HDMI 1.4 Cable on 1.3 equipment will this improve performance?

[Paul44]

Will it work ok?

 

[strapped for cash]

It won't improve performance (beyond discussion of perceptible or imperceptible differences between HDMI cables, the debate rages on). If your equipment is all v. 1.3, you might as well grab a cheaper v. 1.3 cable...

 

[Anonymous]

Save your money, you won't notice any difference!

 

[d4v3pum4]

Hate to keep banging on about this but there is no such thing as an HDMI 1.3 or 1.4 cable. The version numbers refer to hardware only. I appreciate that it's confusing due to the poor way that HDMI has been implemented. There are now 4 types of cables (5 if you count the car audio variant).

The ones that concern Home AV are labelled as:

Standard

Standard with ethernet

High Speed

High Speed with ethernet

The make up of the cables is exactly the same for both standard and high speed.

See the FAQ at hdmi.org or on bluejeanscables.co.uk