I just bought a new 3D 240Hz Sony Bravia HDTV to use with my HTPC and PS3. When I was in the Sony retail store, the rep wanted to sell me some very expensive HDMI cables ($40 6'). Now, is there a difference between the $40 and $10 cables?
No difference at all. Buy this . It will be as good if not better than those expensive cables. Save that extra cash and get some awesome blurays to enjoy on your new TV.
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Originally Posted by psun786 /forum/post/20553095
I just bought a new 3D 240Hz Sony Bravia HDTV to use with my HTPC and PS3. When I was in the Sony retail store, the rep wanted to sell me some very expensive HDMI cables ($40 6'). Now, is there a difference between the $40 and $10 cables?
No, but if you really want expensive ones but don't want to throw away your money, Amazon sells Acoustic Research PRO3 Series PR385 HDMI Cable (6 feet) which are $119 list, for $9.44.
So you can please your psyche by using "expensive" cables, while paying about what you ought to be paying.
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Originally Posted by amarshonarbangla /forum/post/20553174
No difference at all. Buy this . It will be as good if not better than those expensive cables. Save that extra cash and get some awesome blurays to enjoy on your new TV.
Do not buy the linked cable if you have a short run and need the cable to be flexible. The net jacketing of the premium cables makes them hard to route in tight places. You can get the cheaper thinner gauge ones and be just fine with shorter runs.
Well after reading the description it sounds like a steal: Get connected with this high-speed HDMI cable that features HD polyethylene composition to ensure critical signal-pair geometry and a Dielectric-Bias System that reduces distortion. The 100% Perfect-Surface Silver conductors improve signal clarity
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Originally Posted by psun786 /forum/post/20553095
I just bought a new 3D 240Hz Sony Bravia HDTV to use with my HTPC and PS3. When I was in the Sony retail store, the rep wanted to sell me some very expensive HDMI cables ($40 6'). Now, is there a difference between the $40 and $10 cables?
The cheapest cables are probably low quality, easily damaged and impedence mismatches. The most expensive cables are not necessarily of any better quality but they are overpriced.
At least for analog cables you might be able to make some sort of argument justifying an increased price for increased quality. For digital does it really matter? Don't think so.
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Originally Posted by assassin /forum/post/0
At least for analog cables you might be able to make some sort of argument justifying an increased price for increased quality. For digital does it really matter? Don't think so.
It does not really matter except for long cable runs, 30+ feet. For the long cable runs, you need sufficiently large diameter wires (low gauge), and good quality solder joints or crimps at the connectors. Even a digital signal can fail if the impedance is too high or there are too many reflections in the transmission line. Unfortunately, price is not necessarily correlated with quality. I've seen both good and bad cables at most price levels.
This thread makes me laugh and think. Hard to tell sometimes who is actually serious while other times joking. One would like to think the mention of monoprice is all serious while the rest are joking...
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Originally Posted by assassin /forum/post/20553801
At least for analog cables you might be able to make some sort of argument justifying an increased price for increased quality. For digital does it really matter? Don't think so.
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Originally Posted by bryansj /forum/post/20553493
Do not buy the linked cable if you have a short run and need the cable to be flexible. The net jacketing of the premium cables makes them hard to route in tight places. You can get the cheaper thinner gauge ones and be just fine with shorter runs.
Also, you can get short "extension cords", like 6 inches long, that you can connect to the HDMI ports, and then use a more substantial cable for the rest of the run. I find them useful since the stiffer cables have a tendency to twist partially out of the socket. Also, it saves wear and tear on the connector on expensive equipment -- much easier to replace a $5 cable than hundreds of dollars worth of equipment if a connector gets damaged.
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Originally Posted by smakovits /forum/post/20553900
This thread makes me laugh and think. Hard to tell sometimes who is actually serious while other times joking. One would like to think the mention of monoprice is all serious while the rest are joking...
A little over three years ago, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. did a story on just this subject. Their conclusion was that the cheap cable performed just as well as the expensive one. Watch it http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2008/0...king_the_deal/
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