Expensive vs. Inexpensive HDMI

[heky]

Guys, it is not all black and white with HDMI. Quality does matter.
Digital transmission includes error correction. If you get more errors than the error correction can handle, then you get data corruption, such as intermittent specks on the display. Way too many errors and you lose the link. In other words, an HDMI link isn't all-or-nothing. This is true of data cables in general - you can receive corrupt data over an Ethernet cable without losing the link.
So i would just stay shy of the really cheap cables, and the really expensive ones too(rip-offs).

 

[HookeyStreet]

http://www.needledoctor.com/Audioquest-Diamond-HDMI-Cable-with-Ethernet

835$ for 0.6M, 1800$ for 3M!!! so cheap

BARGAIN! I will take 3

Guys, it is not all black and white with HDMI. Quality does matter.
Digital transmission includes error correction. If you get more errors than the error correction can handle, then you get data corruption, such as intermittent specks on the display. Way too many errors and you lose the link. In other words, an HDMI link isn't all-or-nothing. This is true of data cables in general - you can receive corrupt data over an Ethernet cable without losing the link.
So i would just stay shy of the really cheap cables, and the really expensive ones too(rip-offs).

Yep, hence you can't go wrong with a decent quality 1.3b/1.4a £10 HDMI cable

Something like this is usually good enough: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2M-PROMO-HDMI...uting_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item35af453cf6

 

[heky]

BARGAIN! I will take 3



Yep, hence you can't go wrong with a decent quality 1.3b/1.4a £10 HDMI cable

Thats right! Just dont buy those 3$ cables.

 

[Mussels]

ya know, bumblebee... why do you keep making posts, only to delete them?

 

[BumbleBee]

sometimes I say things I shouldn't.

 

[n-ster]

sometimes I say things I shouldn't.

I type up my posts, then think if I really want to post them before clicking post, half the time I don't and I don't post my post. I'd have like 10K posts if I posted all my posts lol

 

[BumbleBee]

I do too but I work long hours and sometimes make mistakes. can we not turn this into let's pick on bumblebee?

 

[n-ster]

I do too but I work long hours and sometimes make mistakes. can we not turn this into let's pick on bumblebee?

naa don't take it like that lol, as just sharing my experience. I feel like a dork when I write posts completely before realizing I might embarrass myself by posting it or whatnot instead of knowing beforehand and not waste my time typing

On topic though, who would buy a 1900$ 3M HDMI cable?

 

[Frick]

Guys, it is not all black and white with HDMI. Quality does matter.
Digital transmission includes error correction. If you get more errors than the error correction can handle, then you get data corruption, such as intermittent specks on the display. Way too many errors and you lose the link. In other words, an HDMI link isn't all-or-nothing. This is true of data cables in general - you can receive corrupt data over an Ethernet cable without losing the link.
So i would just stay shy of the really cheap cables, and the really expensive ones too(rip-offs).

/thread. Not much else to say rally. ^^

 

[MilkyWay]

i dont understand why you need a different cable for 1.4a? why would a video cable need ethernet ive seen a cable with "Ethernet Channel and Audio Return"? these are the newest cables for 3D

ive never seen how an expensive cable makes 1s and 0s look better

as for distance i imagine anything over 15m and you get delays or something which might cause artifacts because not all the data arrives at the same physically menaing some of the data is missing

 

[MoonPig]

Why does this thread have 59 replies?

It should be answered in the first reply. Digital, their all the same.

 

[MilkyWay]

Any cable can get errors, i dont understand where this thread is going really?

 

[Mussels]

Why does this thread have 59 replies?

It should be answered in the first reply. Digital, their all the same.

because HDMI cables, like ethernet cables, have range limits.


also, theres annoying regular speed (720p) and high speed (1080p) cables (which i got fecked over with), and the crap with HDMI 1.3/1.4 cables supposedly adding more pins for ethernet and such.

