HDMI Brands Don't Matter 399
adeelarshad82 writes "I'm sure most of us looking for an HDMI cable have been in a situation where a store clerk sidles up, offers to help and points to some of the most expensive HDMI cables — because apparently these are 'superior cables' which we all absolutely need for the best possible home theater experience. Well, as it turns out the claims are, for the vast majority of home theater users, utter rubbish. According to tests ran on five different HDMI cables, ranging in price from less than $5 up to more than $100, HDMI brands really don't matter."
Re:True, for the most part... (Score:0, Funny)
Okay, who idiot modded this up?
Reply here and you'll be forgiven.
Re:True, for the most part... (Score:5, Funny)
NOOOO!!!!!!!!! (Score:3, Funny)
I still have 19 monthly payments left on my HDMI cable!!!!!!!!!
Re:True, but $5 are still worse... (Score:2, Funny)
It's a pity that gold doesn't have a similar effect on our politicians.
Re:Cat5 (Score:4, Funny)
Actually, what ruins Cat5, Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6e, etc., is cutting the cable to the wrong length. There is no "shielding" wire, or a ground line or anything. It's a set of twisted pairs, and the "shielding" comes from having the twisted pair at the right length, just as a twisted pair is what provides the "shielding" for telephone line.
If it's cut to the wrong length, then the twisted pair ends up acting like an antenna, rather than offering a degree of protection, and it will seriously degrade the performance characteristics of the cable. That's why when you buy the cable on a spool to make your own cables, there're usually marks to indicate where you should cut... the correct length (and harmonic lengths) to cut is dependent on how tightly the pair is twisted.