Home Theatre HDMI CABLE, Cheap & expensive same quality?
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 Nov 6 2007, 06:34 PM
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QUOTE(Drian @ Nov 6 2007, 10:50 AM) Pirated audio cd comes from mp3. If you take an original music cd , rip it off from a good cd writer digitally to wave format and then manufacture it again,it will sound the same. And that has anythng to do with HDMI cable?   |
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Nov 11 2007, 09:22 PM
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QUOTE(htkaki @ Nov 2 2007, 04:38 PM) The cost of the HDMI cable must be justifiable to your system setup. no point buying hi-end HDMI which cost near to a thousand when you are just using HTiB system costing RM2-3K or so connected to a 32". Yeap thats the right thing to look for. Buy something according to the price of the item you are connecting too. HDMI cable is just a cable and is it worth that hundreds and thousands for the extra 10% it is really up to own perceive of value. In this case, a normal or mid-range HDMI will do the job.  |
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Jan 7 2008, 08:47 AM
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Anybody heard about Rogers HDMI cable? Desa is selling for more than 200 bucks !
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Jan 7 2008, 08:55 AM
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QUOTE(Ngto @ Nov 1 2007, 08:49 PM) Haha not that bad lah. I agreed. After all, this is digital cable,not analog,it's just zero's and one's, should be same image quality. Like those free HDMI cable that comes with HDMI DVD players...sure all cheap cables. . Only if really extremely bad quality, or very long length, then no image.If you are buying just 2 meter length cap ayam cable it shouldn't have any problem at all. Maybe can even last longer than your TV. Just don't damage the cable especially the connection ends that's all. If you buy longer than 3m then better get better quality ones. Don't worry, even if no image after few years can buy another cheap one. By that time even very expensive ones already become cheap. So save a lot of money in long run. Price difference now between cheap cable and very expensive cable can be >5 times the price. Most important is both Cheap and Expensive cable also give the same image quality. 2 years down the road, the cables will be much cheaper, no need to worry. If somebody do a blind test with a cheap and expensive HDMI cable on the exact same system....i doubt anyone here can tell the difference.. This post has been edited by Matrix: Jan 7 2008, 08:57 AM |
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Jan 7 2008, 09:10 AM
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QUOTE(piscesguy @ Jan 7 2008, 08:47 AM) Anybody heard about Rogers HDMI cable? Desa is selling for more than 200 bucks ! wow that much yeah? |
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Jan 7 2008, 05:38 PM
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QUOTE(piscesguy @ Jan 7 2008, 08:47 AM) Anybody heard about Rogers HDMI cable? Desa is selling for more than 200 bucks ! I'm using Roger. They offered it to me for RM200 when I bought the LCD from them together with a HDMI DVD player. |
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Jan 7 2008, 05:41 PM
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QUOTE(piscesguy @ Jan 7 2008, 08:47 AM) Anybody heard about Rogers HDMI cable? Desa is selling for more than 200 bucks ! yeah im using 1 now ( v1.3 )roughly the same offer i got as yfyap69 when i bought my 42" plasma and DivX DVD Player... (also bought a power conditioner for around same price  ) |
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Jan 7 2008, 06:22 PM
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QUOTE(mADmAN @ Jan 7 2008, 05:41 PM) yeah im using 1 now ( v1.3 ) Comparing to the other cable I have (RM80 from Tye Huat) I don't see any difference. Maybe my eye and ear not sharp enough to differentiateroughly the same offer i got as yfyap69 when i bought my 42" plasma and DivX DVD Player... (also bought a power conditioner for around same price ) |
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Jan 7 2008, 06:27 PM
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dunno about that la...im not that good at differentiating image quality between cables... sound can la..image cannot
 but i can differentiate between HDMI n PC Input though.. HDMI waaaaaaaaayyy better  |
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Jan 7 2008, 11:16 PM
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Panasonic HDMI cable is just as good. Actually, it is selling at premium price over here. Bought a 5M HDMI cable from online. The price is less than RM100.
