HDMI Cables

8of9 · 23 Dec 2010 at 11:01

I need to purchase a HDMI cable. Does the higher the price of them mean that the quality will be noticably better?

Thanks

DragonQ · 23 Dec 2010 at 11:12

No. DVI = HDMI in terms of output quality. The only difference will be the way your display interprets HDMI (some will need adjusting to PC/RGB colour schemes or need overscan manually turned off).

sammo62 · 23 Dec 2010 at 11:26

Unless you want a really really long HDMI cable there will be absolutely 0 difference between a cheap £5 one and an expensive one. A digital signal won't suffer like an analogue one would.

WingZero30 · 23 Dec 2010 at 11:30

HDMI = DVI with sound input

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Tealc · 23 Dec 2010 at 11:50

Well I use the cheapest 15M one that ocuk offer http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-057-OK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat=1753 and everything seems to work just fine. For the sake of £10 I thought it was worth a try.

These things either work or they dont. They only send digital data so an expensive lead will not provide a better image or sound, although I suppose it might enable the signal to travel a little bit further if they use better purer materials.

8of9 · 23 Dec 2010 at 12:12

Thanks for the input guys, exactly what i was looking for.

matthab · 23 Dec 2010 at 12:50

WingZero30 said:
HDMI = DVI with sound input.

Also HDMI support HDCP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection

NeoRed · 23 Dec 2010 at 19:38

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DVI will also do that, from your link

2.Encryption of the data sent over DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI, GVIF, or UDI interfaces

eGu_Ryan · 24 Dec 2010 at 09:46

If you browse some of the popular online retailers you can get one for £1.99 and it's perfect.

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