Why Write HDMI Reviews?

[Randomshat]

Why do forums and magazines such as WhatHiFi still go about reviewing HDMI cables when it is an established fact that at less than 5 metres there is no difference between them? (Spec number aside). For example a 1.4a QED is the same at £100 as an amazon one for £3.

It is a fact, so why have reviews?

http://www.techradar.com/news/video/why-you-don-t-need-to-spend-more-than-2-on-an-hdmi-cable-1071343

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[Sizzers]

Dubious tag apart, this is what you've started....

 

[Randomshat]

Haha, probably but it's a fair question.

 

[fr0g]

Because they are "subjective" reviews.

Yes. All working HDMI cables give the same results. You know that. I know that, the rules for the format demand that.

But on any given day the reviewer may like one more than another.

For example, a reviewer that is an Everton supporter may really get deeper blacks and crisper treble from a blue cable.

And someone mourning the death of their cat may prefer black.

A fan of Ferarri in F1 may like the red and yellow cables better.

And who are we to argue?

It is their magazine after all.

I mean imagine, as a Chelsea supporter if you got a system comprising of a blue HDMI cable, blue interconnects, blue speaker wire and blue power cable...You could have a 1985 Anstrad system and it would still be the best thing you ever heard since yesterday.