there is no difference for cheap an expensive HDMI cables...provided u go REALLY LONG. You'll see artifacts and distortion if ur cable is broken. It either works or it don't. I have a 12foot HDMI cheap cable from my PC to LCD TV. Works perfectly.

I think a lot of you are getting out of topic. We are talking about 'Quality'. When you have snow or other artifacts, means your cable is BROKEN. What we are comparing the QUALITY between cheap and expensive cables...basically there is NO DIFFERENCE, if you get two WORKING cable of different price. I have tons of cheap cables and they work just fine. It's your bad luck you got yourself a broken cable. Can happen whether it's cheap or expensive. (which in case, you should return it to the seller for an exchange).

If it's analog, i'll say maybe. For digital, if it's not breaking up picture or sound, i'll say no.

I agree. Cmon lar...how to compare cars to cables!!! Cars is such a complex machinery, and features like Safety, Comfort, Handling are all very real physical factors. With cables, the job is only to transmit signal from one end to the other. And for digital cables...what's the difference?? Nada. If your TV doesn't shows artifacts , ur el-cheapo cable is doing exactly the same thing as your RM1K cable. The only risk u buy RM10 cable is the probabily u getting a dodgy cable is higher. In which case, you buy another unit of the same...which is still way cheaper.


This post has been edited by Matrix: Aug 20 2010, 05:57 PM