Which HDMI Cable is the best?

[Minimejer05]

I read someone say something about Monoprice for HDMI cables? I still see 3 choices.. HDMI, HDMI V 1.3 and HDMI/DVI

Now I have no idea whats the difference..all I know is I have a 1080P HDMI supported HDTV and I want to know what works best for my PS3 to connect to my TV for the best price and best quality?

Any help appreciated

[JasonR]

1.3

[lexonex]

yes, HDMI 1.3 1080P...Should say on the package...

[lexonex]

Q. What’s new in the HDMI 1.3 Specification?

• Higher speed: Although all previous versions of HDMI have had more than enough bandwidth to support all current HDTV formats, HDMI 1.3 increases its single-link bandwidth to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbps) to support the demands of future HD display devices, such as higher resolutions, Deep Color and high frame rates. In addition, built into the HDMI 1.3 specification is the technical foundation that will let future versions of HDMI reach significantly higher speeds.
  
• Deep Color: HDMI 1.3 supports 10-bit, 12-bit and 16-bit (RGB or YCbCr) color depths, up from the 8-bit depths in previous versions of the HDMI specification, for stunning rendering of over one billion colors in unprecedented detail.
  
• Broader color space: HDMI 1.3 adds support for “x.v.Color™” (which is the consumer name describing the IEC 61966-2-4 xvYCC color standard), which removes current color space limitations and enables the display of any color viewable by the human eye.
• New mini connector: With small portable devices such as HD camcorders and still cameras demanding seamless connectivity to HDTVs, HDMI 1.3 offers a new, smaller form factor connector option.
  
• Lip Sync: Because consumer electronics devices are using increasingly complex digital signal processing to enhance the clarity and detail of the content, synchronization of video and audio in user devices has become a greater challenge and could potentially require complex end-user adjustments. HDMI 1.3 incorporates automatic audio synching capabilities that allows devices to perform this synchronization automatically with total accuracy.
  
• New HD lossless audio formats: In addition to HDMI’s current ability to support high-bandwidth uncompressed digital audio and all currently-available compressed formats (such as Dolby® Digital and DTS®), HDMI 1.3 adds additional support for new lossless compressed digital audio formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™.

http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/faq.aspx#hdmi_1.3

[cawgijoe]

Buy the Monoprice 1.3 HDMI cables.....if you notice they are switching over to this new standard.

HDMI/DVI cables are just that....one HDMI connection on one end and a DVI connection on the other for TV's that only have the older video only DVI connection.

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by Minimejer05

I read someone say something about Monoprice for HDMI cables? I still see 3 choices.. HDMI, HDMI V 1.3 and HDMI/DVI

Now I have no idea whats the difference..all I know is I have a 1080P HDMI supported HDTV and I want to know what works best for my PS3 to connect to my TV for the best price and best quality?

Any help appreciated

monoprice.com

3ft HDMI cable

6ft HDMI cable

10ft HDMI cable


...all you need to really choose from.

[Firefox]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

monoprice.com

3ft HDMI cable

6ft HDMI cable

10ft HDMI cable


...all you need to really choose from.

Good thing I joined this forum, just when I thought there are no cheap quality cables...monoprice it is...Yayks I just told my brother to get his HDMI cables at Walmart RCA/Philips brands $35-$40, he called me while he was at CC and telling me HDMI cables cost from $99 and up, so I told him to go to Walmart. I'll call him up and tell him just go to monoprice.com..

[ryoohki]

Monoprice HDMI 1.3a cable are basically the same cable as the other, but they are tested for HDMI 1.3 witch mean 1080p at 24/30/60 frame with ever bells and whistle on

[jomari]

id also suggest bluejeanscable, for a good quality cable in the long term sense.

id go with 1.3 to appreciate the capabilities as well of future players, and to avoid switching em in the future.

hdmi cables in the simpler sense either works or doesnt work. its a digital signal from point a to b, and quality would normally be reflected in how much bandwidth it can take, but the build/isolation of these cables are what you are paying for in effect.

[Minimejer05]

God I love this site!

