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10-17-2009, 12:42 PM
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Lord Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 6,354
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The signal is digital...anyone who spends more than a few dollars on a digital cable is being scammed.
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10-17-2009, 12:45 PM
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Theg Ame Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Oxfordshire, UK, waving our red white and blue. Posts: 1,942
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Guru is right, there really isn't any difference. It's a digital cable, the signal will get there or it won't; therefore, no difference in quality.
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10-17-2009, 07:57 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Houston/San Antonio, Texas Posts: 805
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Here's a good site for cables. HDMI Cable
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10-19-2009, 11:08 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Irving, TX Posts: 1,175
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The only thing that can really matter in quality is the shielding around the cable. Sometimes when I am watching cable TV my picture will get all messed up. At first I thought it was the cable company having problems or the line itself. Turns out the shielding sucked and I was getting interference. Wrapped a little electrical tape around it and haven't had problems since.
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10-19-2009, 04:28 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 2,150
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That is a great bit of information to know, Chad! Thanks for that! +rep  | |
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10-19-2009, 05:07 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Irving, TX Posts: 1,175
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You're welcome!
I bought 5 of those 3 cent ones for the heck of it. Never know when I will need another one.
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10-23-2009, 12:13 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Irving, TX Posts: 1,175
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Read some more reviews on these cables and found out they are very bad quality. Got a full refund since they didn't ship them yet.
They are a Category-1 cable. Low to no shielding on them. You will get a flicker in your picture with these if you have other cords around.
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10-23-2009, 06:34 PM
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Lord Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 6,354
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If the signal is digital the system should be pretty resilient to all kinds of interference...
and wrapping electrical tape around it will do nothing...if that fixed a problem you had then it's purely coincidence. Electrical tape has nothing conductive in it therefore RF will pass right through it.
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10-25-2009, 03:32 PM
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G33K P0W3R!!!! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: HickTown, California (hesperia), and West Hollywood Posts: 2,059
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They brain wash us at best buy. I work in home theater and were literally trained to tell customers that the lower (29.99 6ft dynex) only supports up to like 8gbps or something while the more expensive rocketfish and moster support a 'WHOPPING' 12.1gbps or something. I really don't care that the floor manager gets irritated at me for selling the dynex cables, the only time I sell the monster or rocketfish is when they are using a bluray and connecting it to the 8000 series samsung LED.
But some braindead people come in and look at the cables and see the 199 12ft 1000 series monster cable we have and get that bcause "its expensive, so it must be good". you can get the same performance out of two 6ft dynex cables connected with a coupler. the only difference is the monster cable has some sheilding, so if you run it near power cables or whatnot it doesnt get distorted. Its fun but the misinformation that we are forced to feed people is unbelievable. | |
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