HDMI cable - Saxperience

Scattle · 20th November 2007, 19:59

Hey all,
Just having a scout on Ebay is this hdmi cable right and any decent to plug into the 360 and the telly?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1M-GOLD-PLATED...QQcmdZViewItem
Cheers.

Mystic^p · 20th November 2007, 20:01

Looks pretty good to me, as long as your TV & Xbox have HDMI ports your good to go.

You get what you pay for with these things so the more you can afford to splash the better (ish). £10 per metre sounds fairly good quality though, hopefully its not some overpriced ebay tat, does look nice & thick though!

1M is quite short, im assuming your xbox is beneath or next to the telly?

Wayne · 20th November 2007, 20:03

looks like the right one mate.

Scattle · 20th November 2007, 20:07

Yeh it is Mystic, and the 360 and tv have the required ports. Thanks ill have a purchase.

Mystic^p · 20th November 2007, 20:10

If all goes well try & remember to post it in here, need to get a new cable in the next few weeks and im always a bit dubious about eBay. Dont wanna pay £60 from a store though

Matt_e · 20th November 2007, 20:12

buy it from here ive bought 3 from here and you'll get it for 6 delivered, be quick though

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2m-Premium-HDM...QQcmdZViewItem

Scattle · 20th November 2007, 20:19

Ok Mystic will do, thanks matt, will have a look.

Jungle_Jim^m · 20th November 2007, 21:57

i got mine from here mate
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PREMIUM-1-8M-G...QQcmdZViewItem

Scattle · 20th November 2007, 22:00

thanks again.

craig180^p · 20th November 2007, 22:43

I wouldn't bother tbh. The quality of that will be piss poor.

The quality of any system is quite regularly determined by the quality of the cables - normally the weakest link.

I f you just want to get up and running it will be ok, but if you want a decent transfer with minimal interference/signal loss I would spend a little more.

To give you an idea I have a £100 QED HDMI lead going from my dvd to tv simply for picture transfer. Audio is dealt with by a seperate cable.

Spending a little on cheap cables is false economy imo

b0t13 · 21st November 2007, 03:05

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Originally Posted by saxo180

I wouldn't bother tbh. The quality of that will be piss poor.

The quality of any system is quite regularly determined by the quality of the cables - normally the weakest link.

I f you just want to get up and running it will be ok, but if you want a decent transfer with minimal interference/signal loss I would spend a little more.

To give you an idea I have a £100 QED HDMI lead going from my dvd to tv simply for picture transfer. Audio is dealt with by a seperate cable.

Spending a little on cheap cables is false economy imo

agreed, my mate has an £80 cable for his ps3 and he says its alot better than his cable that came with it, tho £80 for a cable is excessive!, but he works in comet and cables etc dissapear alot

Viper · 21st November 2007, 03:09

where the fuck can you get £100 hdmi cables from??? surely its just a rip off

Mystic^p · 21st November 2007, 08:19

MONSTER probably, i've spent some money on their cables over the years but they are always top notch. Not willing to blow £100 on it though

£50 is about my maximum & i need one longer than 2M

Karl · 21st November 2007, 08:38

.....If I use my TV as a monitor, what will be better quality for me...

PC end: Regular monitor cable (minds gone blank)
TV end: Regular monitor cable

or

PC end: DVI
TV end: HDMI

craig180^p · 21st November 2007, 08:39

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Originally Posted by Viper

where the fuck can you get £100 hdmi cables from??? surely its just a rip off

QED mate. Some of the best cables on the market at a decent price.

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p...roduct_ID/3072

That's nothing. My speaker cable works out at £30/meter and I've got a £100 audio lead from the dvd to amp as well as about £500 worth of "other" cables and interconnects connecting the system.

At the end of the day there is no point having good quality equipment if it's going to be let down by poor performing cables connecting it all.

Even my sky box has a £50 scart lead and a £50 digital audio cable

David^p · 21st November 2007, 14:08

I bought my cable from Blockbuster... £17
EDIT: Was a proper microsoft/xbox one too!

Mystic^p · 21st November 2007, 14:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soulless

.....If I use my TV as a monitor, what will be better quality for me...

PC end: Regular monitor cable (minds gone blank)
TV end: Regular monitor cable

or

PC end: DVI
TV end: HDMI

Regular monitor = VGA

DVI is digital and has been around for decades (well not quite, but years & years

) offering "high definition" quality to PCs who use their DVI ports. DVI cables only carry a video signal.

The HD revolution has very cleverly got a DVI cable, combined it with an audio cable & made a new plug shape & then spent lots of money marketing it like its new technology.

The real revolution is the broadcasters, consoles makers, dvd makers etc finally producing things to cater to the HD market.

So yeh in short avoid VGA & use HDMI or HDMI/DVI combinations to get the most from your HD devices!

Karl · 21st November 2007, 14:24

Nice one Mystic, will buy one of these then