HUGE SALE on Gold HDMI cables

**tommygun** · 22nd September 2009, 18:10

Get an HDMI and you will see the diff' if your LCD is Full HD

**retro asian** · 22nd September 2009, 18:45

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

what are the advantages of having an HDMI cable between an lcd tv and a ps3? currently ive got the white/red/yellow cables and get a great picture from the ps3.

Another advantage is that your three RCA (red yellow white) cables are now combined in one cable! Makes things much neater!

**Blackshear** · 22nd September 2009, 20:04

Originally Posted by retro asian

Another advantage is that your three RCA (red yellow white) cables are now combined in one cable! Makes things much neater!

RCA is limited to PAL/NTSC of 720x576 sommat, isn't it?
What about component, isn't that limited to 720i?

HDMI supports more than we need, these days.
Currently at 1920x1200 and without HDMI I would not have it.

**Owl** · 22nd September 2009, 21:11

I read about the Harvey Norman HDMI cable scam before I purchased a TV.

I told the salesperson to not even try selling me a $500 HDMI cable. So what did he do? He wanted to show me a comparison and showed me a split screen and the difference with their $500 cable. Very impressive, however a quick look at the back revealed the HDMI vs RCA.

I asked if I could see the comparison between the $500 HDMI cable and a $20 HDMI cable. Apparently not possible as they didn't sell $20 HDMI cables.

Thieving pricks!

**steve_t** · 22nd September 2009, 21:41

When I got my receiver from Hardly Normal, the guy wanted me to buy a $400 Monster Cable HDMI cable. I said no, he said $300. I said no, he said $200. I said no.... He got down to $75. It made me wonder how much they get them in for!!
One of my ex's used to work at Dick Smith and thru her I got a $70 optical cable for $4, and about 30m of OFC high quality speaker cable for < $1 a metre

These places really do mint it selling cables!

**DidJit** · 22nd September 2009, 21:49

Originally Posted by Blackshear

What about component, isn't that limited to 720i?

Component cables can carry 1080p video signals.

**onearmedbandit** · 22nd September 2009, 22:29

No they don't, component cables can do 1080i (and therefore 720p), only HDMI cables can carry 1080p. RCA is crap on any HD TV and only supports up to 576 or thereabouts.

**Blackshear** · 22nd September 2009, 22:31

Originally Posted by DidJit

Component cables can carry 1080p video signals.

Well I'll be damned.
Is the only difference sound and sound/audio carried by HDMI?

**DidJit** · 22nd September 2009, 22:51

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

No they don't, component cables can do 1080i (and therefore 720p), only HDMI cables can carry 1080p. RCA is crap on any HD TV and only supports up to 576 or thereabouts.

Component cables can carry 1080p. HDCP-encoded signals will only allow 1080i down Component, but the Component cable itself is actually quite capable of carrying 1080p. A non-HDCP signal will output 1080p down Component. The other hindrance to 1080p down Component is the hardware (or software processing) waiting at the other end of the cable — some TVs can't display 1080p from Component. But it is possible. And in some instances, it can look "better" than HDMI (although that is highly subjective — horses for courses, different strokes etc.)

Originally Posted by Blackshear

Well I'll be damned.
Is the only difference sound and sound/audio carried by HDMI?

Yep, HDMI cables will carry the audio as well as the video whereas Component is video only.

**onearmedbandit** · 22nd September 2009, 23:05

Well you learn something everyday. Would I be right however that in most peoples situations, ie HD output (such as Blu-ray, etc) to HD TV via component would be only getting 1080i?

**DidJit** · 22nd September 2009, 23:14

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Well you learn something everyday. Would I be right however that in most peoples situations, ie HD output (such as Blu-ray, etc) to HD TV via component would be only getting 1080i?

All good, bro. And yes, you would be right.

**Devil** · 23rd September 2009, 14:02

Didjit has the right info.

You can throw that consumer articule out the window, plus the one that was in the herald recently. They were biased, poorly researched and poorly reported.

What it effectively says is if you're Joe Bloggs random who wouldn't know quality when they see it, particularly if running into a cheap lcd/plasma then you're going to feel ripped off with the expensive cable because you wont see the difference.

If, on the other hand, you have quality components (DVD/Blueray, quality screens) you are going to get the benefit out of the expensive cables.

The difference is more apparent the larger the screen and the higher the resolution. A 1080p native LCD projector is a prime example. The difference between cheap HDMI vs expensive HDMI is glaringly obvious.

If you dont care, then you'll be going for the cheap one...

**retro asian** · 23rd September 2009, 14:30

Originally Posted by Devil

The difference between cheap HDMI vs expensive HDMI is glaringly obvious.

From my info, even the oldest version of HDMI cable can support 1080p and a bit higher @ 60Hz and 24 bits per pixel.

If you're getting really fancy with high tech audio, deep colour, or 3D cinema etc I suggest you go for a more expensive HDMI version 1.4 cable as it has twice the bandwidth of our cables.