HDMI

[Tomm]

Hey,

Anyone know where I can get around 15m of cheap HDMI cable (Not of this £200 gold plated, shielded from nuclear radiation and EMP crap)?

Thanks,

Tom

[J0SH]

http://www.amazon.com/GOLD-PREMIUM-H...2033051&sr=8-1

Is that what you're looking for? 50FT apparently.

[N!ck]

I can't garuntee how it will look. HDMI has serious signal degradtion on long lengths (and as it's a digital signal, once it's gone you can't amplify it back). From 3 of the reviews on Amazon though that doesn't seem the case. In theory it should be just like that one bad review says. They may have improved HDMI technology since it was created (as it was a rushed interface) so I don't know. Theoretically you would be much better off runnng a component cable at this length.

The really expensive cables use higher quality components than usual or repeaters to try and get around this.

An article on the subject of long HDMIs. http://www.bluejeanscable.co.uk/arti...n-hdmi-run.htm

[Mentor]

15m is quite a way for an HDMI cable so your unlikey to find any dirt cheap ones that can make the range "/
Ebuyer has one for £27 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147179 though which probabaly isnt to bad concidering the distance.

[Tomm]

Well, I did not mean dirt cheap as such. Just not something silly like £150 for a cable However, in hindsight I most likely do not need a cable that long. Ill get some string out and measure the exact distance that ill need later on today.

15m is quite a way for an HDMI cable so your unlikey to find any dirt cheap ones that can make the range "/
Ebuyer has one for £27 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147179 though which probabaly isnt to bad concidering the distance.

[tm]

The gadget show did a test of HDMI cables on the programme and found no difference what-so-ever between a cheapo tesco effort and a £150 gold plated supermega thing.

That 15m ebuyer one posted above is pretty good for the price I must say. I'd probably settle for that one if I were you and definitely need the length.

Many good priced products: http://www.ebuyer.com/search?store=4&cat=24&subcat=1491

[N!ck]

The gadget show did a test of HDMI cables on the programme and found no difference what-so-ever between a cheapo tesco effort and a £150 gold plated supermega thing.

That 15m ebuyer one posted above is pretty good for the price I must say. I'd probably settle for that one if I were you and definitely need the length.

Many good priced products: http://www.ebuyer.com/search?store=4&cat=24&subcat=1491

No, it wasn't a cheap Tesco one vs a £150 one. It was a £20 Logitech one vs at £70ish one, both short/standard length. For short lengths the cheaper options are fine. If I was connecting two expensive devices such as a Blu-ray player and decent TV then i'd spend the cash on the Logitech one rather than a cheap £3 one as it's worth it. When you start talking about long distances it makes a big difference.

[Kyle!]

HDMI sends DIGITAL signal, so for instance, monster cable selling their £200 cables will have no difference than the £20 ones, you can't send a 1 or a 0 where it receives a better 1 or a 0, it either gets there or it doesn't. Engadget have been posting loads of articles on how Monster cable have been ripping off customers.

You can get cheap ones from comet, disguised as PS3 only HDMI cable's that are only £15.

[N!ck]

HDMI sends DIGITAL signal, so for instance, monster cable selling their £200 cables will have no difference than the £20 ones, you can't send a 1 or a 0 where it receives a better 1 or a 0, it either gets there or it doesn't. Engadget have been posting loads of articles on how Monster cable have been ripping off customers.

You can get cheap ones from comet, disguised as PS3 only HDMI cable's that are only £15.

Yes exactly, over a short distance there's not difference in the quality produced by a £15-20 branded one compared to an over £100 one.

[Mentor]

Yes exactly, over a short distance there's not difference in the quality produced by a £15-20 branded one compared to an over £100 one.

There's actually no difference between a £3.59 and a £100 one ether, over any length. To think there would be, or even could be, requires a fundamental misunderstanding of how the technology works.