HELP - New Samsung LED - Blu-ray Forum

KingLeonidas300 · 05-05-2010, 12:12 PM

My wife called me from Best Buy last night to inform me she purchased a 55" Samsung LED 7000 1 UN55C7000WF.

The sales men tried telling her she needed special hdmi cabels since the set has 240hsz, can someone confirm if this is true.

Thanks for the help.

SDon1969 · 05-05-2010, 12:18 PM

Special HDMI cables for 240 Hz? First I've heard of it...

progers13 · 05-05-2010, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by KingLeonidas300

My wife called me from Best Buy last night to inform me she purchased a 55" Samsung LED 7000 1 UN55C7000WF.

The sales men tried telling her she needed special hdmi cabels since the set has 240hsz, can someone confirm if this is true.

Thanks for the help.

hey buddy, see my response to your post in the eD thread.

Moefiz · 05-05-2010, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by KingLeonidas300

My wife called me from Best Buy last night to inform me she purchased a 55" Samsung LED 7000 1 UN55C7000WF.

The sales men tried telling her she needed special hdmi cabels since the set has 240hsz, can someone confirm if this is true.

Thanks for the help.

No special cables needed at all....ant HDMI cable will so..

Give that wife of yours a big kiss

progers13 · 05-05-2010, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SDon1969

Special HDMI cables for 240 Hz? First I've heard of it...

Best Buy has been saying that for years. They told me the same thing when I bought my 120 Hz TV last year.

The truth is, that's where they make their money.

Any 1.3a HDMI cable will do.

Moefiz · 05-05-2010, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by progers13

Best Buy has been saying that for years. They told me the same thing when I bought my 120 Hz TV last year.

The truth is, that's where they make their money.

Any 1.3a HDMI cable will do.

Yep, when I first bought my TV a few yrs ago, not knowing any better I bought the 100.00 Monster Hdmi, I fell for "you need this for the best picture speech"

progers13 · 05-05-2010, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Moefiz

Yep, when I first bought my TV a few yrs ago, not knowing any better I bought the 100.00 Monster Hdmi, I fell for "you need this for the best picture speech"

I fell for it too, last year. $70 Rocketfish. Nothing wrong with the cable, it works great. But I've bought 2 from monoprice since then (6' and 35' for my projector) and I can't tell the difference.

We all live and learn.

KingLeonidas300 · 05-05-2010, 12:59 PM

Thanks for the responses guys. I saw your post progers in the ed forum.. I started the thread just to ensure no one would get upset about getting off topic.

I will be placing my order today with monoprice.. I get the TV tomorrow and then they are coming back on 05/16 to mount it for me.

HomeChickenBrownCow · 05-11-2010, 07:03 PM

OK..

What Best Buy meant was that you need an HDMI 1.4a for your new tv. WHY? because that is the only cable that will support 3D technology. if you dont do 3D, dont worry about it.

livendie4golf · 05-18-2010, 11:54 AM

Thanks for the original post. I am looking into getting a similar TV (probably at best buy) I'm glad to know I don't need a new HDMI cable.

DVDFreaker · 07-14-2010, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moefiz

No special cables needed at all....ant HDMI cable will so..

Give that wife of yours a big kiss

Forget the kiss, give your wife sex!

ChrisA · 07-19-2010, 11:10 PM

I only buy my cables from dcables.net. Never had a problem and the lowest price I've seen...

sfmarine · 07-26-2010, 02:59 PM

I let them get me but only once lol. I got a Rocketfish..it's fine but not worth $60-70 it also doesn't bend well at all. The flexibility sucks. So now I go with mediabridge off Amazon. $10 for a $6 ft cable..

ScuseMe · 07-28-2010, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sfmarine

I let them get me but only once lol. I got a Rocketfish..it's fine but not worth $60-70 it also doesn't bend well at all. The flexibility sucks. So now I go with mediabridge off Amazon. $10 for a $6 ft cable..

Mediabridge

Well-made cables at a reasonable price

05-05-2010, 12:12 PM	#1
KingLeonidas300 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Arizona Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:654 Blu-ray reviews: 64 Trading Score:40	HELP - New Samsung LED My wife called me from Best Buy last night to inform me she purchased a 55" Samsung LED 7000 1 UN55C7000WF. The sales men tried telling her she needed special hdmi cabels since the set has 240hsz, can someone confirm if this is true. Thanks for the help.

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KingLeonidas300 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Arizona Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:654 Blu-ray reviews: 64 Trading Score:40	Thanks for the responses guys. I saw your post progers in the ed forum.. I started the thread just to ensure no one would get upset about getting off topic. I will be placing my order today with monoprice.. I get the TV tomorrow and then they are coming back on 05/16 to mount it for me.

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HomeChickenBrownCow Junior Member Member since:Mar 2010 Location:South Dakota	OK.. What Best Buy meant was that you need an HDMI 1.4a for your new tv. WHY? because that is the only cable that will support 3D technology. if you dont do 3D, dont worry about it.

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livendie4golf Member Member since:May 2010 Location:New England Blu-ray collection:23	Thanks for the original post. I am looking into getting a similar TV (probably at best buy) I'm glad to know I don't need a new HDMI cable.

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