Do cheap HDMI cable work?

[petetherock]

I have posted this in the main HDMI discussion thread:

For short runs, it's not such a big difference. For longer it's all or nothing.
You can get sparkies, so buy better cables.
I tend to use the budget and mid tier Audioquest cables. Not too expensive, well built, and no issue with longer runs too.

 

[Phoenix12]

I have posted this in the main HDMI discussion thread:

For short runs, it's not such a big difference. For longer it's all or nothing.
You can get sparkies, so buy better cables.
I tend to use the budget and mid tier Audioquest cables. Not too expensive, well built, and no issue with longer runs too.

Will an 8m or 10m length HDMI cable work satisfactorily???

 

[petetherock]

Will an 8m or 10m length HDMI cable work satisfactorily???

You did not bother to read what I posted at all.

 

[blue00]

Will an 8m or 10m length HDMI cable work satisfactorily???

no u should only use 1.5m for best preformance...

 

[mrsun18]

Some guys may have misunderstood my post. Nowhere did I say cheap cables don't work. Still, with so many people having bad experience with cheap cables, we cannot ignore the fact.

What I tried to do was to explain that, even if cheap cables work, they may not comply to HDMI specs, a 237-page document for ver 1.3 - not just on pq, but a comprehensive requirements on electrical & mechanical properties, dimensions, tolerance, durability, etc.

Quality control and licensing have cost implications.

 

[Phoenix12]

no u should only use 1.5m for best preformance...

Thanks.
I looked in Challenger yesterday and Best Denki and the longest HDMI cables sold were 5 m.
Not long enough for me.

Will I be able to buy say 8m or 10m cables anywhere else.

Also I couldn't find any HDMI Hubs and the staff looked a bit surprised that there are such things.

Will an HDMI Hub allow my Blue Ray sound system at the same time as stuff from my SH STB?

 

[Kiwi8]

Thanks.
I looked in Challenger yesterday and Best Denki and the longest HDMI cables sold were 5 m.
Not long enough for me.

Will I be able to buy say 8m or 10m cables anywhere else.

Also I couldn't find any HDMI Hubs and the staff looked a bit surprised that there are such things.

Will an HDMI Hub allow my Blue Ray sound system at the same time as stuff from my SH STB?

Can buy 8m or 10m HDMI cables online, either eBay or others.

As for HDMI hub which combines HDMI signals, it's a little hard lor. Besides, I reckon it's going to be more expensive for this HDMI hub.

 

[stamina]

disagree... i tried better hdmi cables and i can clearly see a difference in picture/colour quality.

does not have to be expensive HDMI cables. try seaching for Aiborg HDMI cables from china.. cost $10+ only.

If mods dun mind me link a local AVR forum.
HDMI cables - Aiborg vs the rest

True theres different. I have both 8 dollar and the monster cable bought at a good price of 79. I tried them connecting from my desktop PC to my 55 inch LG high end tv LM9600. I could see that the 8 dollar cable produces poor colour quality. The monster cable produces richer colour.

 

[pustefix]

This is another link that you can read:

Expensive HDMI cables make no difference - the absolute proof | Expert Reviews

As consumer, we can only test a few cables but these site can test a lot more. Ultimately, it is still your decision when come to buying the cable.

 

[Phoenix12]

Just an update.

I bought this cable from Amazon in UK:

• CSL - 10m Ultra HD High Speed HDMI cable 1.4a / 2.0 Ethernet (Network) & Real 3D capable / FULL HD TV / x.v. Color and Deep Color / ARC - CEC | Standa
  Sold by CSL-Computer

£8.85

That's less than S$20 and it works perfectly.

When I looked in Singapore I couldn't even find HDMI cables 10 m long.

And if you google HDMI cable comparison there are loads of items saying no diff between expensive and cheap HDMI cables.

 

[Carcharias]

Honestly I've used a $10 hdmi cable from qisahn for the last 5yrs for my ps3, Xbox, scv.. No issues and picture quality I think is acceptable.. But I think they increased the price already.. Slightly more only tho..

 

[Jeremy1]

You pay what you get but if you cannot see the difference, then just buy the cheaper one.

