sorry! hdmi leads again

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Hi All,
whats the best hdmi lead for around£ 40.00 ( going from blu ray to plasma) or is there no difference whatsoever between a £5.00 lead and a more expensive one-like i`ve been told by my local dealer??-after all he is doing himself out of a more expensive sale
 
I don't get it. If you know that this subject has come up eleventy million times, why are you asking?
 
d4v3pum4:I don't get it. If you know that this subject has come up eleventy million times, why are you asking?

What dont you get?? The guy is asking what the best lead for 40 quid is, not a difficult question for the many people who purchase good hdmi leads. 40 quid isnt peanuts to everyone so some people need reassurance so they know that the money is well spent.
 
murg:Hi All, whats the best hdmi lead for around£ 40.00 ( going from blu ray to plasma) or is there no difference whatsoever between a £5.00 lead and a more expensive one-like i`ve been told by my local dealer??-after all he is doing himself out of a more expensive sale

Just swapped my tesco hdmi cable for a monster m1000 and couldn't believe the difference in picture quality.........there wasn't any !!!!.Looks nice when i peer round the back of my telly though.
 
just buy cheap hdmi lead there is no difference at all,, i have tried umpteen hdmi cables from £5 to £99 and found no difference at all so save some cash and get a nice malt whiskey to enjoy a night in...
 
murg: there no difference whatsoever between a £5.00 lead and a more expensive one-like i`ve been told by my local dealer??-after all he is doing himself out of a more expensive sale

It is rare you come across such an honest and decent salesman. Snap his £5.00 cable up.ÿ
 
Ginder:What dont you get??

I think the point is, since the OP apologised for asking about HDMI cables again, he / she is clearly aware this has been discussed umpteen times on the forum and every time it is discussed, some people say there is a difference and others say there isn't. The outcome is therefore always, try one for yourself and see which viewpoint you agree with.

If he / she is aware of this, then why bother asking and going through the whole rigmarole again.
 
To answer the OP's question, just get a cheap cable for £5 and perhaps the award winning Qed Qunex for £24 then compare for yourself..

If theres a difference great stick with the Qed if not sell it on ebay, no harm done.
 
hi there,have you tried mark grant cables website,think your find what your looking for there,hope this helps
 
forbes:

the award winning Qed Qunex

Which used to retail at 50£, so is a steal at that price anyway. I found (actually, some kind sould here did, then pointed it out to everyone) one on ebay for just over 18 GBP. So i didnt bother with all that comparison stuff. i bought 2 happy in the knowledge that i was buying a well known and well respected cable for silly money, compared to the retail price.

If you care enough, by all means do the comparison. But if you decide you do'nt... 🙂

Good luck.
 
professorhat:

Ginder:What dont you get??

I think the point is, since the OP apologised for asking about HDMI cables again, he's clearly aware this has been discussed umpteen times on the forum and every time it is discussed, some people say there is a difference and others say there isn't. The outcome is therefore always, try one for yourself and see which viewpoint you agree with.

If he / she is aware of this, then why bother asking and going through the whole rigmarole again.

Hes entitled to ask, thats the whole point of a forum is it not? Plus his specific question was which cable for £40? Why do people get annoyed at OPs askin particular questions..especially regarding hdmi cables? Im sure the moderator could just delete certain topics if they werent allowed??
 
I`M Asking because this is a forum where we discuss av issues (in an adult manner) your flippant remarks dont help at all. So far the decision has been split. If you read the whs&v reviews they certainly think that cables make a huge difference, others on this forum do not. It was an honest question which didnt deserve your response.I am merely trying to get other peoples opinions before I make a purchase that might not be neccessary. After all, audio cables make a huge difference to the way sound is conveyed. Why not av cables?
 
vonchief:
murg:Hi All, whats the best hdmi lead for around£ 40.00 ( going from blu ray to plasma) or is there no difference whatsoever between a £5.00 lead and a more expensive one-like i`ve been told by my local dealer??-after all he is doing himself out of a more expensive sale

Just swapped my tesco hdmi cable for a monster m1000 and couldn't believe the difference in picture quality.........there wasn't any !!!!.Looks nice when i peer round the back of my telly though.
I wish i had your eyes vonchief itd save me a fortune
 
Okay, fair enough, I take it all back - feel free to discuss the same points again
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Funnily enough, I was actually trying to prevent more arguments than create more!
 
I think because you started your post with "sorry" it may have wrongly given the impression that you were trolling!

Your right you should be able to discuss (in an adult manner) the pro's and cons of one cable over another but when it comes to Hdmi or digital cable's in general it alway's descends into ww3. I know that's not much help!

But FWIW, if you want a decent cable for under £40,well in fact under £20.... take a look here
 
I have a QED cable (was £18 on play.com, now seems to be over £28), and a CYK cable that cost £5, both about 1m. I honestly can't tell the difference, but I am not in a position to see them in action simultaneously, and swapping them then watching is not a satisfactory way to compare.

