hi, im going to get a HDMI cable for my ps3, output to a monitor. i've came across HDMI cables priced from AU$30-300... so im wondering is there a noticeable quality difference between the cheap and expensive ones? or is it just a marketing gimmick.

Depending whether you are a AV enthusiast or not... HDMI cable can be up to thousands but I am happy with the 1.5m braided HDMI cable which bought in PA

all HDMI cables are the same as they transmit digital signal so get the cheap one.

Get the cheapest one you can find. A guy is selling a 1.3a for RM30 in bulk sale, check it out.

As long as it can carry the signal, the image quality will be exactly the same as the very expensive ones. That's because it's digital signal.

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icic, will get the cheap 1 then. cos currently im using component cable, and im not satisfied with it, cos i can see slight shadow, most obvious on texts...

i m happey with 2 of the bundled giraffe hdmi cable. 1 for ps3 and the other for philips dvdp.

anyone know where to get the 5m cable?

Bros,

I'm no audio expert but this is my opinion:

For digital signals, 1 and 0 are transmitted unlike analog signal. Imagine a CAT5 network cable- how much would 100m costs? dirt cheap right? It transmits digital signal up to 100Mbps across up to 100meters- my question is have you ever seen and scenario where a network application crashes due to corrupted signal caused by the cables? VERY VERY rare. In information systems even 1 bit of error would crash a system but in AV a chunck of corrupted signal/data would probably cause a slight hitch in the audio/video output.

In short when it comes to digital cables I would only consider the quality of it's shielding (for optical there's no real need for it) and connectors, offcourse the build quality. I think those RM1k+ HDMI/optical and other digital cables are BS.

For analog signals, yeah the cables do make a difference but how much difference and where is the point of diminishing returns (e.g. would an RM1k/meter cable be much more better than an RM50/meter cable) is still being debated by audiophiles, techies and sceptics- I do not want to go there.

This post has been edited by zainframe: Apr 9 2008, 02:28 PM

agreed and endorsed. If there is any corruption in the signal the built in error code correction in the monitor hardware would already be sufficient to alleviate the problem. As for analog signals, u can google up the monster cable fiasco to see how relevant cable prices are in terms of quality per price. They did a blind test and ummm... let's not go there.

just get the cheapest one. There will be no quality different between expensive and cheap one. I got a HDMI cable for RM75 last time(For PS3)

agreed with everyone here. The high price you pay for expensive HDMI cable doesn't give you equally significant difference.

cheap - bad quality
expensive - good quality

haha.. it depends on the brands it self also. since u wanan make full use of the hdmi cable then u should spend a little bit more in order to get better quality which has gold plated n stuff and for sure u'll get better graphic while gaming. 1080p... wooshh! haha

but if u dowan to waste money to buy then u can actually buy a dvd player which support hdmi n use that cable! haha..

cheers!

Partially agree. Like I said, spend a little money on quality- mainly the overall build quality, shielding and connectors. It will not cost hundreds (or maybe thousands) for the manufacturers to produce cables with these quality. So the tech/specs (special alien technology manufacturing, metal from mars construction, swiss made precision gulung wayar procedure etc) mumbo jumbo they use to hike up the prices of these cables are pure BS.

Yeah I missed out a point which slickz highlighted- any modern form of digital communication will have some kind of error correction built in.

This post has been edited by zainframe: Apr 10 2008, 10:33 AM

A RM30 HDMI cable has no difference what so ever than a RM900 Monster HDMI.

Is it so hard to understand?

Agree....no different on picture quality....
Difference only the expensive one can last longer...

Can tell me the places you guys bought HDMI cables. Dont want to end up running circles round KL searching for cables...

Errr..... yes and maybe no......

YES because they both transmit digital signals so it's 1's and 0's. Maybe NO because the build quality and shielding might differ. Also the construction/material of the connectors. But probably if the RM30 cables have decent build quality and material used, the RM900 monsters would just be over engineered (you wont see any difference between the two).

Personally I'd spend a little bit more than RM30 for HDMI cables but definately not RM900!! But that's just me.

I bought my 2m braided gold-plated HDMI cable from Play-Asia for RM20+. Works great with my PS3 for gaming and watching Blu-Ray. You might want to consider it.

Here's the link: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-2q-77-...mi-70-1z5w.html

And oh, just like any other AV guy would say, HDMI will give you the same image quality on both cheap and expensive cables. Unacceptable signal degradation will only become apparent if the cable is longer than 20ft.

try out audioquest HDMI cbl.you can see different @ 2nd top range cbl.