 month ago
@Dilekz Yeah, seriously and the process you have to go through to get it replaced (sending it in, filling out paperwork et cetera) is so much of a hassle it’s just so much easier to buy a new one.
about 1 month ago
But Philips HDMI cables from Wal-Mart. They work great and are inexpensive. Got four HDMI cables for under 100 dollars.
about 1 month ago
You can also get these at whatacable. com.
about 1 month ago
You can also get these at whatacable. com.
about 1 month ago
Every type of Monster Cables are overrated and aren’t special. The same is with their guitar cables, their top-of-the-line guitar cable is $110! I have cheap $10 cables and they sound just fine to me.
about 1 month ago
Wow dude, your probley broke
about 1 month ago
I just saw a 5m cable in Harvy Norman in Australia for $699!
about 1 month ago
i got a 6 foot hdmi from amazon.com for 2.33$ + free shipping
about 1 month ago
lol i got a 12 feet for 10$
about 1 month 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.