Cheapest 5m HDMI 1.4 cable challenge!

cant see you getting much if any cheaper then that. Jees, I needed one in a rush at the weekend. Grabbed a 1m value one from the big supermarket and that cost me £5.15
 
Any decent quality 5m HDMI cable will do, there is no such thing as "HDMI 1.4 cable". There is Certified Category 1 and Category 2 cable, anything else is marketing speak/branding. The key word is certified, just because a £1 cable isn't certified, doesn't mean it wont do what you ask it to.

IMO so long as the cable is well built, it'll be fine.
 
jellybeard999 said:
Any decent quality 5m HDMI cable will do, there is no such thing as "HDMI 1.4 cable". There is Certified Category 1 and Category 2 cable, anything else is marketing speak/branding. The key word is certified, just because a £1 cable isn't certified, doesn't mean it wont do what you ask it to.

IMO so long as the cable is well built, it'll be fine.
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yeah there is, hdmi 1.4 requires different cables to enable ethernet over hdmi. you are right there there are two different grades (standard and high speed) but they are still different cables to < hdmi 1.4 in that with previous hdmi versions the pins used for ethernet arent connected and probably no cables that arent 1.4 certified have wires connected to those pins either.
 
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james.miller said:
yeah there is, hdmi 1.4 requires different cables to enable ethernet over hdmi. you are right there there are two different grades (standard and high speed) but they are still different cables to < hdmi 1.4 in that with previous hdmi versions the pins used for ethernet arent connected and probably no cables that arent 1.4 certified have wires connected to those pins either.
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So is there standard, high speed and high speed with ethernet?

What does the etherenet addition do? Is that to pass ethernet to the TV from devices?
 
yes 2 new cable types:

Standard HDMI with Ethernet (1080i/720p)
High Speed HDMI with Ethernet (1080p+)

so now you can share info/internets between hdmi devices.
its all a bit OTT if you ask me!

the cheapest iv seen by the way is £15 but thats probs a bit on the high side but a good starting point.
 
Do all cable versions also support ARP (Audio Return Path). I know 1.4 does in addition to the Ethernet part.

I got a 10m cable for about 12 quid from the great Internet Book Shop.
 
Dealing with Vivanco (sound and image range) HDMI doesn't do ARC. While panasonic hdmi's are happy with ARC. But on the most part all hdmi's are equal in pic quality.
 
jellybeard999 said:
Any decent quality 5m HDMI cable will do, there is no such thing as "HDMI 1.4 cable". There is Certified Category 1 and Category 2 cable, anything else is marketing speak/branding. The key word is certified, just because a £1 cable isn't certified, doesn't mean it wont do what you ask it to.

IMO so long as the cable is well built, it'll be fine.
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Not strictly true, not all cables will do Arc, or high speed for things like 3D, i tried 2 cables to set up a Panasonic sound bar using Arc, the first a decent 1.3 lead which would not work, then a simaler Hdmi High speed cable Which worked fine, the same goes for 3D tv.

Your right in saying version 1.4 isnt the new name though, and soon we'll more than likely be using cat5 cables instead of Hdmi's which is another pain.
 
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