Is there any real answer on the value of buying expensive HDMI cables?
Most seem to agree that analog benefits from higher priced high quality cables but HDMI is another question.
Until recently the stock answers when someone asked about HDMI cables was,
1. Monster sucks (but that seems to be the answer about any cable question!)
2. Digital bits are digital bits, 1's & 0's don't care if they are sent down a $5 Monoprice cable or a $120 monster cable so don't waste your money on high priced cables.
But there now seems to be some different "facts" coming up.
On the discussion about HDMI version 1.3 (which many believe is not worth waiting for but that's another question) they say the data transfer rate is much higher & are now saying that cables made for HDMI 1.1 won't be able to carry the amount of data that 1.3 will be capable of transmitting.
So what is the truth?
When I get my HDMI 1.3 receiver will I see better sound & pic quality if I use a high quality cable from my PS3 to the receiver or will the $15 monoprice cables I've been using work just as well?
Most seem to agree that analog benefits from higher priced high quality cables but HDMI is another question.
Until recently the stock answers when someone asked about HDMI cables was,
1. Monster sucks (but that seems to be the answer about any cable question!)
2. Digital bits are digital bits, 1's & 0's don't care if they are sent down a $5 Monoprice cable or a $120 monster cable so don't waste your money on high priced cables.
But there now seems to be some different "facts" coming up.
On the discussion about HDMI version 1.3 (which many believe is not worth waiting for but that's another question) they say the data transfer rate is much higher & are now saying that cables made for HDMI 1.1 won't be able to carry the amount of data that 1.3 will be capable of transmitting.
So what is the truth?
When I get my HDMI 1.3 receiver will I see better sound & pic quality if I use a high quality cable from my PS3 to the receiver or will the $15 monoprice cables I've been using work just as well?