HDMI Cable - Silver or Gold ?

Antispam

They did a review of these on gadget show some months back. Using top of the rang tv's running side by said a cheap hdmi cable and a expensive one. They couldnt tell the difference

Dont waste your money

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Biggest_Mint wrote: »

Basically, get a gold one if you want *even better* picture quality. It may be a bit more expensive now, but in the long run, when everything does migrate to 1080p instead of 720, you'll be ahead of the game.

Utter twaddle, broadcasting will never, in the foreseeable future go to 1080p.


A gold plated HDMI Cable has no benefit over a standard one, it fits in to a nickel plated socket, so it could be argued that it is actually worse than a standard nickel plated cable.

Conor_3

Biggest_Mint wrote: »

Basically, get a gold one if you want *even better* picture quality. It may be a bit more expensive now, but in the long run, when everything does migrate to 1080p instead of 720, you'll be ahead of the game.

Do you agree that a gold plated optical cable is better than a normal one?

OK_Sauce

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Phantom_Flan_Flinger

RedShark wrote: »

Might be worth you reading this article from Cnet about HDMI cables before paying over the odds for one. I had an expensive cable to start with which I managed to damage when fitting new skirting boards, I bought a cheap one after that and haven't noticed any difference.

http://reviews!!!!et.com/hdmi-cable/?!!!!!rb_content;rb_mtx

MSE seem to block links to CNET. You'll have to go to the website yourself and search for HDMI.

chunter

did I see some test on the Gadget Show this year and their conclusion was that there was absolutely no difference..
http://www.avforums.com/forums/sky-hd/761446-gadget-show-hdmi-cable-comparison.html

Conor_3

You do need a high speed one though if going over 720p as my mate found out this week when it'd drop the picture for every 2 out of 3 seconds wehen using the blu-ray player at 1080p.

Marty_J

Biggest_Mint wrote: »

Basically, get a gold one if you want *even better* picture quality. It may be a bit more expensive now, but in the long run, when everything does migrate to 1080p instead of 720, you'll be ahead of the game.

Silver is a better conductor of electricity than gold. So is copper for that matter. The supposed advantage of gold connectors is that they don't tarnish.

Not that it makes any difference in an HDMI cable.

almillar

So after firmly establishing that the signal is digital and there's no benefit in buying expensive cables, now it seems that there are fast and slow cables. Is it any wonder people get confused?!

westy23

I have two of these from play.
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/6014127/Synn-HDMI-1-3b-Professional-Quality-Cable-1-5-Metres/ProductReviews.html
they are excellent for £7.99 and support 1080i and 1080p and all other standards.
am using them on a panasonic 37 lcd 100hz and a ps3 BRILLIANT.