SONY 4320P HDMI cable RRP£52 *ONLY £14.99*

DuWolf

Yeah I saw 4320P and thought !!!!!! ....

read a bit more up on it and apparently 4K is the next step up from 1080P @ 4096 x 3072 which is filtering into the newer TVs

Saw these cables RRP on SONY for £54 here

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/cab-hdmi-cables/dlc-he20hf

don't know if wrong price but bargain @ £14.99

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140752900350?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_2285wt_1366

heres the image

headpin

HDMI cables carry a digital signal. So long as the signal travels from X to Y then there will be no deterioration in quality. To put it bluntly, unlike other cables where quality can affetx the dinar output that does not apply to an HDMI Output. Therefore as long as the cable works, whether it cost £1 or £100 will not make a blind bit of difference to what is delivered along it or the output that you see.

Some manufacturers and suppliers will try and play on the fact that why pay £££ for an HD or 3D TV and scrimp on the cable. Basically it's a nice little earner for them and their advice is based solely on their ignorance or more likely sales patter looking at commission. You choose. Suggest a trip to the £ or 99p store is needed.

Empty_pockets

Nice find but unless you've got a 12ft screen and associated hardware you'll not notice any difference.

DuWolf

I agree with not spending £20+ on HDMI cables and I have had my fair share of cheap ones, with larger projection screens and 55"+ you do start to notice a difference between both ends of the scale.

There is a difference in the performance, sound and video of all cables, including digital cables the key though is if the system must be of high enough quality to show you these differences. The system must also be well calibrated and setup.

So to say cables makes no difference is just not true, but for the average consumer who uses a cheap receiver, and some speakers thrown up against the wall, or a TV that is not properly calibrated then sure there not going to see or hear any difference between any cables.

There are at least 5 current "types" of HDMI cable as shown below
http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/finding_right_cable.aspx

the above are the ones classed as

High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet
This cable type offers the same baseline performance as the High Speed HDMI Cable shown above (1080p video resolution and beyond), plus an additional, dedicated data channel, known as the HDMI Ethernet Channel, for device networking. HDMI Ethernet Channel functionality is only available if both linked devices are HDMI Ethernet Channel-enabled.

Sure if you thrown your system together and are using the sound from your 10w speakers on your TV then go pound land and grab a few of them, but if like me you take a bit of time and take the time to calibrate your Amp/Speakers/Sub/LED~Plasma~Projector and appreciate the difference in sound between cables then pick one up.

Personally the only reason I wanted one was the dedicated Ethernet channel for DLNA, IPTV, LiquidHD, and UPnP to save me usin several other cables.

But hey if you just got back from poundland and your enjoying your TV with your TV speakers not being able to tell that you have a 1.3 or as most cheap cables are 1080i then if it floats your boat ... Enjoy it.

I went to my neighbour yesterday to sort out his PC and he has a fantastic 46" LED and he loves it, realising that the either my contacts had slipped or something was wrong with the picture I noticed he had an old sky box and was connecting via scart.

Moral: don't surf and drink ....

almillar

We've got to stop spouting off that HDMI cables are digital and all the same quality, don't bother spending more. It's just not true, for the reasons above.
There are different specifications of HDMI, and whilst an older cable might work fine, it may not be certified to work. This also of course ignores build quality, length, and looks.
And you can be pretty sure that there aren't too many cables that are certified to carry this 4k stuff, as there's no home equipment to display it on, or to play it from!
Anyway, the point being, if you're just plugging in an upscaling DVD player into a 32 inch Tesco TV, do go ahead and buy a cable from poundland for starters, it's highly likely to be good enough. But there ARE other applications that may need a more expensive cable.
Oh, and don't buy Monster Cable kids. That includes Beats headphones...

DuWolf

Oh, and don't buy Monster Cable kids. That includes Beats headphones...

+1

I couldn't agree more

darkovo

I'm going to get one and keep it safe for when these TVs utilising the extra resolution come out in the UK in 5 years time

DuWolf

darkovo wrote: »

I'm going to get one and keep it safe for when these TVs utilising the extra resolution come out in the UK in 5 years time

This year .....

LG 84LM9600 features:
84-inch LED-based LCD
3,840 x 2,160 (4K) native resolution
passive 3D
Smart TV with Magic Motion remote

The TV will have a resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels, a.k.a 4K, since it's four times the number of pixels employed by garden-variety 1080p TVs (1,920 x 1,080).

Talldave

DuWolf wrote: »

....
There is a difference in the performance, sound and video of all cables, including digital cables the key though is if the system must be of high enough quality to show you these differences. The system must also be well calibrated and setup.

As long as the 0s and 1s get from one end to the other without corruption, then there will be no difference in performance. It's over longer lengths that inferior quality cables start to corrupt the data and that's the only time that there will be a perceivable difference. It's highly likely that a decent quality, short length, 8 year old HDMI cable will pass today's higher data rate signals perfectly OK.

A good analogy is to consider how much better colour photos look from your printer when you upgrade your 99p USB cable to one costing £50+... oh, hang on, there is no difference ;-)!!

LolaBoo_2

So a 1.3 is the same as a 1.4?
The audio quality on all cables are the same?
1080i cable will produce the same as a 4K?
You can stream 100mb/s on non Ethernet cable?

Analogy :
Can you stream the Internet with a printer cable?
Can you output to a monitor with a printer cable?
What kind of audio do printer cables stream?

/ChangeUsername TallStoryDave

Remember when people used to say chewing gum when smoking made you catch cancer? I bet you listen to that one also lol

headpin

Perhaps you did though?