Did you know that there’s a huge difference between different HDMI-cables? Did you also know that if you buy the cheaper cables they have in the stores, the ones that makes the salesman’s bonus slightly lower, you will end up with a really crappy image on your TV? Here’s a conversation that took place today between myself – who knows very little about the difference between cables, and a salesperson at a local HIFI-store:
Me: I’m looking for an HDMI-cable, nothing fancy or anything, how is that one? (pointing at a 1 meter cable costing 298 NOK).
Salesperson: yeah, you could go for that cable (“you cheapo”), but we also have this one for sale (fetches a different cable). This one is much better, and used to cost 698 NOK but you’ll get it for only 498 NOK!
Me: what is the difference between them, and how will I notice the difference on my TV?
Salesperson: well, the biggest difference is that the image will feel more 3-dimensional, compared to if you’re using the cheaper cable.
Ok, I’ve already admitted that I don’t know much about these things, but “the image will feel more 3-dimensional”?
Needless to say, I left the store with the cheapest cable, so I guess I’ll have to live with a 2D-image on my TV…
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But you’ll never know what you missed
Haha, that’s an extremely good point!
Try Biltema next time …
http://www.biltema.no/products/product.asp?iSecId=535&iItemId=133576
139NOK
Bah, I keep forgetting that Biltema has a store in Tromsø now!
Puh, thanks
Actually there is no diffrence. Here is the primer for you.
If a signal is analog every little bit of interfearance on the line or every little partial signal loss affects the qualityon the other end.
Digital Cables, Like HDMI, are well… digital. all 1s and 0s, so if a staticy fuzzy 1 gets to the other side of the cable It is still a 1. It is like the diffrence between a cassette tape and a CD or DAT tape. As long as that 1 gets through, it works.
If you are really worried about digital signals over wires make sure that all your cables and power cables run purpendicular to themselves.
Where you do have to worry is cable length. The longer the cable the grater the risistance it offers to the signals traveling across it, and the weaker the signal gets at the recieving end. 2-3m (6 – 10 feet) is not a big worry. 6 – 8m (18 to 20 feet) can really be an issue and then the expensive cableing would be slightly better. If you are going to send digital signals over a fair distance you have to either get cableing made for it or instal signal repeaters on the cable to boost and send the signal down the line.
As for quality here is a humours thing I think you will find interesting. http://consumerist.com/362926/do-coat-hangers-sound-as-good-monster-cables
Great to see evidence that the salesman was just full of it!
Now tell me, are you the man behind Joy of Tech?!?!? http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1082.html
LOL, awesome