Are these cables any good?

[LittleKing]

Maybe I"m falling pray to the snake oil, but it does seems that some cables you should stay away from. So I have to ask, are these cables any good? http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Cables_HDMI/3_154_605/

They seem to be a really good price, but if they suck then I'll stay away.

LK

 

[jaxvon]

They seem like a high quality cable. They aren't making rediculous claims, so why not go for it? The only thing I'm unsure about is whether or not the cables are HDMI certified.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Maybe I"m falling pray to the snake oil, but it does seems that some cables you should stay away from. So I have to ask, are these cables any good? http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Cables_HDMI/3_154_605/

They seem to be a really good price, but if they suck then I'll stay away.

LK

Looks like good cables to me Belden, while this is not them, doesn't brag about their cables either. Cables are relatively simple.

 

[JohnA]

I assume that you are interested in the HDMI and DVI listed on the page, they are import cables (like you couldn't tell that by the price) they are made by TTL a very good cable manufacture over in Taiwan (which is better quality stuff then China). They are the "lower" end of the HDMI line but are still good. I would put them up against any higher priced cable (i.e. monster, etc...) Also there is no sanke oil in them...just solid build quailty!

And yes Jax they are certified.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Also there is no sanke oil in them...just solid build quailty!
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Yep, others charge extra fortune for them snake oil claims

 

[Spiffyfast]

but come on the snake oil makes the picture quality like a 1000 times better, it adds moisture to the cable and softens it allowing it to better transfer an electric signal, duhh

 

[mtrycrafts]

but come on the snake oil makes the picture quality like a 1000 times better, it adds moisture to the cable and softens it allowing it to better transfer an electric signal, duhh

Must of been one of my duh moments

 

[pikers]

Maybe I"m falling pray to the snake oil, but it does seems that some cables you should stay away from. So I have to ask, are these cables any good? http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Cables_HDMI/3_154_605/

They seem to be a really good price, but if they suck then I'll stay away.

LK

Well, they're inexpensive and cheaply made, so they should get ringing endorsements here...

 

[MDS]

Well, they're inexpensive and cheaply made, so they should get ringing endorsements here...

The only truth to your statement is the word 'inexpensive'. You don't know by looking at a picture that they are cheaply made. I can tell by your previous posts that you are one that associates price with performance and wouldn't buy them unless they were exorbitantly priced despite the fact that they very well could measure just as good as higher priced cables.

 

[pikers]

The only truth to your statement is the word 'inexpensive'. You don't know by looking at a picture that they are cheaply made. I can tell by your previous posts that you are one that associates price with performance and wouldn't buy them unless they were exorbitantly priced despite the fact that they very well could measure just as good as higher priced cables.

I think "exorbitant" is a little overstated...

And again, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, who cares how they measure? How does it perform?

 

[MDS]

If it measures well, it will 'perform' well.

 

[jaxvon]

Pikers, for a cable to be HDMI certified, it has to pass a battery of measurement tests. This means it needs to have a certain bandwidth, certian crosstalk, certain noise rejection, be able to carry a signal a certain distance, etc (I don't know the specs, and I'm too lazy to look them up). If it doesn't pass these measurements, it can't perform at spec, so the design must be made to do so in order to be certified. Regardless, all of the connections you use for video are audio were originally designed with stringent, measurable parameters. Listening/Viewing tests were not used to design the spec for RG6 cable. The same goes for any cable, or connection. There are reasons why video cables and terminations are 75 ohm, why speaker cable should have low capacitance, resistance, and inductance, etc.

 

[mtrycrafts]

And again, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, who cares how they measure? How does it perform?

Yes, many care how they measure. And many know why that is so important. One follows the other. After all, this is a physical world still, not mysticism, no supernatural events, cross dimentional voodoo acts, etc.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Pikers, for a cable to be HDMI certified, it has to pass a battery of measurement tests. .

I think you are wasting good time and intensions in that direction