different guage hdmi's

[littlesturgeonguy]

so im looking at monoprice to order an hdmi cable and there is too much to choose from. they also have different guages 24 and 28 guage hdmi's what does a guy go with 24? go with the larger guage?

sorry i see i probably posted this in the wrong area.

[BACsader]

It depends on the length of the run. If it is a short run, 28 will be fine.

[littlesturgeonguy]

Originally Posted by BACsader

It depends on the length of the run. If it is a short run, 28 will be fine.

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[BACsader]

Honestly, how much more expensive is the larger guage. For that length it really doesn't matter, but, I know some people would probably feel better with a larger guage. It is up to you. Hope this helps.

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by littlesturgeonguy

so im looking at monoprice to order an hdmi cable and there is too much to choose from. they also have different guages 24 and 28 guage hdmi's what does a guy go with 24? go with the larger guage?

sorry i see i probably posted this in the wrong area.

Thicker cables are less flexible and can put a lot of stress on your receiver's or player's HDMI input/output. If you are not careful, you can damage them. This actually happended to me. When I was adjusting my projector, the 30 ft in-wall (very thick) Monoprice HDMI cable popped right out of the projector and damaged the pins on the projector's HDMI input. I had to send it to the manaufacturer to have it fixed. I replaced it with a thinner and more flexible cable from another manufacturer and it works perfectly. For normal (short distance) use, buy the thinner cable.

[littlesturgeonguy]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

Thicker cables are less flexible and can put a lot of stress on your receiver's or player's HDMI input/output. If you are not careful, you can damage them. This actually happended to me. When I was adjusting my projector, the 30 ft in-wall (very thick) Monoprice HDMI cable popped right out of the projector and damaged the pins on the projector's HDMI input. I had to send it to the manaufacturer to have it fixed. I replaced it with a thinner and more flexible cable from another manufacturer and it works perfectly. For normal (short distance) use, buy the thinner cable.

ok thanks guys

[HAMP]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

Thicker cables are less flexible and can put a lot of stress on your receiver's or player's HDMI input/output. If you are not careful, you can damage them. This actually happended to me. When I was adjusting my projector, the 30 ft in-wall (very thick) Monoprice HDMI cable popped right out of the projector and damaged the pins on the projector's HDMI input. I had to send it to the manaufacturer to have it fixed. I replaced it with a thinner and more flexible cable from another manufacturer and it works perfectly. For normal (short distance) use, buy the thinner cable.

Your saying the thickness and weight of the cable is damaging part, not the resistance in the copper being used by having a heavier gauge?

The thicker the copper the less resistance on the line.

[welwynnick]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

Thicker cables are less flexible and can put a lot of stress on your receiver's or player's HDMI input/output. If you are not careful, you can damage them. This actually happended to me. When I was adjusting my projector, the 30 ft in-wall (very thick) Monoprice HDMI cable popped right out of the projector and damaged the pins on the projector's HDMI input. I had to send it to the manaufacturer to have it fixed. I replaced it with a thinner and more flexible cable from another manufacturer and it works perfectly. For normal (short distance) use, buy the thinner cable.

I had exactly the same thing happen to me. Thin guage cable doesn't do such long runs very well because it loses signal strength through resistance dissipation. Thick guage cable is needed for long runs to reduce resistive losses, but its a risk to all HDMI connectors because of its weight and stiffness - it simply puts too much strain on a small, weak connector.

Originally Posted by HAMP

Your saying the thickness and weight of the cable is damaging part, YES not the resistance in the copper being used by having a heavier gauge? NO
The thicker the copper the less resistance on the line.Thats why you need it for long runs, but not short ones

HDMI is the invention of satan. It was a retrograde solution to a problem that never existed.

Nick

[HAMP]

I knew the answer's already, I was trying to make it clear to littlesturgeonguy

[littlesturgeonguy]

Originally Posted by HAMP

I knew the answer's already, I was trying to make it clear to littlesturgeonguy

ok thanks guys got my cable in the mail today