HDMI to HDMI cable?

Shicky · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:53

Im a retard with regard to this thing but want to get one of these cables to hook my laptop up to my HDTV. Do I need to get anything special or literally just any cable?

I was looking through ebay and keep seeing *GOLD PLATED* etc, does this actually matter?

Tom0 · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:55

Yes, you NEED gold plated ones... If you're paying less than £500 for cables you'll be losing quality..

:rolleyes:

Megahurtz400 · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:57

HDMI sends a digital signal, so therefore it is either ON or OFF.

To a practical level, it cannot really be effected by "interference" or any other mumbo jumbo Electrical Salespeople will try and tell you

From an Ex-Bennetts salesperson who ripped off sooooo many people

Also, I think your sig is too big

mac1st3 · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:01

the only difference that's worth noting in HDMI cables is the build quality, some of the cheap ones break really easily, but gold plated is lit snake oil, a complete sham, they will all give the same picture and quality

Gelly54 · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:01

Tom0 said:
Yes, you NEED gold plated ones... If you're paying less than £500 for cables you'll be losing quality..

This. Haha

flibbage0 · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:01

Bought a £2 HDMI cable a couple of years ago, still working.

The people who spend £100 on an HDMI cable are stupid.

Shicky · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:10

awesome thank you, going for the cheapest thing i can find now!

orderoftheflame · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:14

Gold plated? Results in straighter ones and rounder zeros doesn't it?

Guest2 · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:31

lol at douche nozzle.

My £2 cable works fine for PC > HDTV

RomanNose · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:45

Sad to say that my uncle who is on 100k + a year still buys gold plated hdmi, even after explaining the basic concept of digital signals.

HAz · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:45

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-049-OK&groupid=1929&catid=1753&subcat=

lol

MOOGLEYS · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:46

Fully agree cheapo HDMi cables are more than suitable... But..

HDMi cables are not true digital cables they use a voltage which is analogue it can vary depending upon conditions the only true digital cables are optical. There are no 1's or 0's in the cables this is binary a language designed to aid computer programing the signal is passed through the cables as a voltage..

I'm done....

Duke · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:52

Any HDMI 1.4 cable will do the job.

Westyfield2 · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:16

orderoftheflame said:
Gold plated? Results in straighter ones and rounder zeros doesn't it?
[IMG ]http://www.orderoftheflame.co.uk/RandomImages/HDMI_2.jpg[/IMG]

Aslong as the cable is fully-wired and you're not running it 50metres you'll be fine with a cheapo cable.

scrlk · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:22

http://www.malcolmsteward.co.uk/?p=2534

:rolleyes:

If I need to buy a high quality cable, I would buy a Molex-band one.

PhillyDee · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:25

If the sockets are gold plated, buy gold plated cables. If they are tin, buy tin.

If you mix them, it corrodes each other.

Mahnsikir · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:50

I got a lovely 1.8m one for 37p + 99p p&p the other day.

So far it has neither exploded or set itself on fire, though I have caught it giving people who walk past the house outside some dirty looks.

xJcBx · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:50

Going to the AV show in the Marriet hotel (Bristol) tomrrow, always fun to see the overpriced cables and some 20-something salesman chatting to me about how it improves quality. Lol's always.
They even chatted to me about kettle leads, and I asked if they would improve computer performance with one of their £1K+ power leads, he said yes.

scarlett · 26 Feb 2011 at 20:25

2 quid cable from asda works perfectly for me

Vonhelmet · 26 Feb 2011 at 20:27

I bought a Tesco Value HDMI cable the other day.