 

[eyz]

Since on the topic of HDMI cable, I would like to post a problem I encountered recently and hope someone over here can help me. Tried asking for help in the Audiophile section, but didn't manage to get a response.

I just bought a new IPTV box and it seems that it is messing up the audio connection of my Sony TV and Sony AV receiver/Bluray player.

The receiver and box are connecting to the TV individually.

When I connect my box to the TV, there's an audio communication error between my TV and receiver. Likewise, the same thing happened when I connect the box to the receiver. The error also caused the Bravia sync to stop working. The Bravia sync allows me to control both my TV and receiver with the same remote.

I then pin pointed the fault to the HDMI cable.

I have a 3m long HDMI cable with ethernet function, bearing product code no. E321484, which upon connecting the box to my TV, the audio communication error occured. Another cable bearing E380044 doesn't work as well.

I used another 1m long HDMI cable, bearing product code no. E252840, and it doesn't affect the audio.

The 3m long HDMI cable is also thicker than the other one.

Hence, I would like to know what is the difference in the specification for the E252840 HDMI cable. I suspect it to be a old model cable, however I have no knowledge of it.

Tried calling Sony on the requirement of the HDMI cable, in order for the Bravia Sync to work, they couldn't provide any either. They can only advise me to use a Sony HDMI cable, but the maximum length is only 1.5m.

Thanks.

 

[koroshiya8]

wow this thread is so old liao.. refer to my reply back in 2013.. HDMI can be extremely cheap but still serves their purpose for 90% of the people... HDMI is not getting more expensive, in fact it is getting cheaper... dun count those sold in places like challenger etc.. just go to SLS or SLT...5m just over $10.. last time u cant find such price de.

 

[Franzz]

Get those gold plated cable. Can't rmb how much I got mine for, but after 3 years still very good quality.

 

[Kiwi8]

Since on the topic of HDMI cable, I would like to post a problem I encountered recently and hope someone over here can help me. Tried asking for help in the Audiophile section, but didn't manage to get a response.

I just bought a new IPTV box and it seems that it is messing up the audio connection of my Sony TV and Sony AV receiver/Bluray player.

The receiver and box are connecting to the TV individually.

When I connect my box to the TV, there's an audio communication error between my TV and receiver. Likewise, the same thing happened when I connect the box to the receiver. The error also caused the Bravia sync to stop working. The Bravia sync allows me to control both my TV and receiver with the same remote.

I then pin pointed the fault to the HDMI cable.

I have a 3m long HDMI cable with ethernet function, bearing product code no. E321484, which upon connecting the box to my TV, the audio communication error occured. Another cable bearing E380044 doesn't work as well.

I used another 1m long HDMI cable, bearing product code no. E252840, and it doesn't affect the audio.

The 3m long HDMI cable is also thicker than the other one.

Hence, I would like to know what is the difference in the specification for the E252840 HDMI cable. I suspect it to be a old model cable, however I have no knowledge of it.

Tried calling Sony on the requirement of the HDMI cable, in order for the Bravia Sync to work, they couldn't provide any either. They can only advise me to use a Sony HDMI cable, but the maximum length is only 1.5m.

Thanks.

Your problem with 3m cable is probably still just bad cable. U dun have to use only Sony cables. Can try with other cheaper 3m cables and there must be one that works. Can buy from the various value platforms like eBay, Aliexpress, etc.

 

[eyz]

thanks, will consider those online shops.

meanwhile, i'll go look around at SLT. SLS doesn't seem to have much choices for cheap HDMI cable.

Your problem with 3m cable is probably still just bad cable. U dun have to use only Sony cables. Can try with other cheaper 3m cables and there must be one that works. Can buy from the various value platforms like eBay, Aliexpress, etc.

 

[Jeremy1]

thanks, will consider those online shops.

meanwhile, i'll go look around at SLT. SLS doesn't seem to have much choices for cheap HDMI cable.

Can checked up LHS, #02-27 at SLT and asked Robert ?

He is quite knowledgable.

 

[eyz]

thanks bro.

maybe i have been going to the wrong shop. i thought it was SLS.

Can checked up LHS, #02-27 at SLT and asked Robert ?

He is quite knowledgable.

 

[sanjaynblr]

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