Then again, I have the Pioneer complimentary HDMI cable, as well as Panasonic 1.5m gold plated HDMI cable and Audioquest 2m HDMI cable. Erm, actually I dont see much difference among three of them. |
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Jan 8 2008, 11:35 PM
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QUOTE(yfyap69 @ Jan 7 2008, 06:22 PM) Comparing to the other cable I have (RM80 from Tye Huat) I don't see any difference. Maybe my eye and ear not sharp enough to differentiate Sure no diff la. Digital cable is digital cable.Guys... guys... unless your HDMI cable is 20m long (like mine) then the quality of the cable is important... but a mere 1.5m long... close eye also can la. It is not because what... just that at 20m, if lousy one, the cable might not be connected properly (happened to my S Video) and then, you will waste your money. |
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Jan 13 2008, 10:54 PM
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i think maybe the difference is in long run.. maybe those expensive ones can last longer? Me also using a cheap one.. hehe
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Jan 14 2008, 07:40 AM
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QUOTE(singleguy @ Jan 13 2008, 10:54 PM) i think maybe the difference is in long run.. maybe those expensive ones can last longer? Me also using a cheap one.. hehe For expensive cables, better material used therefore it should last longer.. |
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Jan 14 2008, 02:13 PM
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QUOTE(timothyy @ Jan 8 2008, 11:35 PM) Sure no diff la. Digital cable is digital cable. I think this is excellent advice. Buy high quality cable only if u need long cables!Guys... guys... unless your HDMI cable is 20m long (like mine) then the quality of the cable is important... but a mere 1.5m long... close eye also can la. It is not because what... just that at 20m, if lousy one, the cable might not be connected properly (happened to my S Video) and then, you will waste your money. Digital is digital, there is no difference in quality unless there's a break in the cable or loss of signal over long distance. |
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Jan 14 2008, 02:17 PM
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the diff is in the bandwidth capability.. if you are not maxing it out.. then should not have any issues
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Jan 14 2008, 10:10 PM
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QUOTE(ar188 @ Jan 14 2008, 02:17 PM) the diff is in the bandwidth capability.. if you are not maxing it out.. then should not have any issues Taikor, I have this feeling that V1.3b will supercede V1.3a by mid 2008. |
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Jan 15 2008, 11:50 AM
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is the such thing as version 1.3 hdmi cable?
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Jan 15 2008, 12:02 PM
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QUOTE(scotty @ Jan 15 2008, 11:50 AM) is the such thing as version 1.3 hdmi cable? For the higher 1.3 bandwidth, it needs a better quality cable to carry the signal through, that's all. If your ordinary HDMI can do the job without signal loss, then it's means the quality is good enough. If it can't then just buy a better quality one . |
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Apr 4 2008, 08:14 AM
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hi, may i ask if my player display HDMI error when on but when i select the LCD input to HDMI then the error will go off izit this is normal?
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 Apr 5 2008, 12:38 PM
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QUOTE(Ngto @ Jan 15 2008, 12:02 PM) For the higher 1.3 bandwidth, it needs a better quality cable to carry the signal through, that's all. If your ordinary HDMI can do the job without signal loss, then it's means the quality is good enough. If it can't then just buy a better quality one For the time being, high bandwidth HDMI cables costing thousand plus from Monster Cable and other brands are not necessary, we don't need that much bandwidth actually, ordinary HDMI cables can carry 1080p signals and lossless audio codecs easily for up to 6m. Unless in the future, we have a thing called Ultra HD (1440p) with 36-bit colour space, then, there's a need for such cables. For the time being, just enjoy what we have first, there's not such thing as future proof, who knows, maybe later got HDMI v1.4 cable leh? Right? .QUOTE(JinBeng @ Apr 4 2008, 08:14 AM) hi, may i ask if my player display HDMI error when on but when i select the LCD input to HDMI then the error will go off izit this is normal? That's normal if the player failed to communicate with your LCD, it's a handshake problem. Always select the HDMI input on your LCD first then switch on your player. |
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