Cheap HDMI leads?

[beatjunkie]

Is there a specific reason for buying say a £30 hdmi lead rather than a £10 lead?

Is there much visual difference, its for a 360 to sony w5500 tv.

 

[theduck]

Never done the test with HDMI but with DVI which is for all intents and purposes the same for the video stream, there was very little difference on 8foot wide screen.

 

[172Ben]

IMO not really, a £5 one from play.com is fine really, i couldnt tell much difference when using it on my xbox compared to an expensive one.

 

[McBunny]

£5 is too much for a standard length lead the cheaper the better really if it works it works

 

[sneeks]

No, buy cheap as it is every bit as good.

 

[jesus]

Bought this on Friday, not arrived yet though: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400081562863&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

 

[Growler]

I just used a cheap lead from Game to connect the PS3 and it all works fine

 

[Krispwee]

It's all a myth. Its a digital connection so theres no difference.

 

[beatjunkie]

Cool cheers people, gonna get one out of Tkmaxx for like £6 then

 

[theduck]

It's all a myth. Its a digital connection so theres no difference.

There is most certainly a difference, but for the most part not worth the extra money.

The thing with digital connections is that its not the cable thats the important bit, its a good connection that is.

 

[Dink]

No, buy cheap as it is every bit as good.

lol i like it

i've bought a few £3 leads off cpc and they are all good

 

[sn00p]

There is most certainly a difference, but for the most part not worth the extra money.

The thing with digital connections is that its not the cable thats the important bit, its a good connection that is.

lol. There most certainly isn't. To paraphrase a comment I read about an uber expensive cable for a digital bus....

Not only are my 1's and 0's better now, but in addition I also get 2's and 3's now!

 

[theduck]

Read my comment again.

I am not saying the CABLE makes any difference, but the CONNECTORS that are on the cable is where there can be differences, however small. A good connection will provide less errors in the signal which means that the error checking part of the unit recieving the signal has to cope with less errors which in turn can result in better results. be this auidble or visual.