I'm surprised no-one has mentioned channel 4s program shop secrets, tricks of the trade on at 18:30 tonight where they tested HDMI cables a £1 cable a £6 cable and a £80 cable and the reviewers thought that the £1 was better.
Poundshops £1 HDMI cable reigns supreme
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BenLaw
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'Random selection of weirdos' might be more accurate than 'reviewers' but they showed just enough to make clear they couldn't really tell any difference and were guessing. The first hdmi part of the show was irrelevant to the discussions here as it simply showed a dishonest marketing practice. It would have been better if they'd had an identical feed and convinced people through sales talk that one was better than the other.
Frank Harvey
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Well it just goes to show that if you spend more than poundlands £1 HDMI cable you are wasting your money.
bigboss
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bigboss
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I don't mind paying a couple of quid more, to ensure that the manufacturer has made the cable to HDMI specifications.
bigboss
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I wasn't even going to dignify this thread with a comment!
£1 cable! God a galaxy milkshake is £1.39 I hope their TV blows up and they all burn!
£1 cable! God a galaxy milkshake is £1.39 I hope their TV blows up and they all burn!
The people who buy these cables were the same brain dead fools that we're fighting in Asda over the Polaroid tvs at Christmas .cheap people who buy cheap rubbish good luck to them.
plastic penguin
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simonlewis said:
Don't any of you look? I posted this on Friday. http://www.whathifi.com/forum/this-week-i-have-mostly-been-listening-towatching/shop-secrets-tricks-of-the-trade
BenLaw
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theflyingwasp said:
I'm guessing you didn't watch it, as that comment doesn't bear much relation to the content of the show.
BenLaw
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plastic penguin
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chebby
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theflyingwasp said:
If you're fighting 'brain dead fools' over the Polaroid tvs in Asda, then what does that make you?
theflyingwasp said:
Ok, it seems you'd already answered that.
Evidently you really don't like people with low incomes. You want to fight them in Asda and then you want them to burn after their TVs explode.
I agree Stingy. If I had a £4k 'state of the art' system as you do I would spend loads on hdmi cables. In my £4k, non-state of the art system I let my foolish brain win over my wallet.
When I disagree with others I always call them stupid or idiots. I dont have many friends though. Dunno why ????
When I disagree with others I always call them stupid or idiots. I dont have many friends though. Dunno why ????
theflyingwasp said:
theflyingwasp said:
Think you've got some serious materialistic issues going on there flyingwasp. I know us cheapies couldn't possibly understand all the way down here, but I think I'd speak for most of us in future that we don't want your "dignified" posts if you're going to spew such utter condescending drivel in the future.
There's a Watchdog program on BBC1 in the mornings.
Last week they did a short piece on hdmi cables. There was a physics professor explaining how different cables cannot vary. He cut the hdmi cable and bridged the cable with a gold wedding ring, some kitchen foil and a tent peg, and it started to work perfectly.
I must admit to spending up to £3 on a cable, but what the hell.
Last week they did a short piece on hdmi cables. There was a physics professor explaining how different cables cannot vary. He cut the hdmi cable and bridged the cable with a gold wedding ring, some kitchen foil and a tent peg, and it started to work perfectly.
I must admit to spending up to £3 on a cable, but what the hell.
mykspence said:
Indeed. There is a list of firms that used to use the logo, but now don't (if I understand it correctly). Could be many reasons, but I guess cost of the licence could be one - particularly if your cables are selling just fine without the logo.
http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/adopters_terminated.aspx
chebby
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RobinKidderminster said:
After reading those two AQ product webpages i'd say the answer is horse ####.
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