Does anyone understand HDMI cables????

[Freedom]

Many, many thanks!

[Hilltop]

Many, many thanks!

I don`t know much about HDMI cables either. I bought a dvd player that upscales normal dvds.

The player came with a RGB Composite cable which is not very good.
Manufacturers always give you the cheapest cable to get you started
then its up to you to decide how much you wish to pay for a better cable.

HDMI cables are varied in price with the most expensive giving you the best picture.

I bought a cheap cable for £10 sterling as I didn`t know this at the time.
Still, the picture quality is good even at this price.

[kokopup]

hilltop

I bought a cheap cable for £10 sterling as I didn`t know this at the time. Still, the picture quality is good even at this price.

If you have a short cable of 1 or 2 meters then the most expensive cable will not help your picture. Long HDMI cables will degrade picture quality because it will start dropping bits and it will show up as white specks in the picture, The most expensive HDMI cable is limited to around 50-100 feet before you have to have some sort of repeater. You can run the RGB component cables longer distances without picture issues. My longest HDMI cable is 50 feet which is the distance between my AV equipment and the Projector.

[Freedom]

So . . .

Over the weekend, Massachusetts had their sales tax free weekend. I live right on the state line. I bought 2 monster cables at Best Buy, for $69.99 EACH.

Came on here to check my replies, did a bit more homework (and found 2 forums for home theater questions!), bought my 2 HDMI cables on line at Monoprice.com, $3 each!

Will return the ones I got at Best Buy.

THANK YOU so much, everyone!!!