Which HDMI cable

[davesol]

Hi

I have just moved into a new apartment in Toronto and the landlord has left their ps3 for me to use. It is currenty using a composite cable to connect to the tv which i want to replace with an hdmi cable. I went into best buy and they had HDMI cables for $30, $70 or $140. am I going to notice any real difference between the cheap one and the expensive one? I just went on amazon and people are selling "premium" cables for about $5 so should I just go for the cheapest?

Thanks

[Lyris]

Yes. There's no point in buying expensive ones.

I've heard that in North America, some greasy companies are cashing in on the confusion about '120hz/240hz' LCD TVs and are selling "240hz" HDMI cables. I'm sure there's a legal reason they haven't tried that in the UK yet (or have they?)

[smouty]

It is digital so it will either work or not. You'll only need a decentish quality one if you need a long cable run >10m.

[davesol]

cool, thanks guys. amazon it is!

[speedlolita]

Yes. There's no point in buying expensive ones.

I've heard that in North America, some greasy companies are cashing in on the confusion about '120hz/240hz' LCD TVs and are selling "240hz" HDMI cables. I'm sure there's a legal reason they haven't tried that in the UK yet (or have they?)

So there's no difference huh? Kewl.

I still want Sony branded HDMI cables mind.

[Lyris]

Ah, Sony branded! They'd still come from the same Taiwanese factory

[abigsmurf]

Be warned, cheapest possible ones can still have build quality issues not relating to signal quality. I bought £2 cables from Ebay and they worked fine. Removed the cable from my PS3... It left the connector casing inside the unite. Was a bitch to get out.

But anyhow. HDMI has a high level of error correction, good quality cable makes little to no difference over a short distance. It's 10m when you get noticable signal degredation or much shorter if you put it near high powered speakers.

I'd say you should look to be spending £5-8 on a 2m hdmi cable.

[Kongster]

I don't really understand why, in this day and age, Sony don't include an HDMI cable with the PS3. I mean if you can get an HDMI cable for a couple of quid then surely Sony, with all their bulk buying powers, can get them for significantly less.

[speedlolita]

I don't really understand why, in this day and age, Sony don't include an HDMI cable with the PS3. I mean if you can get an HDMI cable for a couple of quid then surely Sony, with all their bulk buying powers, can get them for significantly less.

Same goes for Microsoft.

[Kongster]

Oh aye. What makes it even more funny in the case of MS was that they used to include a component/HDMI cable with the 360 before taking them out. lol.

['Press Start']

does gold a connector add anything to a HDMI cable? better signal transfer?

[speedlolita]

does gold a connector add anything to a HDMI cable? better signal transfer?

Nope.

[dvdx2]

i bought a few 'cheap' ones and i had issues with flecks on screen, signal drop outs and flicker. Also cheap ones tend to 'wobble' around a bit, so i beg to differ

a couple of QED classic sorted the problems out

[Kongster]

How long were they?

[speedlolita]

i bought a few 'cheap' ones and i had issues with flecks on screen and signal drop outs and flicker.

I also bought a DVI to HDMI cable from eBay. Cost me next to nothing but it didn't work properly, I guess the cable was broken. Ah well, chucked it in the bin and forgot about it.