ok I will be getting my new flat screen hdtv this week so I went ahead and upgraded my cable box to a hd box. well on the back it has the normal cable output, then it has s video, then hdmi cable. being I still live in the stonage I have no clue what the difference is in these cables. which one is better?
for reference I will be getting a 1080 50 in plasma. also plan on getting a ps3 latter down the road. what cable do I want and where is a good place to buy?
HDMI. Also, if your TV only has one HDMI input, you can buy an HDMI-DV cable and your PS3 will still be in 1080. Thats what i have to use
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i got the $.05 one on ebay, it wasnt shielded.. get a shielded one... still 5 bucks on monoprice.com i noticed when i had another device on (dvd) , while watching tv, id get some fuzzy interference... switched to shielded and fixed!
If you're gonna have hd tv, hd cable and ps3 then you definately need an hdmi cable. If you only have 1 hdmi input on the tv you can get an hdmi switch box or you can get yourself a nice av reciever like this one I picked up over the weekend. It has 5 hdmi inputs and 2 hdmi outputs along with speaker zoning and ipod capabilities.
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If you're gonna have hd tv, hd cable and ps3 then you definately need an hdmi cable. If you only have 1 hdmi input on the tv you can get an hdmi switch box or you can get yourself a nice av reciever like this one I picked up over the weekend. It has 5 hdmi inputs and 2 hdmi outputs along with speaker zoning and ipod capabilities.
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Another note about the HDMI. I mounted my TV to the wall, the bracketry I have for mine makes allowances to run the cable inside the arms and through the joints of the bracket. A 6' cable is a little short for that, go with an 8-9'.
With digital however, (i.e. the signal sent over an HDMI cable), the information is encoded differently... At it's lowest level, it's nothing but a string of bits... In other words, each signal is either ON or OFF... It doesn't care if a particular timeslice is 4.323 volts or 4.927 volts... It's just ON... The pass more current and bandwidth issue doesn't come into play.
That answer is, "No, an expensive HDMI cable will make NO difference in the quality of your picture OR sound"
Those expensive Monster HDMI cables are not worth the money. Monoprice.com should be the new standard for our highdef members.
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