HDMI Cable

[D4N1EL]

hi,

is there any difference beyween a £1.99 cable and a £20 cable? other then the price.

thanks

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

No, none at all, diddley squat, zero, sweet FA.

 

[flameport]

In terms of whether it works or not - no.

The more expensive one probably has fancy packaging, gold plated knobs on and a silly name attached - but none of that will affect how it functions.

 

[Diyisfun]

Those 'experts' will say the expensive ones are better.
I got a 5m cheap one less that £6 no problem, the 12" b&w is brill..

 

[big-all]

Those 'experts' will say the expensive ones are better.
I got a 5m cheap one less that £6 no problem, the 12" b&w is brill..

thats 2 of us then got mines a week ago
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130580796629?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

the only time its worth paying extra is quality aerial cable over cheap as long as its more than a few metres

 

[radioredcat]

I got mine from poundland and it works ok i was in currys one day and overheard a salesman saying to a couple you can have this HDMI lead half price £20 and they should be £40.

I bought a 5M lead from cable universe for £8 to link my pc to tv and that works perfectly.

Andy

 

[skotl]

There's all sorts of cr@p posted in magazines and forums that shoud know better, that expensive cables "minimise jitter". HDMI is a digital signal and, with a cable up to around 50m, it pretty much transmits the signal or it doesn't.
If (and this is a huge if) the cable had some kind of defect that caused it to lose data then the effects would be pretty catastrophic; you would almost certainly get no signal at all at the other end because the cable was, well, defective.
Any one who suggests that a cheap cable will "lose" bits is talking rubbish and has a pretty poor understanding of electronic signalling.

The difference between a £2 and a £6 cable is probably quality of connectors and will likely have an impact of the life-expectancy of the cable. I'd probably buy a £6 cable for that reason. No way would is spend £20, £50 or £100 on an HDMI cable.

 

[thatsitivehadenough]

I have quite an expensive (£50) QED HDMI lead and its really no better than another one I got for £9.99

But a £2 lead...... I don't think I'd spend much less than a tenner on a lead to connect a £1000 TV to a £200 Blu Ray player!

 

[mattylad]

I have several 1m HDMI leads from poundland, I have not found problem with them yet in either manufacturing quality or picture.

I know these things are cheap to make, 2 connectors and some cable. There is no justification for £20+ prices IMHO.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I have quite an expensive (£50) QED HDMI lead and its really no better than another one I got for £9.99

But a £2 lead...... I don't think I'd spend much less than a tenner on a lead to connect a £1000 TV to a £200 Blu Ray player!

Then you do not understand what it is an HDMI cable does.

 

[thatsitivehadenough]

Why do I not understand how digital/binary 10101010's get transferred along a cable and they either get there or not just because I own an expensive cable?

I agreed in my earlier post that there is no difference betwenn my £50 and £10 leads. But I don't think people should but the cheapest lead possible. What if someone was selling them for 10pence on ebay would you buy that?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Unless a 10p HDMI cable is faulty it will work and transmit identical data to that of one costing £2 or £200. Therefore it begs the question of what would be wrong with spending 10p on such a cable? The OP posted a question asking whether more expensive cable were worth paying for, I took it that the underlying reason for asking was of quality of picture/sound rather than cable reliability.

 

[Alarm]

You can use Cat5 now if you know how.
Also wireless but sod that for a bag of tricks

 

[imamartian]

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[D4N1EL]

hi,
thanks for the reply's i went for a £1.49 cable from ebay in the end, was tempted by a £15 cable in asda tho