There is always a degree of subjectivity with these things, but with cables I would have thought a properly conducted side by side test with several test subjects who have no knowledge of the cables being used would generate a statistically relevant result. If such a test showed a clear preference for an expensive cable over an inexpensive cable then it would convince me. If not then I suspect most people would opt for the cheaper cable.

The WHF review team evidently think some of the up-market cables are worth the investment. It would be interesting to know the method they use to compare.
 
I think its worth spending a little money eg£20 for build quality and piece of mind if nothing else!
 
Hi.
Maybe I`ve led a sheltered life but I honestly dont know what "trolling" is. Never mind. Really appreciate the positive feedback and links. Definately dont want to start ww3 but with some of these cables selling for such high prices I think we should discuss these things. if only to save others possibly throwing money away without needing to. On the other hand if they really do increase performance, then I would certainly be looking to buy one. I would be interested to hear if the whf team have ever put a cheap cable up against an expensive one in a "head to head" any comments "team"
 
murg:I would be interested to hear if the whf team have ever put a cheap cable up against an expensive one in a "head to head" any comments "team"

This is how they review HDMI cables. They will put the cable up against various different cables at that price point, plus cheaper cables and their own reference cable (whichever one that currently is) and from that, they can decide on the star rating (which remember is calculated on a performance per pound basis).

All of the above is done via "double blind" testing meaning there is no possible way the reviewers can tell which cable is which and therefore give a favourable rating to a cable because it is more expensive.
 
daveh75:

Your right you should be able to discuss (in an adult manner) the pro's and cons of one cable over another but when it comes to Hdmi or digital cable's in general it alway's descends into ww3. I know that's not much help!

Sony 40w4500 is another WW3 topic
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Back to the cable topic, if i was to buy one it wouldnt be the cheapest but it would be something like the QED for 20 quid.
 
murg:I`M Asking because this is a forum where we discuss av issues (in an adult manner) your flippant remarks dont help at all. So far the decision has been split. If you read the whs&v reviews they certainly think that cables make a huge difference, others on this forum do not. It was an honest question which didnt deserve your response.I am merely trying to get other peoples opinions before I make a purchase that might not be neccessary. After all, audio cables make a huge difference to the way sound is conveyed. Why not av cables?

Yes but why start yet another thread on a topic that leads to posts going around in circles and achieving stalemate? The web is littered with similar discussions, opinions and so on and it looks like you read them, otherwise you wouldn't say "sorry! hdmi leads again". That's what I don't get, your very topic says you know the answers already. For what it's worth, in my opinion, spend what you're happy with and if it's a long length spend a bit more for peace of mind particularly if you're chasing cables in a wall. If not, pretty much any hdmi cable will do and octava at £10 from tmfsolutions gets my vote.
 
professorhat:
Okay, fair enough, I take it all back - feel free to discuss the same points again
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Funnily enough, I was actually trying to prevent more arguments than create more!

Dont worry about it Prof you did your best, ha.

Then again it does us all good to let of steam once in a while at least it doesnt get physical on here its just our partners that take the aftermath.

This is a topic that comes up all the time at the HIFI shop all i ever say to folk is borrow some from your dealer have em on home trial (were possible) & try em for yourself.

end ov.
 
d4v3pum4:

murg:I`M Asking because this is a forum where we discuss av issues (in an adult manner) your flippant remarks dont help at all. So far the decision has been split. If you read the whs&v reviews they certainly think that cables make a huge difference, others on this forum do not. It was an honest question which didnt deserve your response.I am merely trying to get other peoples opinions before I make a purchase that might not be neccessary. After all, audio cables make a huge difference to the way sound is conveyed. Why not av cables?

Yes but why start yet another thread on a topic that leads to posts going around in circles and achieving stalemate? The web is littered with similar discussions, opinions and so on and it looks like you read them, otherwise you wouldn't say "sorry! hdmi leads again". That's what I don't get, your very topic says you know the answers already. For what it's worth, in my opinion, spend what you're happy with and if it's a long length spend a bit more for peace of mind particularly if you're chasing cables in a wall. If not, pretty much any hdmi cable will do and octava at £10 from tmfsolutions gets my vote.

Funny thing is you were the 1st to reply to the post and ur the one that is saying that the topic shouldnt be discussed..all you really needed to say was:

"in my opinion, spend what you're happy with and if it's a long length spend a bit more for peace of mind particularly if you're chasing cables in a wall. If not, pretty much any hdmi cable will do and octava at £10 from tmfsolutions gets my vote"

and that would have easily answered the OPs thread..theres no point in getting angry over a simple thread, theres more to life than hdmi cables and HiDef
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