Sony Blu-Ray player's little trick.

[HighTechJunkie]

Hey all, I just finished hooking up my Sony BDP-S350...after like 2 hours. What stumped me was the 1080p 60p or 24p setting that I knew nothing about when I bought the player. I have a 40", 1080p Samsung that is about two years old and didn't know what level of 1080p signal it could take nonethless knowing about this particular feature/capability on high-def tv's to begin with. How would I have known what signal my tv was capable of? I just thought that 1080p was 1080p and there weren't different levels of 1080p. I was driving me nuts because the little 24p light on the player would come on and nothing would happen. After some tinkering in the settings I figured it out but it was very frustrating to say the least. Now my player is displaying everything @ 1080p 60p and looks incredible.

I just want to make sure that my player is putting out the best possible picture to my tv. I am currently using a Monster cable with a 10.4 gigabit rating. I see that HDMI cables can have tons of different "speed" ratings. What's the difference in speed vs. performance? And can't all HDMI cables work with a Blu-Ray player? Any advice, hints or similar experiences anyone has had would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!