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Our Sony XBR gave up the smoke earlier this week and I found an excellent deal on a Samsung 40" 610 series 120Hz LCD set which we bought.
While shopping the salesperson mentioned that the quality of the picture will depend on the Hz spec of the HDMI (if using HDMI and we do), his line was that the 3 year old $15 HDMI I am using now will only transmit 60Hz and since we have a 120Hz TeeVee a Monster 120Hz rated HDMI is mandatory.
This smells like BS but my knowledge of TeeVee cabling is basic, anyone familiar with this subject?
Also I have a policy of not buying any Monster product if I can avoid it so a recommendation on a 120Hz HDMI (if needed) would be appreciated.
J.B.
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SF tech was first to make the point below, but to reiterate, the question is simply where does the 120Hz refresh take place -- the player, the cable or the display? The answer is the display. And that's why your "colostomy bag of a salesman" is full of shit.
Furthermore, monoprice.com sells a 6ft HDMI cable for about $4 that will deliver the full 340MHz bandwidth and 10.2Gb/s transfer rate of HDMI (ie, the max spec). They are certified Category 2 HDMI cables. Spending more than that on a 6ft cable is analogous to flushing your money down the toilet (Please, paper money only -- no coins. This has been a PSA from the American Plumbers Association.).
Now to the funny part (yes, there's more). Below is a link to the Knowledge Base for HDMI cables on the monoprice website. Scroll down about 2/3 to the questions about 120Hz refresh rates. One of them directly addresses your question.
We just got home from exchanging the 40" for the 46" which was also a screaming deal.
Excellent TeeVee and better than my Bravia XBR, the Samsung has a built in media player so I have done away with the Western Digital media player and plugged a 1.5TB hard drive directly into the set.
J.B.
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Sounds like a Best Buy salesperson. :-) As stated below, it is BS. The stores love to sell cables because of their huge markup in order to compensate for the thin margins on the sets themselves.
-Wendell
As SF Tech says, that is the speed the image changes, which is much slower than the bandwidth in Hz needed to transmit the signal, which is specced at up to 340 MHz. That's like saying you need to update your car which has a top speed of 120 mph so it can drive as fast as a snail instead of only as fast as a worm. However, if you want to get good quality inexpensive HDMI cable I recommend Blue Jeans Cable, which is made from Belden cable. Most HDMI cable, probably including Monster, comes from the Far East somewhere.
That's not to say that a quality HDMI cable won't make a difference.Blue Jeans Cable has inexpensive, well-made cables.
SF
Edit: To clarify a bit further... Your Blu-ray/DVD player, cable box, etc. transmits video at a rate of 60Hz (or 24Hz in the case of 1080p24 playback option.) That's the frame rate of the video, not the data rate of the digital stream. You still need a cable that supports the full speed of the interface. That's what the various HDMI specs describe, among other things. Monster's "120Hz" spec is misleading to say the least.
Edits: 06/11/10
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