HDMI Cables Comparison

jmke · 11th January 2011, 13:04

This one should be a no-brainer right? Everyone knows that HDMI is a digitally lossless form of transmitting audio and video, so it stands to reason that the cables - no matter how cheap or expensive - should either work or not work. There is no middle ground here.

But has anyone ever actually tested this, by directly capturing the traffic of the HDMI port using multiple cables of varying quality? Is there any actual need for this £655 HDMI cable?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...vs-hdmi?page=1

geoffrey · 11th January 2011, 17:29

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To conclude then, it's fair to say that the advent of HDMI has effectively made the era of stupendously expensive AV cables with dubious-quality claims somewhat obsolete. That £1.50 (including delivery) cable from Amazon will do sterling work for your Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or media PC - and if it is in some way not up to the job, you'll see it immediately in the form of obtrusive digital artifacting. Only if you're attempting some seriously long connections will a custom cable be required - and even the

never had problems with short distance analog video cables, neither with HDMI. Kinda obviously, why would it otherwise be used that much... I was kinda hoping we would get an answer what would happen if we use cables of 5m-10m-15m ... Will gold plated make a difference then? Are there other tricks used (good shielding)? Ow, and when I'm buying something I want to know from beforehand if it will work, not: "and if it is in some way not up to the job, you'll see it immediately in the form of obtrusive digital artifacting"

jmke · 11th January 2011, 20:55

I did notice a difference with a coax cable (to connect TV) gold plated vs cheapo one gave visible difference in image quality with cable TV

geoffrey · 11th January 2011, 21:00

I'm not surprised, audio/video professionals have been using it for half a century, that's not without reason

piotke · 11th January 2011, 21:32

HDMI cables work or don't. That's it. It's a purely digital signal...

The analog TV is analog...

geoffrey · 11th January 2011, 22:06

Same was told about DVB-T, it either works, or it doesn't work... Truth is, there is a grey zone where you get artifacts, I've seen this happening with DVB-T, DVB-S and IPTV. Communication protocols: the same thing.

I was very curious about the influence of cable length

jmke · 12th January 2011, 07:31

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Originally Posted by piotke

HDMI cables work or don't. That's it. It's a purely digital signal...

there's signal degradation over longer distances, check the anomalies on in the screenshots, also noticeable is for example is that 720p works, 1080p doesn't; can be due to a bad cable

11th January 2011, 13:04	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	HDMI Cables Comparison This one should be a no-brainer right? Everyone knows that HDMI is a digitally lossless form of transmitting audio and video, so it stands to reason that the cables - no matter how cheap or expensive - should either work or not work. There is no middle ground here. But has anyone ever actually tested this, by directly capturing the traffic of the HDMI port using multiple cables of varying quality? Is there any actual need for this £655 HDMI cable? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...vs-hdmi?page=1 __________________

11th January 2011, 20:55	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	I did notice a difference with a coax cable (to connect TV) gold plated vs cheapo one gave visible difference in image quality with cable TV __________________

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geoffrey [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,127	I'm not surprised, audio/video professionals have been using it for half a century, that's not without reason __________________

11th January 2011, 21:32	#5
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	HDMI cables work or don't. That's it. It's a purely digital signal... The analog TV is analog... __________________ .

11th January 2011, 22:06	#6
geoffrey [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,127	Same was told about DVB-T, it either works, or it doesn't work... Truth is, there is a grey zone where you get artifacts, I've seen this happening with DVB-T, DVB-S and IPTV. Communication protocols: the same thing. I was very curious about the influence of cable length __________________

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