Im buying a PS3 over the weekend and was wondering if you guys just go with the Walmart $10 dollar HDMI hookups or do you go all out with the $50-$100 ones? From what I have heard the differences are very minimal. True?
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Im buying a PS3 over the weekend and was wondering if you guys just go with the Walmart $10 dollar HDMI hookups or do you go all out with the $50-$100 ones? From what I have heard the differences are very minimal. True?
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Those expensive cables will only yield a difference if you have the best of everything. If there is nothing else you can do to make your entertainment system better, then you get the best cables. Otherwise, there is no point to the expensive ones.
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agreed, unless you have an extremely high end projector or TV you won't be able to tell the difference much unless you play alot of high graphic games, then you can notice very small pixelation if you know what to look forOriginally Posted by Nooomoto
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Sweet. Thanks guys. Thats what I was thinking but wanted to make sure.
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hdmi is a digital cable. all digital signals are equal 1s and 0s don't change depending on the quality of the cable. get the cheapest one you can find
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Check out monoprice.com
Very high quality and cheap.
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you know nothing about electronics
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go with the cheap ones man. i laugh everytime i hear someone spent top dollar on those gold ones.
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You get what u pay for.
I know if i had a choice between a $10 ice cream and a $1 one, i know which one i would prefer.
out of here
me to ten times the 1usd ones haha
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Wrong ! Unless his tv is 15 years old.
You should almost always be able to tell a different with the HDMI cable. Like said before if you have time to wait go with monoprice.com their prices are awesome.
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Huh. I thought everyone was in agreement on this but I come on today and I have some other opinions. I dont know if this matters at all but the cables will be used strictly for gaming purposes. The tv I will be using them on is a 3 year old 32in. LCD. I will check out the website you guys suggested and see whats up over there.
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Better cables = better quality. Friend of mine does audio/visuals for many different clubs and concerts/shows, and he really knows his shit.
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HDMI = 100% no difference
they're digital
it's on or off
zero or 1
Imagine a ladder that has 200 rungs
if you stand back you may not be able to tell exactly what rung the dude is on
he might be on 75 or 100
but for damn sure you'll be able to tell weather he's on the top or bottom
the further away you get the harder it is to tell what rung the man is on
this is why signals degrade over long runs of poor quality analog
There may be a point where you're so far away you can't even tell the man is at the top or bottom of the ladder...but digital doesn't guess...it either works or it doesn't.
That's as simple as I can make it for you. If you feel like flushing some cash though...go for it.
Nothing to it, but to do it
Go with the cheap ones. If there is a difference it would be very minimal and a waste of money. Like said above maybe if you had a full blown top of the line system and were playing it on a tv bigger than 52" you might see a difference if you really knew what to look for and even then prolly not.
Nothing to it, but to do it
This is a 32" tv in a bedroom that him and maybe a few friends will see. It's not a major club or concert where there's thousands of people watching a tv the size of a 3 story building.
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get the ones that are made by playstation their only 50$ I learned the hard way when you "get what you pay for"
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Everyone has their opinion but i use to be a video tech. You will notice a difference in video when using a HDMI /PS3/LCD tv handsdown. Im done.
I feel accomplished
http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...e/4235717.html
signal either passes or it doesn't
Do you need monster cables for your USB ports with gold plated connections? Same thing.
