Rated 4.5 stars on Amazon after 2,400 reviews. For that price it’s worth a shot. I added it to my shopping cart so I can give it a try.
I paid about $25 at BestBuy for an 8 foot HDMI cable. That wasn’t their cheapest and it wasn’t their most expensive. The Monster Cable brand HDMI cables are insane – they have three or four classes of HDMI cables, some of them selling for over a hundred bucks. For wires. With giant USB connectors on the ends.
The cables at Monoprice.com have a good rep vs. Monster.
For the grisly details of HDMI versions (freakin’ cables have versions now?) see Wikipedia or the chart below, which I legal-stoled from Wikipedia. All HDMI cable versions since 1.0 support Blu-Ray audio and video, which I’m guessing is the only thing most of us care about in 2009.
| HDMI version | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 1.2a |
1.3 | 1.3a 1.3b 1.3b1 1.3c |
1.4[50] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sRGB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| YCbCr | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 8 channel LPCM, 192 kHz, 24 bit audio capability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blu-ray Disc video and audio at full resolution[F] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Consumer Electronic Control (CEC)[G] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DVD Audio support | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Super Audio CD (DSD) support[H] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deep Color | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xvYCC | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Auto lip-sync | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dolby TrueHD bitstream capable | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream capable | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Updated list of CEC commands[I] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet Channel | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Audio Return Channel | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| 3D Over HDMI | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| 4k × 2k Resolution Support | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Then there’s version 1.1, which supports the DVD Audio no one bought. Then there’s version 1.2, which supports the Super Audio CD no one bought.
If you want to splurge version 1.3 supports Deep Color, xvXCC, Auto lip-sync, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD Master Audio. Like you, I’ve never heard of any of those things.
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I got them for $0.25 from amazon. work fine.
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Dang. Got a link for a pal?
Actually, the 1.3 spec is important. DTS-HD and Master Audio in particular; presuming you are piping your audio through a decent and recent, home theater systems.
Also, 1.3 cables have to have better crosstalk resistance, and better interference rejection. All things that you want, especially for cables longer than 6ft.
Autolipsync is convenient, and prevents you from having to calibrate your audio/video delay. That means your dialog wont get out of sync with your video, which can sometimes happen.
It’s especially a PITA in rock band and guitar hero.
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Link:
http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-meter-foot-cable-1080P/dp/B00123WZWK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1261960693&sr=8-4&tag=lejobl-20
Down to $0.16
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And claims to be 1.3b compatible. Heck, I’ll buy one of those, too. I’m a shameless spare cable collector. I’m about to expand to a third drawer in the filing cabinet.
Chris: sounds like the 1.3 might be worth it for some things, then. I’m guessing it wouldn’t make a difference with my 10 year old non-HDMI receiver, but I’ll pay more attention to that stuff when I get ready to upgrade the receiver.