HDMI Cable
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Soldato
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A 99p cable will provide the same results as a £19.99 cable.
Just get the cheapest you can really for the length you need.
EDIT: beaten to it!
Just get the cheapest you can really for the length you need.
EDIT: beaten to it!
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I bought 4 packs of 3 from PoundLand a year or so ago... I think they realised they were a steal & upped the price to a fiver each! 
Work beautifully, distributed them around friends as I didn't need that many.
Work beautifully, distributed them around friends as I didn't need that many.
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I bought 4 packs of 3 from PoundLand a year or so ago... I think they realised they were a steal & upped the price to a fiver each!
Work beautifully, distributed them around friends as I didn't need that many.
Work beautifully, distributed them around friends as I didn't need that many.
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get the most expensive one, you will sharper quality and better sound 
Sorry jesusismyairbag. You can waste all the money you want. A cheap one that works won't have any quality difference from the latest gold-plated OFC £40 cable. Digital being digital it either works, or it don't!! Don't confuse digital with analogue.
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Only with analogue, not digital signals. Any cable, any connector, any anything will be the same as any other thing, just buy the cheapest cable
From the wink I think he was being sarcastic
Just banter m8, nothing personal.
hahaha. I got 2 for £2
Now, that's what I'm talking about.
The thing is that even though the signals are supposed to be digital they are still sent as a voltage down a copper wire that will deteriorate over distance. So thicker cables will work better over distance as the resistance of a thicker wire is less than that of a thin cable.
Cheaper cables may use thinner wires and perhaps use less pure copper.
For short runs the cheap stuff is fine. Anything over 10M and you should spend a touch more. Still never more than £20 on any length.
Cheaper cables may use thinner wires and perhaps use less pure copper.
For short runs the cheap stuff is fine. Anything over 10M and you should spend a touch more. Still never more than £20 on any length.
Also shielding can come into play depending on the situation. Its hard to find 20m cables under 20 to 25. The 20 and 15m cables from PC to TV both give a picture slightly bigger than the TV, yet move PC and use short cable its fine, no idea why. Neither will work from my handycam to my PC but short El cheapo cables do.
The HDMI standard has ratings, there are sites that have done tests, but PCs tend to output a signal far stronger than required by the standard so tend to be fine except in special circumstances
The HDMI standard has ratings, there are sites that have done tests, but PCs tend to output a signal far stronger than required by the standard so tend to be fine except in special circumstances