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• And my experience... - JoeLip 21:51:19 03/31/06 (0)
  In Reply to: Cheap vs expensive HDMI cable posted by La Dolce Vita on March 26, 2006 at 07:21:30:

  Hi,

  Just yesterday they delivered my new 50" SONY XSRD rear projection TV. It is an unusually high resolution device. I had purchased 2 sets of AR HDMI cables in preparation for the delivery (DirecTV H-10 and an upconverting Panasonic DVD player). Although I was pleased with the performance of the Panasonic's HDMI performance, the sat performance was really disappointing, even on HD. I tried going back to the component video outputs on each and the performance improved, telling me the relatively cheap AR cables (actually they were $85/2meter) were lacking in the performance department. I went to the store where I bought the SONY and procured an Audioquest HDMI-X just to see. Wow, what a difference. Straight back again to get a second, and now I'm in high rez heaven. The funny thing is the AQ cables only set me back an additional $14 each. Go figure. I think that bottom line is always purchase cables with the expressed understanding that they can be returned for a refund if they don't work out. I have used some AR interconnects in the past and they were fine, so I was a little surprised by the poor performance of the HDMI cables. In my case, the more expensive AQ’s were a must.

  Hope this helped, Joe
  
  

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• My experience - Tommart 20:15:56 03/26/06 (0)
  In Reply to: Cheap vs expensive HDMI cable posted by La Dolce Vita on March 26, 2006 at 07:21:30:

  I bought a 6 ft. $100 Audioquest hdmi to hdmi and a 6ft. $40 Phillips hdmi to hdmi (from Walmart).

  The $100 is twice as thick and has larger plugs/jacks (or whatever they're called)--similar to the difference between the standard and high end Ram models.

  I compared both. I think the $100 Audioquest cable had slightly fuller colors than the Shillips, but the difference was so small, and in fact, may have been wishful thinking. It was an "unblind" test.

  I kept the $100 cable also telling myself that it was better constructed.

  I agree that the RAM cables appear the way to go, even though I've never tried them.
  
  

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• Don't go nuts. - GTF 08:17:10 03/26/06 (0)
  In Reply to: Cheap vs expensive HDMI cable posted by La Dolce Vita on March 26, 2006 at 07:21:30:

  Try one of these.
  
  

  • http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/DVI-hdmi_cables.html   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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