Which HDMI cable?

[Ali]

Boy in Comet was sayin something about the monster ones bein good? Although i can't remember which he recommended to me!

http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/products/index.asp?strsearch=HDMI&pcid=223&mfid=153

 

[Clart]

buy a £5 job

 

[Griff]

A £5 HDMI cable will be just as good as a £50 cable due to the nature of the product.

 

[kully]

i wish i knew before buying my hdmi cable from comet .:S

 

[Ali]

Elborate a bit more....I was always under the impression that higher price = higher quality....In essence don't skimp on the cables after spendin 2k on a tv!

 

[kully]

the theory goes digital sends numbers 1's or 0's so it will work or not , the code gets through or it doesn't .

 

[Griff]

Elborate a bit more....I was always under the impression that higher price = higher quality....In essence don't skimp on the cables after spendin 2k on a tv!

If the cable is sending an analogue signal which can be subject to interference then a better quality shielded cable is obviously going to be better.

HDMI is digital. It sends a string of 1's and 0's. It's in the cable companies interest to tempt you with £80 offerings but in reality one costing a few quid will do the same job as the more expensive offerings.

 

[ross_16v]

One of my mates works as a sky tv/telivision installer, and he highly recommends the monster products. Not cheap though!

 

[kully]

i bought the phillips hdmi cables about 2 months ago , middle of the line price iirc 30 quid

 

[Lagerlout]

It's transmitting a digital signal. 1's and 0's.

Put simply, as long as the signal can get from the source to the the output, the quality is not affected. Would you buy a £50 USB cable?

 

[Ali]

Right then...Show me the cable i should buy...

 

[Griff]

http://www.cableuniverse.co.uk/cata...e=product_info&cPath=148_174&products_id=1983

 

[Ali]

Fair play...Will give it a shot.

Ta!

 

[Dan Page]

As everyone says Ali it doesn't matter with a HDMI lead! The monster leads cost comet probably a fiver and they can sell them for whatever they want when they sell you a tv....

 

[hydeyho]

I remember seeing a post on AVForums saying that Comet had some 'contract' with Monster so I'm not suprised they tried to fob one off on you.

As already said, any old hdmi cable will do!

 

[oska]

I bought one for £15 from Dixons. Works great.

 

[Ali]

Ok sold!

 

[Leeshez]

Virgin media sent me a free cable. No idea of the make. It works well.

 

[ForceIndia]

Does make a difference

http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/article/mps/uan/1170

I don't understand the science, but one of my patients does massive av installations for a living (recently did a massive car dealers house, 250k!!!!), he said to me the difference is the amount of noise that gets through with the signal.

 

[Lagerlout]

If you read that test there's a lot of 'could do' and 'might do'. Not hard facts.

The bottome line is, if you need a 1m HDMi you could spend £5 or £50 and I bet you a pound to a piece of s**t you won't be able to tell the difference.

 

[thecremeegg]

I echo the previous comments, we use a £10 or so cable from Game and the picture quality is superb

 

[coletti]

qed do the best of almost every cable!

 

[coletti]

qed do the best onrs i think can be a bit pricey depending on the length but worth every penny!

 

[Tom]

http://ukhdmi.com/

Best place.

http://ukhdmi.com/hdmi-n-premium.php

I run those.

 

[KDF]

Boy in Comet was sayin something about the monster ones bein good?

I bet they did... its the product they sell.

 

[raf182]

That review appears to imply that the expensive cables prevent 'dropped data' It would be interesting to run a data analyser test with the see just how much data would drop with a cheap cable. I can understand a more expensive cable being more reliable in the long run but really do fail to see how it could influence colour and clarity etc the way a cable with an analogue cable could.

 

[Daz]

Nonsense.
Not getting into this thing again

Buy the cheapest.. unless it's a major long run. If anyone says a 0.5m HDMI cable costing £100 is better than a £5 which has no artifacts etc, they're selling you the cable (or have bought one and trying to justify it)

 

[Brasseye]

i got a 3 pound one and its amazing..........
I think under 2 meters length it realy dont matter

 

[kiza1986]

You got a wilko buy you??

I'd consider popping in there and having a look at the two they have in stock... excellent quality and great price... I get bored at work lol

 

[Ady182]

I used to work for Comet, only reason I sold them was the 10% commission They were better quality but hard to justify £60-£80

 

[Ali]

lol! Technology ain't my stong suit! Cheers chaps saved me 70£

 

[Harry_manback]

out of interest, i have been using my xbox on the componant cable on a cheepo LCD TV. the other day i bought a AV cable for it for 1p and the difference is staggering.
is HDMI better than this??

 

[canky]

out of interest, i have been using my xbox on the componant cable on a cheepo LCD TV. the other day i bought a AV cable for it for 1p and the difference is staggering.
is HDMI better than this??

HDMI is currently the best connection available so you will notice a slight improvement from component

 

[Harry_manback]

out of interest, i have been using my xbox on the componant cable on a cheepo LCD TV. the other day i bought a AV cable for it for 1p and the difference is staggering.
is HDMI better than this??

HDMI is currently the best connection available so you will notice a slight improvement from component

i just said the AV one that fits a Pc monitor is a million miles better than componant!

 

[canky]

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is HDMI better than this??

thats the bit i was answering