And as the Gadget Show on Monday demonstrated that there was no discernible difference between a £20 HDMI cable from Currys and a £120 IXOS HDMI cable, then perhaps a £40 cable might also be seen as stupid beyond words?
Regards
Mark
I don't want to get into the argument of expensive/cheap HDMI cables and the differences but every test I've seen on the gadget show has been very poor at best.
Did they test long HDMI cables using 1080p on a very large screen and A-B between the two?
I've found that the length of a HDMI cable can show up how good it is.
I'm surprised Russ Andrews doesn't have a magical , painted with dragon's blood , blessed by the Pope version for £500 a metre : definitely a gap in the market there ...along with unicorn horn earings.
As both cost well in advance of £50 I can understand why some people are sceptical about the benefit of a costlier cable.
But when compaired to a standard HDMI cable (such as the free one sky bundle with the HD box) the difference is most definitely noticable.
Both these leads offer a cleaner image on screen with contrast and colour looking stronger and more solid.
For me the QED is the better cable though as it provides very clean whites, deep colours across the spectrum and great black levels which the IXOS just can't quite match.
As someone who owns both QED silver anniversary HDMI and IXOS XHT 458 ( both high end cables) I would say that these two certainly have different attributes in not only build quality but also in picture and sound delivery.
As both cost well in advance of £50 I can understand why some people are sceptical about the benefit of a costlier cable.
But when compaired to a standard HDMI cable (such as the free one sky bundle with the HD box) the difference is most definitely noticable.
Both these leads offer a cleaner image on screen with contrast and colour looking stronger and more solid.
For me the QED is the better cable though as it provides very clean whites, deep colours across the spectrum and great black levels which the IXOS just can't quite match.
I do however agree that other factors come into play also, such as lenght of cables and of course quality and size of display being used.
Claiming that a cable is PS3 friendly seems like marketing goboldy gook to me and i would suggest that if people are happy with the cable they've got then stick with it, and those wanting to possibly upgrade to a high end cable then i can definitely recommend both the IXOS and QED
I swapped the cables around and you'll be astounded to know that spotted no difference what so ever.
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basicly a PS3 can output its games at a true 1080p at 60hz
blu rays are 24p that are output at 24hz or 60hz so thats basicly the same data rate as a 1080p ps3 game
the audio could be up to like 7mb per sec if its 24bit
sky hd outputs a 1080i at 50hz, with lame 384kbps dolby
so a ps3 hdmi cable makes sense, its easyly double the data that sky hd's hdmi outputs at.
So as you say, the data rate needed by most blu ray players is the same as that for a PS3 so claiming a cable is especially suited for the PS3 is clearly nonesense
I would rather spend my money on games and movies knowing that my (okay I have £15 HDMI cables ) cheaper cables work just as well.
£15 you AV snob £2.99p is my maximum.
All the best.
As someone who owns both QED silver anniversary HDMI and IXOS XHT 458 ( both high end cables) I would say that these two certainly have different attributes in not only build quality but also in picture and sound delivery.
As both cost well in advance of £50 I can understand why some people are sceptical about the benefit of a costlier cable.
But when compaired to a standard HDMI cable (such as the free one sky bundle with the HD box) the difference is most definitely noticable.
Both these leads offer a cleaner image on screen with contrast and colour looking stronger and more solid.
For me the QED is the better cable though as it provides very clean whites, deep colours across the spectrum and great black levels which the IXOS just can't quite match.
I do however agree that other factors come into play also, such as lenght of cables and of course quality and size of display being used.
Claiming that a cable is PS3 friendly seems like marketing goboldy gook to me and i would suggest that if people are happy with the cable they've got then stick with it, and those wanting to possibly upgrade to a high end cable then i can definitely recommend both the IXOS and QED
Sounds like someone trying to hide their embarrassment at being robbed.....
Sounds like someone trying to hide their embarrassment at being robbed.....