HDMI for X Box 360

[Hugo-]

PIcked up a 360 today and just wanted some advice on a HDMI.

See a lot of places sell the official HDMI for £20. Can I just use any HDMI from any retailer e.g. Tesco?

Cheers

 

[Jay.]

Yep, any will do.

Not too much point in buying an expensive one for the Xbox.

 

[Hugo-]

Awesome. Much appreciated.

 

[jenic]

Yep, any will do.

Not too much point in buying an expensive one for the Xbox.

Or for anything.

 

[Jay.]

No worries dude.

 

[Jay.]

Or for anything.

Yea, true.

Maybe if I had a £10k+ setup, but I haven't.

 

[James]

Cheapest one possible will do

 

[PP200t]

Pound land ones are pretty good in my experience. I don't have a 10k+ setup either!

 

[James]

Pound land ones are pretty good in my experience. I don't have a 10k+ setup either!

How much are they?

 

[DannyR]

How much are they?

Not sure if srs?

 

[no-name-person]

Yea, true.

Maybe if I had a £10k+ setup, but I haven't.

Unless the cable is >20m long you will see zero difference

 

[James]

Not sure if srs?

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

How much are they?

LOL

 

[The Fatty]

Yea, true.

Maybe if I had a £10k+ setup, but I haven't.

unless your cables were going long distance, then it would make no difference! Its just something that was carried over from Component cables...

 

[Alx]

I love how currys etc sell gold plated ones for like £70+ I wonder how many people end up buying them..

 

[James]

All the thick gullible(sp) people

 

[DannyR]

I genuinely questioned a manager in Curry's once and she was telling me there was a difference between the ones I had on my van that cost £10 compared to the £100 1m on her shelf.

I kept on at her until she said well it doesn't matter as the public buy them anyway!

 

[Gouldy]

There is quite a large thread on this already.

Use a cheap one, i did some research into this last year and the cheaper ones do the exact same thing as the expensive ones.

 

[Toypop]

I thought the whole point was that they are digital and so you either get a perfect picture or no picture at all? Therefore it doesn't matter if you get one made from paper and string at Poundland or a diamond plated carbon fibre model from Harrods.

 

[Lal B3N]

Makes me laugh when i see people buying the £50+ 1-3m leads.

 

[Gally]

I thought the whole point was that they are digital and so you either get a perfect picture or no picture at all? Therefore it doesn't matter if you get one made from paper and string at Poundland or a diamond plated carbon fibre model from Harrods.

Bingo.

 

[The Fatty]

I thought the whole point was that they are digital and so you either get a perfect picture or no picture at all? Therefore it doesn't matter if you get one made from paper and string at Poundland or a diamond plated carbon fibre model from Harrods.

yep. the only reason to get a more expensive one is if the cable length is going to be more than 20meters; this is where good quality cabling will make the SNR better and thus might allow for a signal to be distiguished from the noise without a repeater.

 

[Adamm.]

I bought a cheap version (was only £5 less than genuine) and because at the time I moved my xbox back and forwards to my missus the cable at the connector plug ended up splitting very quickly.

 

[The Fatty]

that could also happen to an expensive cable though, the structure of HDMI connectors just isnt strong whatever the make

 

[Mavez]

Hugo- did you get an HDMI cable? I have an official one you can have for free. Never been used, bought it only to get home and realise that my XBox doesnt even have an hdmi port. Drop us a PM if you want it.

 

[Darren S]

Hugo - I've bought two of these before and they have been fine.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-5M-HDMI...DEO-LEAD-CABLE?item=160641572807&cmd=ViewItem

D.

 

[Hugo-]

Sorry just seen this. Thanks for the offers guys, great help. I got one from morrisons when doing the weekly shop during the week. Only a fiver.