I'm done
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I used to OWN my own high end audio business and used to charge people thousands for cables made out of silver and "magic" dielectrics and all that and laugh all the way to the bank...... I used to literally open peoples 20+ thousand dollar amplifiers and replace their amazingly high quality parts with even more freakishly high quality parts and though this time i've learned a cable is the MOST transparent thing in an audio/video chain.... more than ANY capacitor, resistor, transistor etc.... that's like having a chain made out of plastic links and then replacing your 1 iron link with a steel one while leaving the rest plastic... you're only as good as your weakest link and although there are measurable differences in Jitter (with digital cables) and signal purity with analog sources.... these differences are so minimal your eyes/ears won't be able to tell the difference. Unless you're getting rf/emi issues there's really no audible difference..... they've even done double blind study's on the effects of multi thousand dollar interconnects compared to your standard every day radio shack variety and half the time the 2$ radio shack cable won...... all these "improvements" in quality people claim to perceive are usually chalked up to the standard old placebo effect.........if you don't believe me.......I have some cables to sell you
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Oh and by the way, I'm currently using 2$ speaker cables to connect my 10,000 dollar speakers to my 20,000 dollar stereo.....sounds great!!! I do have some 500 dollar speaker cables I could use but I find that they actually induce capacitance on purpose (measurably so on a meter) in order to "fake" higher sound quality when they are actually altering the sound in order to sound "different" and "worth 500". But ANY cable that purposely alters your sound isn't faithfully reproducing your music/video. The goal of any good cable is to be transparent, and many of the expensive varieties definitely don't do that...... just get some cheap "no frills" no "marketing hype" "no gimmick" cables and you'll be fine
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Im not comparing expensive vs inexpensive HDMI cables. What i am saying is if you are asking if you will see a difference between RWY cables VS HDMI , yes you will see a difference. I personally hate monster cables because of their expense. I buy from the web site provided above. Like that poster said, the prices are fair and the quality of cables is good.
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oh yeah totally, rwy vs hdmi is no contest... but I thought he was asking cheap hdmi vs. expensive hdmi?
Productive Member
Thats what we are talking about, dude. Cheap HDMI vs expensive HDMI, not whether HDMI is better, we all know it is.
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Why dont you lern me sumthin then smart guyyou know nothing about electronics
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lern bahah ill learn u something how to spell and comprehend "teach"
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There is different bandwidth hdmi cables, if you don't have enough bandwidth then you'll have some sort of image corruption. I don't exactly remember what happens but if you're system is very demanding then you'll want a later revision cable (ex:1.4 vs 1.0).
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to be fair, he was right
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I got it now. I thought you were all going crazy
Use that web site above for all cables.
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when he said "lern me something"... pretty sure he was being facetious...
from personal experience with the expensive and the cheap hdmi cables, the difference is minimal. so go wally world or best buy, and get some for like, 20-30 bucks... not too expensive, not too cheap. voila.
Last edited by TheArtist; 01-17-2010 at 11:08 AM.
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Thats exactly what I did. PS3 looks great and Im happy. Thanks everyone for posting.
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I just put a ps3 up! with its own high end HDMI cable. Comes with 4 games and a bunch of other stuff, go look!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...STRK:MESELX:IT
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Definitely, they're the ish.
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Yupper... If you are just the everyday Joe Shmoe that isn't a darn videophile, get an inexpensive one. That's saying don't get some junk. Get one from a reputable source and all will be well. As others have said, it's digital... so if you plug it in and it works. walllllahhh, TADDDDDOW. It's fine, and won;t get much, if any better.... Usually the only way you'll even tell the difference between a 20 buck jobber and a $150 one is with test equipment. You just usually aren't going to notice much with your eye unless you got an absolute ish one.
It's funny, my friend runs a bestbuy and for the longest time even he was telling people that the $150 monster cable ones were a waste of money. Then they came out with the speed and bandwidth rated ones (still the same damn cables lol) and still a ruse. Now just check BestBuy out, they hardly even carry the BS, ridiculously priced ones anymore.Hmmmmm? I wonderrrrrr why? lol
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not true...the only cable that is different is 1.4
that might be relavant if either his TV or PS3 supported version 1.4
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Where did you read that? There is a comparison chart right on wikipedia....or is that site not legit enough for such a stupid topic?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_comparison
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The versions are different, the cables are the same.
1.4 adds an ethernet channel...and therefore needs a 1.4 cable.
You can still use a 1.3 cable for 1.4, you just won't be able to use that feature.
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