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HDMI cable - how much to pay for one?

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  • Lil306
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    DatabaseError wrote: »
    Not been covered? crubbs, I remember an extensive thread about his not long ago.
    General consensus is/was, digital signal is..er..digital, 0s and 1s, they either pass down the cable or don't, rubbing a £1 cable in snake oil doesn't make it worth £50.

    ..so..cheaper the better :)

    Yep, agreed. I remember the exact same thread or I may have read it on the t'interweb

    As mentioned above, the concensus was a £1 cable works just as well as a £100 cable
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  • Eric_Pisch
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    Lil306 wrote: »
    Yep, agreed. I remember the exact same thread or I may have read it on the t'interweb

    As mentioned above, the concensus was a £1 cable works just as well as a £100 cable

    when i had my tv isf calibrated we hooked it up with a £90 lead, a £3 ebay lead and the 50p sky hd lead which is not even gold coloured ;)

    they made no difference to the results
  • kwikbreaks
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    JasX wrote: »
    ....oh yes, my same work colleague recently confessed to having not one but TWO £110 'kettle' type mains plug leads he bought for his sound system, even he is embarassed about that one with hindsight :p
    Well I doubt they'll help the sound system by any measurable degree but I have heard that using a braided kettle lead when boiling water improves the flavour of some good teas - not that nasty cheap "builders" tea naturally.
  • jayme1
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    as others have said HDMI is digital so all it does is transport zeros and ones so therefore it either does that or doesnt, no spending of £10, £50 or £500 is ever going to change that so just buy the utter cheapest you can find, esp for lengths below 5m above that it changes
  • marleyboy
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    gan-gan wrote: »
    A 5m cable in PC World is £91......fools.
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  • marleyboy
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    JasX wrote: »
    ....oh yes, my same work colleague recently confessed to having not one but TWO £110 'kettle' type mains plug leads he bought for his sound system, even he is embarassed about that one with hindsight :p
    :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
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  • mttylad
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    I use the poundland ones, I cannot see any problem with them apart from being limited to 1m long.

    I have several spares just in case one ever develops a fault.
  • funkycoldribena
    funkycoldribena Posts: 788 Forumite
    Hows about this one?
    http://www.futureshop.co.uk/wireworld-platinum-starlight-hdmi-to-hdmi-cable-20m-p-3479.html
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  • infomonkey
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    Ok thats just obscene.

    Almost as bad as the "monster" ethernet cable which has "directional markings" on the plastic case to help the data along ...

    Sorry its Denon not monster
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9967991-1.html
  • Richie-from-the-Boro
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    funkycoldribena wrote: »
    Hows about this one?
    http://www.futureshop.co.uk/wireworld-platinum-starlight-hdmi-to-hdmi-cable-20m-p-3479.html

    - plus delivery I suppose ! :T
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