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 HDMI Cable Quality?, Really make a diffrent?

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ronaldjoe
post Aug 14 2010, 10:04 PM

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QUOTE(jchong @ Aug 14 2010, 08:53 PM)
Since you are a seller of premium cables I always take what you post with a grain of salt. It is obvious from your posting that sometimes you oversimplify or confuse things to push your agenda of selling premium HDMI cables.

Firstly, we are not telling people to invest only in RM10 HDMI cables. Get a decent HDMI cable that is Cat 2 certified and you're good to go. If you look at monoprice.com they have a 6FT 28AWG High Speed HDMI Cable which is Cat 2 certified for only US$3.04. Hey, wait a minute that's actually cheaper than RM10 smile.gif Ok give chance, monoprice has another 6FT 24AWG CL2 High Speed HDMI Cable for US$6.75. Still considered "cheapo" I guess. So these "cheapo" monoprice cables meets the high speed spec. Is it still necessary to buy a Monster "high speed" HDMI cable? The bottomline is that "cheap" doesn't mean it is not high speed.

As for your argument about quality and build of the cable and interference, it can sometimes happen (in rare cases I might add). So again buy from a reputable vendor, make sure it is Cat 2 certified (and at least v1.3, now v1.4) and you can still find a lot of cables like that for a fraction of the price of premium branded cables.

If you are so confident of the superior quality of premium branded cables how about you do a blind test to compare a Monster cable vs a cheapo cable (that is Cat 2). If you can pass the test then your words might carry more weight.
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ronaldjoe
post Aug 14 2010, 11:17 PM

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QUOTE(DigitalTech @ Aug 14 2010, 11:14 PM)
Even High speed category cable, there's also bandwidth rate like 4.95Gbps, 6.68Gbps or 10.2Gbps, etc. High speed is a general category. You need to know what bandwidth too.

I actually addressing more on the confusion on 'All HDMI are the same, it's digital, either you get the signal or not" topic.

Everybody is just following the same bandwagon, because of some 'experts' wrote some article based on his/her opinions.

If you look at the begining of this thread, everybody is very confident that all HDMI are the same and very proud of it they got a good deal. Most of them bought from Tesco.

Because I'm selling Monster cables, my words does not carry weight.

Most of the audiophiles here who believes and using high performance cables did not respond to this thread, and I know who are they. I'm sure you all know why.

Monoprice cables are considered cheap, as it's coming from China factories who mass produce HDMI cables. It has no difference with Tesco cables. Because they purchase in huge bulks, they can sell it even cheaper. High speed? Who certified that?

Monster cables has certifications from THX, DTS, Dolby, SimplayHD, ISF, ROHS compliant, etc.

These are renowed organisations which have stringent requirements before giving out these certifications.

So, now it's not the matter what cable is best, it's more like what you want to believe and trust. And that's personal.
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This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Aug 14 2010, 11:18 PM

 

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