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which hdmi?

Last post Dec 05, 2008, 6:49 AM by Damien Buckley. (21 replies)
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Posted on Nov 08, 2008, 4:19 PM

which hdmi?

which hdmi cable is better the 2007 winner chord silver plus or the new 2008 winner the van den hul flat?

Posted on Nov 08, 2008, 4:32 PM

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I would assume the VDH otherwise the Chord would have kept it's title!
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Posted on Nov 08, 2008, 4:50 PM

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Indeed! The van den Hul beat everything else we've tested, including the Chord.
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Posted on Nov 08, 2008, 5:16 PM

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It's a close-run thing, though - the Chord remains an excellent cable. However, it's matched by the vDH, which isn't just cheaper, but slightly more flexible, too.
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Posted on Nov 11, 2008, 8:49 PM

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Or buy 10 or so v1.3 unbranded ones and never know the difference. And have some change.

(unless you have a run of over a few metres)
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Posted on Nov 12, 2008, 1:17 AM

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Buying 10 seems a bit silly...

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Posted on Nov 12, 2008, 2:28 AM

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Is Monster Cable any good? Apparently most gamers recommend it? I myself am looking for a hdmi cable but £50-£60 seems kinda excessive...

Posted on Nov 19, 2008, 4:01 PM

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I use the Monster-HDMI1000HD and i wreckin its a good cable and comes with a lifetime replacement warranty but its not cheap.


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Posted on Nov 20, 2008, 7:11 AM

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I have just ordered 3 VDH flat 1.5m hdmi's £189, and true colours optical, the way i now see it, is that i spent nearly £2k on the system so another £200 on pukka cables wont hurt.
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Posted on Nov 20, 2008, 5:09 PM

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The way u said about spending money is the best way to go about it and i think thats where a lot of people do not spend money is on cables,its no point having a good system unless u got good cables.i got over 25 grand worth of cables at least.

Posted on Nov 20, 2008, 7:12 PM

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silly money for 1.5m hdmi cables, i tried my friends hdmi at £70 a metre against my £9.99 hdmi out of argos, and try as i did i could not tell the difference between them, i have now tried numerous hdmi cable and still have not seen one thats any better than the cheap £9.99 ones i have.i really dont believe all the hype surrounding cables ,a con if you ask me.

Posted on Nov 21, 2008, 2:28 PM

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QED HDMI-P (Old version, but an award winner a few years back regardless), is £18 inc. delivery at Play.com. That's a great price for a great cable which has an RRP of £50.
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Posted on Nov 23, 2008, 1:36 PM

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Hi Folks


 Do you recommend different HDMI cables for different types of equipment.  I have an Elite 360 console and have Sky+ HD, on order, and will eventually pickup a BD player and an AV receiver.  So would you pick the vDH, for all of the HDMI cables or different cables for each component.  TIA.


 


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Posted on Nov 26, 2008, 8:49 PM

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I'd try the HDMI that comes with the Elite 360 first, then try to get the vDH on trail & return and see if it makes any noticeable difference!
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Posted on Nov 27, 2008, 1:53 AM

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Technomancer:

Hi Folks


 Do you recommend different HDMI cables for different types of equipment.  I have an Elite 360 console and have Sky+ HD, on order, and will eventually pickup a BD player and an AV receiver.  So would you pick the vDH, for all of the HDMI cables or different cables for each component.


Absolutely you should have different cables for different types of equipment. It's no different to any other aspect in Hi-Fi - the objective of the cable is to minimise the loss of the signal from one component to another. So with a £200 CD player, you could hook this to your amp with a £1,000 cable and be absolutely sure you were getting the best out of your system, but this would be silly when it's likely a £20 cable would probably sound the same since the limitations are in the CD player. The same common sense rules should be applied when purchasing HDMI cables for your AV equipment i.e. spending £100 on an HDMI cable to connect a £60 DVD player is silly, but using it to connect a £1,500 Blu-Ray player up may be a good choice (NB - notice the "may" in that sentence!).

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