OT: Deal With This

[davidl]

Ok folks here's a REAL deal on an HDMI Cable and OMG! *GASP and faints* it's not costing you and arm and a leg! lmao hahahahah........ok ok maybe I like pulling people's chains around here ALMOST as much as AJ does so who agrees that spending too much for a HDMI Cable is just foolishness? I mean some of you think that cables SHOULD be expensive correct? Just read the reviews there.......yeah there are some who think it's "not up to par" ......thoughts?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...windstream.net

[lunchmoney]

ugh... I think we're going to need a "let's brawl over audiophile tweaks" section of the forum

[benchtester]

There we go again. Always going for the expensive stuff like it is special.

I bet this is just as good for half the price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/HDMI-1-3-Premium...3%3A1|294%3A50

[johnnyrichards]

I have been using the PE HDMI cables for awhile now, and have not noticed anything out of the ordinary.

WRT to HDMI, just as any other video cable, if it is built correctly to specs and is properly shielded if necessary, I defy anyone to prove differences.

Kind of related, I had an interesting if somewhat heated discussion with a good friend of mine after I bought some very nice RCA component video cables a few years back. Heavy shileding, heavy jacket, snazzy looks the whole works. When I showed them to him, he was impressed by them. Then he saw the name-brand on them and his opinion changed. We got into a lengthy discussion, I cracked out the DMM, that is how it goes.

He buys his cables from Transparent and spent something like $3000 friggen' bucks for a set of CV cables. $3000 dollars. That was $400 more than his display and $2000 more than his DVD player. He just recently bought an HDMI cable from that company, but declined to tell me how much he spent.

This guy is a very good friend, very knowledgeable actually, just a little oversold on the cables.

He is also the guy who told me that "paper is the worst cone material, ever". I reminded him of a little brand called Scan Speak that has had some mediocre success using paper

[depthsounder]

He buys his cables from Transparent and spent something like $3000 friggen' bucks for a set of CV cables. $3000 dollars. That was $400 more than his display and $2000 more than his DVD player. He just recently bought an HDMI cable from that company, but declined to tell me how much he spent.

Therein lies my whole problem with the cable issue, it is completely irrational to spend that much on cables considering the improvements in video display that could be had for the same amount.

Now if you already have the best display and have nothing else to spend you money on, go ahead and buy those fancy cables, or give money to your favorite charity...

-David

[Face]

Obvious troll is obvious.

[davidl]

Obvious troll is obvious.

Oh you are talking about yourself are you?
I've been a member here for ages btw. what's the matter nothing to say about cables? lol

Nice cute cool"young" saying btw "Obvious troll is obvious" did you pick that up from your kids?

[WWWJD]

I bought 5 six footers for $20 on amazon a while back... They featured a circumferential incandescent light proof outer jacket, and ultra flexible hyper speed tin plated conductors with pixel multiplying technology....

I'm basically watching TV in a million 80P... Beat that $hit.

Word.

[philiparcario]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

$5.47 for 15 feet beat that!

[rogoll]

You can go too cheap, though. My Panasonic Blu Ray would give me an error on the cheapo cables.

[WWWJD]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

$5.47 for 15 feet beat that!

AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[Andy_G]

I bet you won't find too many on this forum who own VERY expensive HDMI cables.. iirc mine was around $40, because they had sold out of the cheaper ones.

[Face]

Two out of the six monoprice HDMI cables I've purchased were bad. Considering their price, it's still not bad.

[Paul O]

When it comes to analog audio interlinks arguments can be made for better quality cables because every parameter and component of the cable can affect the quality of the signal passed by the interconnect.. to a certain extent. There's a dimishing rate of improvement once you get beyond meeting the basic requirements though, most would be better served by upgrading the least accurate components in their system.. the loudspeakers.

But the same rules simply do not apply to digital interlinks, as long as the connection is good enough for most of the bits to pass the signal is unaffected, the electronics at either end is designed to handle some loss of data and can fill in the missing information. So where is the threshold for meeting the "basic requirements" for a digital interlink? A $0.99 RCA cable will work just fine as a digital coax link between your CD player and receiver for example.

[philiparcario]

99 cent cables break if you change gear a lot. I go with with bluejeanscable very durable for rca I like the 1505f cables by belden 10 colors flexible never break. not that expensive. I have heard good things about dayton


http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=181-650

well made can be stressed without breaking

[Paul O]

99 cent cables break if you change gear a lot.

I agree, you want a certain level of structural integrity with a cable and some corrosion resistance doesn't hurt either.

[Andy_G]

I agree, you want a certain level of structural integrity with a cable and some corrosion resistance doesn't hurt either.

And if you are going longer distances, paying a LITTLE bit more to make sure it isn't "dregs" quality isn't a bad idea.

[philiparcario]

And if you are going longer distances, paying a LITTLE bit more to make sure it isn't "dregs" quality isn't a bad idea.

True once you get over 15 feet 24 gauge is an improvement over 28 gauge. Having 28 gauge is nice for a different reason it weighs less and does not pull on the connection. Really big heavy hdmi cables (monster) need to be supported so their weight does not damage the socket. Not just monster but any really heavy cable can do this. S-video cables that were really heavy did this a lot.

[lunchmoney]

Two out of the six monoprice HDMI cables I've purchased were bad. Considering their price, it's still not bad.

Hmmm... so are we talking picture quality? Or quality control? Defective cables can be returned (in theory)

[Andy_G]

Hmmm... so are we talking picture quality? Or quality control? Defective cables can be returned (in theory)

mainly quality control.. good, well made cables with connectors that are well attached and don't come loose or corode etc. but we aren't talking monster sums of money.

some elcheapo cables use pretty ordinary wire and connections that can cause problems

just get good quality at a sensible price.

as for returning defective cables, there is often a time limit, and you really want your cables to last way longer than the warantee if possible.