HDMI Cables

leeroy2009

and enfield, not sure if you would run in to difficulties, if screen res and refresh rate was different on the screens?


based in enfield


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MINI-1-2-P...item27e226fe31

enfield_freddy

thanks , the system will work on either a pc (hdmi to vga adaptor) or to my tv , refresh seems ok.


a simple unit would save me buying either another computer or media player ,


edit: the one above is a seller from china , (with a non UK plug ,, illegal to sell in the UK) with a chinease return address , UK seller please , with a UK return system please

Strider590

You'll always get the people who say you should spend stupid money on gold plated, or whatever cables... Usually they are either trying to sell you something or they got done themselves and don't want to admit it.

dacouch

Do not buy this HDMI cable.




Unless you need to connect your hose pipe to your tv.

enkoda

leeroy2009 wrote: »

you can use a standard 99p hdmi cable off ebay, anyone who tells you different does not have a clue what they are talking about - fact.

Not strictly true...

...so long as the cable is at least v1.4 compliant then 3D will work. v1.3 might work but there is no guarantee.

RumRat

enkoda wrote: »

Not strictly true...

...so long as the cable is at least v1.4 compliant then 3D will work. v1.3 might work but there is no guarantee.

All the ones I've bought at the pound store were v1.4.

wongataa

enkoda wrote: »

Not strictly true...

...so long as the cable is at least v1.4 compliant then 3D will work. v1.3 might work but there is no guarantee.

There is no such thing as a 1.4 or 1.3 HDMI cable. HDMI cables are either standard or high speed. High speed ones are recommended for 3D but over short runs either will most likely work. In fact the HDMI association state that cables must not be marked with a version number. See http://www.hdmi.org for details.

The version numbers refer to the chipsets in the devices that HDMI cables plug into.

Johnny_Dangerously

wongataa is spot on. HDMI cables are either licensed as standard, high speed or not. For high definition (blue ray, 3d etc) ensure you have high speed.

As for the higher priced cables, there is definitely a lot of marketeering going on as a crossover from speaker cable. With speaker cable, an electrical signal is being passed through a conductor to feed an electromagnet to reproduce the sound. The strength and quality of that signal degrades depending on the conductor (copper cable), the length, interference from magnetic fields etc. Hence why the metals used for conducting can make a big difference as well as the type of insulation used.

For HDMI cables, it's a digital signal, so effectively lots of 1's and 0's being passed through that are digitally interpreted at the other end. These don't degrade. They are either received, or not received. Now, what's important, is that some cables experience more loss than others (some 1's or 0's not received). These losses mean the receiving equipment, like your TV, have to fill the gaps which cam lead to a loss in picture or audio quality.

HDMI licensing sets the minimum acceptable loss standards. So while some cables will perform much better than others, as long as you are getting an HDMI licensed product, it shouldn't be detectable at all.

Saying that, both HDMI cables I've received with my SKY boxes have been terrible. Seem to get a static build up that stops the signal over time. I've binned them and swapped to others and it's never happened after that.

almillar

Took until post #16 for some sense. Buy £1 cables if you want - price doesn't really matter, but the spec does in this case - I think 3D support was only added in V1.3a of the HDMI standard. If you've got older, it might still work, but if it doesn't you haven't really got a leg to stand on. Latest version of HDMI is 1.4 so that's really what you should be going for, regardless of price (from £1!).

wongataa

almillar wrote: »

Took until post #16 for some sense. Buy £1 cables if you want - price doesn't really matter, but the spec does in this case - I think 3D support was only added in V1.3a of the HDMI standard. If you've got older, it might still work, but if it doesn't you haven't really got a leg to stand on. Latest version of HDMI is 1.4 so that's really what you should be going for, regardless of price (from £1!).

Again, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A HDMI 1.3 OR 1.4 CABLE. You can only get standard or high speed HDMI cables. If a HDMI cable is marked with a version number the manufacturer is lying and in breach of the HDMI regulations.