Thanks a billion guys! You really do rock.

[Firefox]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

monoprice.com

3ft HDMI cable

6ft HDMI cable

10ft HDMI cable


...all you need to really choose from.

Just ordered 2 6ft

[tru_to_blu]

Welcome to Blu-ray!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mystique]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

monoprice.com

3ft HDMI cable

6ft HDMI cable

10ft HDMI cable


...all you need to really choose from.

What's the difference between 28AWG and 24AWG and why is does the other wires have a netting while these don't?

[jomari]

Originally Posted by Mystique

What's the difference between 28AWG and 24AWG and why is does the other wires have a netting while these don't?

its just the wire gauge of the speaker. in the same light we use 12 instead of a flimsy 18 or 22 gauge, this 'helps' (but not significantly improves) performance of your cables.

[lexonex]

Originally Posted by tommyD

All - I'm an electrical engineer, so take that into account with the following.

The advantage of DVI and HDMI is that the image signals are transmitted completely digitally from source to display. Since the source is digital, it is transmitting all the information it can possibly send to the display, and the display will not make any mistakes in receiving what was sent. On top of the digital signal, there is error-correction-coding (BCH protocol in the case of HDMI) as well as line-coding (TMDS), where additional information and signal transitions are added to ensure that the display is synchronized properly to the digital bitstream and that if any errors are induced within the cable that the display has a chance to correct the information.

In older analog interfaces (RF, composite, S-Video, component, VGA(RGB)), the cables themselves are not lossless conductors. They distort the image due to imbalances on the cable between the source and display (imbalances being capacitance, indunctance, and resistance of the cable, and mismatches of the overall impedance of the cable versus the source impedance and the load impedance of the display). These imperfections looked like ghosting on old TV sets because the capacitance of the line would in effect "store" a weak copy of the image and play it out some small time later on the display, superimposed on the stronger image that was being displayed. Monster came in and built high-quality cabling so that the connectors and the cable itself was shielded very well, and was very closely matched to 75 Ohms throughout.

So the point is that high-quality cables have been relevant to RF/composite/S-Video/component/VGA(RGB) connections because the cable will distort and add noise to the signal being transferred. In the case of all-digital interfaces (DVI, HDMI), the picture/sound will either show a DRAMATIC amount of problems, or it will be pristine. There is no in-between, and the drop-off from good to horrendous is very sharp, so it is very unlikely that a particular length of cable (cheap or expensive) will be marginal.

To all my friends, I insist they go to monoprice or amazon and find the cheapest cables at the length they need. Monster's cables probably cost them $2 to manufacture at any length, whereas these cheap knockoffs probably cost $1. Monster has just set up a great marketing scheme such that people think there is some reason to invest in their equipment, and that the sales reps & outlets are highly compensated for pushing their product on customers who are adopting the latest & greatest and have money to spend. Look at all those in this thread who support Monster purchases - sorry to say it, but you're just the type who make their marketing strategy work. Buy Monster (or equivalent) for all your analog interfaces, but stay away for DVI & HDMI.

Heed the Advice.........Just make sure it says somewhere on the package HDMI 1.3

[PLASMA-1080P-FULLHD]

I have Monoprice 24AWG 1.3 cable and they work wonder for my PS3

[gearyt]

Didn't see it above but...

HDMI = Sound and Video
DVI = Video only, requires TosLink / Coax and only supports up to 5.1 sound

fyi
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[He-Man]

Originally Posted by jomari

its just the wire gauge of the speaker. in the same light we use 12 instead of a flimsy 18 or 22 gauge, this 'helps' (but not significantly improves) performance of your cables.

Does that mean the 24AWG is a bit better than 28 AWG?

[PLASMA-1080P-FULLHD]

Originally Posted by He-Man

Does that mean the 24AWG is a bit better than 28 AWG?

I beleive so the 24AWG cable is much thicker compared to 28 at monoprice

[knowledge24]

I got the Monoprice 6 fts 24AWG HDMI 1.3 cable and it's awesome. To think 2 years ago I paid $50 for basically the same cable.