Timeline for What kind of HDMI cable do I need?
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| Mar 12, 2016 at 10:48 | comment | added | EDP | Buy the cheapest HDMI cable you can find. Obviously price can differ which area you are in. We buy them USD 1.5/piece retail, USD 100 bulk for 100 cables. Never had one underperforming/broken. Ever. | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 13:32 | comment | added | Folkert van Heusden | hdmi is digital: a digital comes either through or not at all. not a bit. and when it doesn't come through you will not hear any sound at all, and nothing on the screen. not extra noise, but nothing. | |
| Jul 6, 2012 at 8:48 | comment | added | wonea | In the time the HDMI cable corrodes, then HDMI will have been superseded by another standard (damp house and 20+ years). The audio piggybacked on HDMI is digital as well, it's ones and zeros so there will be no degradation (over short distances <25 metres). For the record non-HDMI analogue cables (jack cables, RCA, etc) of a decent quality can make a massive difference if your using a decent stereo system (5.1 would be digital). But unless your using the jack output or an external USB soundcard with your Raspberry then this is a moot point. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Audio.2Fvideo | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 5:54 | vote | accept | asalamon74 | ||
| Jun 14, 2012 at 13:40 | comment | added | winwaed | The A/V accessory industry has been prone to scams for decades. The cable one is prevalent because it sounds plausible. Gold is a good conductor and doesn't corrode, right? | |
| Jun 14, 2012 at 11:45 | comment | added | berry120 | See this skeptics question: skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/2886/… Personally I have a vendetta against expensive "gold-plated" HDMI cables - I've never seen a difference in picture quality between two, and have never seen an independent study that's shown any noticeable difference either. Legalised fraud IMO. | |
| Jun 14, 2012 at 10:48 | comment | added | Alex Chamberlain | Really? It's worth it then, the noise difference is noticeable. | |
| Jun 14, 2012 at 10:46 | comment | added | finnw | Well I would say the same about analog audio cables :-) | |
| Jun 14, 2012 at 10:36 | comment | added | Alex Chamberlain | They probably are most of the time, as HDMI video signals are digital. | |
| Jun 14, 2012 at 10:33 | comment | added | finnw | I agree with everything except the gold connectors (IMO they are a waste of money.) | |
| Jun 14, 2012 at 10:31 | history | edited | Alex Chamberlain | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2012 at 10:04 | history | answered | Alex Chamberlain | CC BY-SA 3.0 |