What is the difference between Professional Cable HDMI cables and those really expensive HDMI cables at the big retail stores? Is there a quality difference? Do I need to be careful of poor quality HDMI cables?
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monster cables only fuck the cheap shit
I work with HDTVs all the time too, and you’re way off. An LED TV would not need any different HDMI cable than an LCD TV because they are effectively the same, the only thing that is different is the backlighting.
Secondly, for an HDMI cable to be made, as long as it is certified, it will perform as good as any other. So they’re all the same. Monster is made better and has a lifetime warranty, but the picture wont be any different at all.
I will agree that cheap cables work just as well as the expensive ones, but if you run into a situation where your content demands a high bandwidth HDMI 1.3 to transmit all of its data completely and your cable is inferior, you will run into blocking and breakup issues.
If you plug it in and it works, great. If its blocking and freezing all over the place, you need a better cable.
this is true. i hate everytime a friend buys some expensive cable, cuz he didn’t know and it’s to late to return
Shush now. There is no need for you to loose yer temper. You say you “work with hdtv’s all the time”. I’m guessing you work for Dixons or Argos or some other “shop”. If I threw a few issues at you, regarding the differences between interlaced and progressive images, and their shortcomings/benefits. Veiwing distances regarding screen size and chroma/luminance cross talk/ jitter with DVD>blu-ray..
Wow. You’ve just redefined the concept of digital.
Maybe you should get some real expensive USB cables too, I hear the picture is friggin awesome when you connect a hdd with a Supra USB to your bloody Xbox.
It’s only $200 and it ships with a laser beam picture enhancement thingy and 16 shields.
Works on iPods too (!).
Duh.
IT-IS-NOT-ANALOGUE FFS!
If you get “1 too low” you will get the same exact result as when your hdd runs some other stuff – i.e. the pic will lag, freeze or suffer from ghosting.
HDTV from your tv jack WILL get pixelated, snowy or other weird stuff, but that is ONLY because that signal is run through and analogue grid.
How hard can this basic principle of analogue vs digital be for you overconsuming idiots? Your tv does NOT come with VLC, the data is either there or it isn’t.
Why don’t you try using one of your $5 cables on a samsung 42 in LEDTV before u start talkin shit jackass…i work with hdtv’s all the time and you can see the difference on certain tv’s (not all) yea i had to put the parentheses because apparently you don’t know how to read cause i said it also depends on the HDTV…..So check yourself before you start talking sh*t loser
@gregbxhustle Wow. You must be a binman, because you talk garbage. The data rate has nothing to do with the eventual picture quality. And your English stinks. Try using grammar, rather than txt, if you’de like to be taken seriously. Libraries are great places of learning..Free too..
this is not completely true…it depends on ur hdtv and speed of ur cable…diff hdtv’s hav different speed rates and color input…u need to find an hdmi cable that has the specs to fit ur tv..if u get 1 too low u wnt b getting the full hd quality from ur televisioin…this will effect the sharpness and quality of ur picture..these pp just sound like there tryin 2 sell there own shit off and thats it…cause they keep hypin up there hdmi cables
i think this it works or it doesnt work is bullshit i had a hdmi cable that had a realy fuzzy picture but was tolerable. Got a new cable qed one and all good
Yea seriously, he is telling the truth, on ebay u can get it for 3.99 with free shipping. same thing.
every hdmi cable is 1080 p compliant….so none…
I got a 24k Gold cable tipped for only $10 and free shipping ROFL!
These aren’t expensive on amazon. You can get 6ft. ones for like 3 bucks. In stores they’re quite a bit though.
There is no diff in Speed, LMFAO!!! Monster sells Trip Vid cords for 50 bucks, and you can go to the dollar store and get one for a buck. NO DIFFERENCE!!!! Another story of the Dying Cable industry. Do It Yourself People!!!! It’s easier than you think!!
I bought a rocketfish cable… No one will tell the difference at anything under 20′.. i mean come on. But.. I’m a namebrand guy.. and so are a lot of people. Let’s just face it.
I got a cable for 3 cents……
One a cable for 3 cents and $3 shipping and it works great. cant tell the diff from my $30 cable. but im only dealing with a 6 foot cable.
I have a 1080p 46″ Bravia Z series.
Like what difference did you notice in PQ?
of of mine was $50 the other was $18 the one that was $18 was a cheep piece of shit and was not worth the $18 i spent on it. i through the damn thing away it was useless. i have over $1200 in my ps3 and all my games why would i be a cheep bastard and get a cheep ass cable? sure if you dont have a 1080p plasma like i have it might not make a difference in how it looks. but if your a gamer like i am i can see the difference. on my ps3 i could not even use all of the audio options with the cheep 1
lol you got suckered in buying an expensive one didn’t you? feel sorry for you…
there is a big difference in speed hands down