| Brand New Premium 1-Meter / 3 FT Gold plated HDMI-HDMI Cable Model. The first industry-supported uncompressed all-digital audio/video interface, this HDMI cable provides an interface between any audio/video source such as a set-top box DVD player and A/V receiver and an audio and/or video monitor such as a digital television (DTV). HDMI supports standard enhanced or high-definition video plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. Features: HDMI male to HDMI male connectors Gold-plated for better connection Broadcast quality digital video, digital audio, and inter-component control signals all in one connection Supports uncompressed audio/video signals Fully HDCP compliant to provide highest level of signal quality Supports multiple audio formats Perfect for both high-definition video and standard video formats Shielded for maximum protection from RFI and EMI interference Up to 5Gbps transfer rate Compact and lightweight 3.28 FT in length Compatible With: HDMI supports every uncompressed standard, enhanced and high definition video format ranging from 480I to 480P, 720P, 1080I and 1080P HDTV, Satellite/Cable boxes, Computers and DVD Players with DVI connectors |
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 Will connect any two devices over HDMI and deliver the signal, error-free |
| Review Date: July 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: A. Dent, Minas Anor, GD |
[Anyone remembers the old "I am not going to spend a lot for this muffler" commercial?]
The 3 ft. is my favorite length to connect any electronics that happen to be very close to each other.
Just in case someone may feel guilty for not paying a lot more for a premium brand, it should be stated that at this length - 3 ft., you will get as good a service from a no-brand cable as you would from a super-expensive rip-off. An HDMI 1.3 cable should be able to carry, error free, all the signal your electronic equipment may put out.
The FUD campaign attempting to attract buyers toward the more expensive brands makes a series of claims. I will address them, as they may apply to this specific cable.
- Signal attenuation is less over a more expensive cable. - TRUE, BUT that's irrelevant on a 3 ft. length. The HDMI consortium stated that even the cables that were not 'certified' as 'Category 2' or 'High-Speed' will meet the requirements at lengths of 6 ft. or less. At 3 ft., it would be a waste to consider an 'expensive' alternative. In addition, the newer devices have sufficient processing power and are sensitive enough to properly interpret even the more ambiguous 'digits' they receive.
- The expensive cables are better engineered and their contacts are less likely to break. - TRUE, BUT how many times is one going to plug an HDMI cable in and out of an HDMI socket over the cable's lifetime? 5 times? 10 times? The 'better engineered' claim has no practical importance. If your cable works on 'day one' the odds are that it will be left in the back of your box for many month or years before it is unplugged and plugged back in. If this cable is purchased for home use, the 'better engineered' claim should not be of a major concern.
- The more expensive cables are 'future proof'. - NOT TRUE. Claims are made that, if you buy the more expensive wires you won't have to buy new ones when 'new standards' emerge because the more expensive wire will support them. This is untrue on 2 different levels. First, your cheap cable was purchased to work with some very specific devices which need HDMI 1.3 and will never support the 'new standard'. The new standards will be supported by new electronic devices but, for as long as you keep the existing ones, you will still need this cable to connect them. Second, the emerging HDMI 1.4 specs call for physically different connectors so, no matter how large a bandwidth the existing expensive cables may support, it won't matter because you still won't able to plug them into an HDMI 1.4 port so... there go your $5 or... there go your $200, depending on your having purchased a 'cheap' or a 'top of the line' HDMI cable.
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Here are the HDMI 1.3 specs supported by both this cable and its more expensive alternatives.
Maximum signal bandwidth (MHz) 340
Maximum TMDS bandwidth (Gbit/s) 10.2
Maximum video bandwidth (Gbit/s) 8.16
Maximum audio bandwidth (Mbit/s) 36.86
Maximum Color Depth (bit/px) 48
Maximum resolution over single link at 24-bit/px 2560×1600p75
Maximum resolution over single link at 30-bit/px 2560×1600p60
Maximum resolution over single link at 36-bit/px 1920x1200p75
Maximum resolution over single link at 48-bit/px 1920×1200p60
sRGB
YCbCr
8 channel LPCM/192 kHz/24-bit audio capability
Blu-ray Disc video and audio at full resolution
Consumer Electronic Control (CEC)
DVD-Audio support
Super Audio CD (DSD) support
Deep Color
xvYCC
Auto lip-sync
Dolby TrueHD bitstream capable
DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream capable
Updated list of CEC commands (only on HDMI 1.3a,b,c)
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My personal experience: I've never paid 'a lot' for an HDMI cable because it makes no sense to pay more. I took home one of the 'expensive' ones once because the salesman promised to take it back if I wasn't amazed by the difference. It made zero difference and I returned it.
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| Review Date: February 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Kirby Palm, Havana, FL United States |
In case the other reviews haven't convinced you already: The local retailers, including Walmart, want $25 for a 6-foot HDMI cable simply so they can rip you off. This $4 cable works great. There's nothing "cheap" about it, it'll last longer than your TV.
I ordered what I thought were two different HDMI cables from this same supplier, but both were exactly the same -- despite one being 50 cents more than the other. No matter, both are great, both are MUCH cheaper than the ripoffs in the local stores.
BTW: If you are connecting a Blu-ray player or an unconverting DVD player to a 1080p HDTV, you *will* need one of these cables. If you connect your equipment with regular patch cords -- which is what actually came with my Blu-ray player -- the components will automatically shift to a low-resolution mode. It's not a matter of quality of signal; you will simply be unable to convince the components to work in 1080p at all. |
I keep buying these
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| Review Date: February 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: W. Regits, Columbus OH |
| These are great quality HDMI cables at a the best price anywhere. The only downside, is you have to plan ahead and order them and wait for the to be shipped to you. The cheapest I have seen HDMI cables at retailers is about $30, so it is well worth the wait. No picture quality issues I can detect. |
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| Review Date: February 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: MKW, Chicago, IL |
| What is there to say? It's cheap to buy, appears to be of as good construction as any HDMI cable I've ever seen, and it works beautifully. End of story. |
great cables!!
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| Review Date: February 17, 2007 |
| Reviewer: S. Whitaker, greenwood,IN USA |
| needed a couple of short hdmi cables to make my setup look a little cleaner. ordered these and couldnt be happier. they are very thick and well built cable. hooked both up to my ps3 and passed a 1080p blueray signal to my tv, looked absolutely stunning. dont let the price fool you, these cables are the real deal. |
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