someone selling a pair for us$35 in ebay, must use cat5e/cat6, 30m extension


This post has been edited by neb: Dec 20 2009, 11:23 PM

you are wrong! on long cable run, digital signal will get attenuated, then it will go wrong, 1 become 0, and 0 become 1

error correction will kick in to recover inverted bits until it is too much to handle, then everything shut down, you will get black screen with HDCP protection meaasge

HDMI do has error correction for audio and control, you are right about video having no error correction

RM1K for a cable

for long cable run, monster cable actually performed very well, some cheap no-brand cable will have trouble transferring video data in high speed through long cable, it will not maintain eye pattern very well which measure the digital 1 and 0 signal integrity.

for short cable run, any cables will do just fine

monster is good cable, but its price is a rip-off
monoprice, blue-jean,... also good quality cable, with reasonable price

This post has been edited by neb: Apr 7 2010, 05:00 PM

other branded or non-branded can be as durable as well

by the way, did you guys notice that monster not even in the HDMI adopters list, so they don't manufacture their own cable, most probably oem in china, 99% hdmi cable are made in china

http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/adopters_founders.aspx#M

may be the contact is causing the problem, just reseat the plug on both cable ends

or change to another hdmi cable, tesco's hdml cable only cost you RM10(not sure still avalable or not)

got a few from local tesco store, excellent value
may be next time will get a carton load, and resell it at pasar malam for good profit

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 10 2010, 08:42 PM

wow hot item selling like hot cake in KL, plenty of stock are available in penang tesco stores, apparently no much people up north are interested in cheap HDMI cable

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 10 2010, 08:00 PM

technika is tesco's brand LOL

if expensive cable you bought make you feel good about yourself, then it is priceless LOL

HDMI specs do not specify maximum cable length

as long as digital signal preserved its shape emerging from the other cable end, then the cable is said to comply with the specs

if you had read previous posts, some lyn members used 15m HDMI cable without problems

read this page from blue jeans cable
http://www.bluejeanscable.co.uk/articles/h...an-hdmi-run.htm

This post has been edited by neb: Aug 6 2010, 12:39 AM

although very much over price, monster's cable is not the most extreme

this one cost US$1000/m

monster cables are actually pretty good , read how gizmodo tested a few HDMI cable using professional tools
http://gizmodo.com/268788/the-truth-about-...-keep-upusually

regarding your networking cable analogy, for gigabit network, networking cable with cat 5e or cat 6 must be used, cable with cat 5 certified spec is not suitable because cat 5 cable does not have enough number of twist in the wire pair

see how the construction of cable can affect data transfer speed

This post has been edited by neb: Aug 19 2010, 09:13 PM

HDMI does not provide error correction for video data, only audio and control have error correction

after chewkl's revelation about tesco HDMI 12 bits capability, everyone is rushing to purchase

tesco's technika brand HDMI seems to be cat 2 high speed cable, wait for price reducction at RM9.90, even better value for money

This post has been edited by neb: Sep 6 2010, 11:44 PM

10m monoprice hdmi cable from USA is reasonable priced

I have seen someone selling no-brand long cable in lowyat.net garage sales, I heard cable is working pretty well