Is a cheap HDMI cable as good as an expensive one?
PSA Pet Peeve: people selling those ripoff HDMI cables. For non-120hz, plain old TV, a cheap one works just as well.
All the TV and device have to be able to tell is:
"Is that a 1 or a 0 coming over the wire?"
Pretty black and white issue. Pretty much literally.
Kind of like this: can you tell the difference between sticking your tongue on a watch battery and not doing it?
That's 3 volts. HDMI is slightly more. Basically.
Now, for longer runs, higher refresh rate, 3D, 4K, etc etc. then it might make a difference.
But you can get a cheap cable so cheap you might as well try it.
TiVo, Xbox, Roku 3, soundbar....all the stuff I have runs just fine on cheap cables.
Now please use my Amazon link to buy one:
http://amzn.to/1ZqiEyJ
Looks like about $4.50 will put one in your hand to try.
All the TV and device have to be able to tell is:
"Is that a 1 or a 0 coming over the wire?"
Pretty black and white issue. Pretty much literally.
Kind of like this: can you tell the difference between sticking your tongue on a watch battery and not doing it?
That's 3 volts. HDMI is slightly more. Basically.
Now, for longer runs, higher refresh rate, 3D, 4K, etc etc. then it might make a difference.
But you can get a cheap cable so cheap you might as well try it.
TiVo, Xbox, Roku 3, soundbar....all the stuff I have runs just fine on cheap cables.
Now please use my Amazon link to buy one:
http://amzn.to/1ZqiEyJ
Looks like about $4.50 will put one in your hand to try.
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