Any differance in HDMI cables 360

WatchTower · 12 Apr 2009 at 14:42

I bought an HDMI cable for my 360 a while ago for £15. I was wondering if you would get a better picture with the official Microsoft HDMI cable? Like how the Official VGA cable is better than all the 3rd party ones.

thecremeegg · 12 Apr 2009 at 14:44

Nope, they're all the same regardless of price so your cable will be fine

ojste · 12 Apr 2009 at 14:44

nope, it doesnt matter for hdmi cables. go for the cheapest one, but not so cheap that it will fall apart

. the one you have now should be fine

WatchTower · 12 Apr 2009 at 14:45

I've seen them under £5 in a Supermarket.

rp2000 · 12 Apr 2009 at 14:47

WatchTower said:
I've seen them under £5 in a Supermarket.

Buy 2

Seriously, unless you plan on moving them around a lot (between devices), twisting the cables a lot, or using over long distances, any fiver cable will do the trick.

rp2000

Nanoman · 12 Apr 2009 at 15:15

Digital, it will make no difference what so ever.

Streeteh · 12 Apr 2009 at 15:23

As has been said, HDMI cables either work or they don't, better cables will not improve colour depth or anything like that... however some people will try to make you believe they do, slap those people for their own good. Over longer distances high quality HDMI cables may become necessary as signal loss will start to take its toll and picture corruption will appear on cheaper cables, but we're talking like 10m long cables here.

Joop · 12 Apr 2009 at 15:44

ill say avoid any HDMI cables with cheap covers i found that just my tv caused interferance n so got some cheap phillips ones n they work great!

Fr0dders · 12 Apr 2009 at 22:13

Joop said:
ill say avoid any HDMI cables with cheap covers i found that just my tv caused interferance n so got some cheap phillips ones n they work great!

yeah dont go too cheap

my mate bought a cheap as chips one, and it took the screen and PS3 ages to establish a secure connection. Was stuck on snow for about 30 seconds or more.

changed to a £7 model from a well known jersey based retailer and the problem was gone.

So yes cheap, but dont go too cheap. You can usually feel the quality when you touch them. Anything that feels like its about to fall apart at the slightest touch should be avoided.