 

[MoonPig]

I bought me a £4.50 5m HDMI cable for my PC to 1080p TV and it works perfect. Not a single issue when watching TV or gaming.

I'd never spend more than £10 on a HDMI cable, and even then it'd have to me 15m+

 

[Mussels]

I bought me a £4.50 5m HDMI cable for my PC to 1080p TV and it works perfect. Not a single issue when watching TV or gaming.

I'd never spend more than £10 on a HDMI cable, and even then it'd have to me 15m+

i've bought dozens of cheap M cables with zero problems, but once you pass 5M, the cheap ones all crap out at 1080p.

hence, everyones advice at getting something in the middle price wise.

 

[Ptep]

havent you guys heard? Monster cables hdmi cables are the very best! Really good value for money too, makes the picture look better also!!

/endheavysarcasm

I worked as an installer and engineer for Bang & Olufsen many years ago, and at that time we regularly used cheap unbranded HDMI cables without any issues - the only time we had problems with cheap cables was on long runs. Some of the houses we worked in were so large we had no choice but to use optical HDMI which was serious money at the time - makes those Audioquest Vodka cables look positively cheap

 

[BumbleBee]

i dont understand why you need a different cable for 1.4a? why would a video cable need ethernet ive seen a cable with "Ethernet Channel and Audio Return"? these are the newest cables for 3D

ive never seen how an expensive cable makes 1s and 0s look better

as for distance i imagine anything over 15m and you get delays or something which might cause artifacts because not all the data arrives at the same physically menaing some of the data is missing

the ethernet protocol in HDMI 1.4a allows all the components you have connected to your television or receiver to access the internet instead of having to connect a separate ethernet cable to each component or using WiFi adapters.

 

[MilkyWay]

I just cant see needing to spend over £15 on a cable because even those ethernet HDMI you can get for around £10.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XM73P2/?tag=tec06d-20
Thats a 25ft cable for $11.99 USD with ethernet ect

http://www.amazon.co_uk/dp/B003NTKOQK/?tag=tec053-21
10m cable with ethernet £10.97

EDIT: Thanks for the info on ethernet.

 

[v12dock]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240

There cables are very high quality

 

[CJCerny]

My recommendation is to buy the cheapest HDMI cables you can find on eBay. In general, they work just fine, especially when you just have short runs (1-3 meters). They also work with all revs. of HDMI. There is no physical difference between a HDMI 1.0 cable and a HDMI 1.4 cable--they are completely identical. The differences in the different revisions lie in the signalling chips at either end.

If one or more of the cables you buy doesn't work, you're out like $7. Big deal. If they all do work, then you'll be totally pleased with yourself for not spending a lot of money on cables.

 

[freaksavior]

Only adding my two cents because I can.

I've used
Monster
Mono Price
Blue Jean
AudioQuest
Rocket Fish
Phillips
Have I seen a difference in any of them? Nope, I only bought the AudioQuest cable because I needed the short hdmi plugs unlike rocketfish. I bought rocket fish all the time because I got them for $5.

 

[Laurijan]

I was shocked when I had to buy a HDMI-HMDI cable for a guy I helped with installing his new 42" LCD-TV.
I needed the cable just for connecting the PC to the TV so that he could play poker on the TV for example.
The biggest Supermarket in that area the guy lived in had HDMI-HDMI cables for about 40€ - 80€ or something.
The salesman that showed me where the cable were got a "nice" reaction from me and left as fast as I could to a bit more far away electronics gigant in Finland and got the cable I wanted for like 10€
So wisdom of this story is: They screw you off TOTALLY if you let them.

 

[Frederik S]

There is no difference they can all transmit the signal they are designed for. Things to watch for is the termination and strain reliefs if you have a screen you move around alot.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Because I didn't see this image already, it should explain it to you. I have posted it at least 5 times in HDMI threads.

TL;DR: Get the cheapest one you can buy.

 

[DanishDevil]

Don't be a douche nozzle!