Niode wrote:Mod_Man_Extreme wrote:AppleQueso wrote:
marketing bs to make you spend more money
True and false.
If you have a setup consisting of a very large television worth several thousand dollars and the comparable sound system to go with it get the cable that breaks the bank and it'll work perfect.
^At that level we're talking luxury brands most have never heard of like NAD, B&W and KEF along other multi-thousand dollar sound systems and television setups. One of my local Hi-Fi shops that carries a sound system package that's worth $500,000 and trust me you can hear a difference.
Use a cheap HDMI or Analog cable with a setup like that and the throughput won't be high enough for everything. Not to mention that the whole it's there or it isn't in digital isn't quite true. There are errors and missing data, but these are usually negligible thanks to the error correction in a small home setup with only a basic 5.1 system and a small or middle class TV.
But when you blow everything up exponentially it becomes readily more apparent to the naked eye and ear.
In other words, HDMI cables matter in terms of quality as you go up the ladder. But if it's jut a TV and a standard 5.1 system cheap ones are fine.
Just to end this once and for all. There is zero difference between a £1.50 cable and a £100 cable. Here is 100% scientific proof. They even MD5 checksummed the images and the hashes match 100%.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digit ... dmi?page=2Sorry to go off topic.
They tell you in the first paragraph that there is a difference.
It's just like ethernet cable, you can't use a Cat.5E cable and expect Cat.6 speeds. There's more going on than just "it gets there or it doesn't".
Yes it's all fine and dandy in a single component setup. That means TV and PS3 or TV, PS3 and Receiver.
When you add in multiple large scale pieces of hardware in for example an audiophile/videophile. Something that actually taxes an HDMI cable to the max like a $600-$1500 blu ray player streaming nothing but full HD video, and modern HD audio formats along with internet integration and 3D video you'll see a big difference between cheapos and the more expensive cables.