Blu-ray HDMI cable

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Just invested in a Blu-ray player.

Now looking at cables they have a normal HDMI cable then they have a Blu-ray HDMI cable.

Now first thought is get the Blu-Ray cable, but is it worth like an extra £10-£15?

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No, a HDMI cable is a HDMI cable pretty much don't go totally bargain basement but anything around a tenner should be fine.
 
To rob you of your hard earned is the simple answer. They will also sell HDMI cables for £50 tell you that they will give a better picture, Which is also lies.
 
ZG002 said:
To rob you of your hard earned is the simple answer. They will also sell HDMI cables for £50 tell you that they will give a better picture, Which is also lies.
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this is so true ! a HDMI Cable is the same if its a £10 or £100 this is the same as DVI cable too :) a lot of companies making a lot of money out there sadly :(
 
Think of HDMI as a USB cable and you'll be fine.

I spent a little more, like £7 for nicer braiding but it's personal, they all work.
 
A lot of people who aren't clued up on technical stuff fall for the salesman's BS, and end up buying more expensive cables than they actually need. They can get away with it probably because there is no real hard evidence that disproves more expensive cables aren't any better than budget ones. A lot of it is down to perception. Some claim they can perceive a difference, some claim they can't. Any kind of evidence that could prove this, is going to be way too technical for most people.
 
jamjar said:
this is so true ! a HDMI Cable is the same if its a £10 or £100 this is the same as DVI cable too :) a lot of companies making a lot of money out there sadly :(
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DVI is a bit different. You can have problems with cheap cables at higher resolutions over longer distances.
 
I thought there were potentially physical differences between some cables, don't the 1.4 ones have an extra cable for the Ethernet (unused in the original cable spec)? I guess if you're not using that feature (and does anything?) you'd not notice a difference.
 
yeh there not called 1.1 , 1.2 etc etc now, there was a ban on that and they have to say their high speed or with ethernet

the actual numbers refer to the connection port itself not the cable but your right the cables can include an ethernet connection if required.
 
For short HDMI cables, the cheap ones are fine.

Once you start to go over 10 meters, the cheap ones can sometimes struggle.

I’ve got a couple of cheap 10m HDMI cables, one of them can’t go over 720p, the other won’t go over 1080p @ 24hz (50hz produces artifacts, 60hz loads of artifacts then loses signal).
 
All HDMI leads will give the same sound and picture. Regardless.

Differences can’t be proven.

So it’s about a couple of things. Their build quality and the price.

Any HDMI cable is capable of the features of a new one.
 
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no its not, thats simply incorrect.
As has been pointed out in this very thread, I wouldn't go spending 100s of pounds on a cable but you do need to basically be going out there and making sure your getting at least a high speed one, then if you need Ethernet you need to make sure your getting a cable with that in.

differences can and have been proven on numerous occasions, and whilst a standard speed cable will probably be fine 99% of the time you do have to bare in mind thats it has only been tested to a certain speed (2.25Gbps) whereas high speed has more stricter tests in place to make sure it maintains a 10.2Gbps speed - ie its going to be more future proof and overall you have piece in mind that it can at least maintain that speed for 3d , arc, 4k etc...
 
Yep, its digital, the 1's and 0's get there or they don't, if they don't it doesn't work!!

Only thing to consider is run's of over 10 metres its worth investing in more heavy duty cable to carry the signal. 15m is around the limit of HDMI without boosters IIRC.
 
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