HDMI cables. Am I wrong to see a difference.
Posted by: Tony Lockhart on 09 April 2010
For ages I was happy to believe what I was told: that all HDMI cables either work or don't, and there's no difference in image quality between different cables, no matter what the price.
Even the gadget show said there was no difference when comparing some.
However, a few weeks ago I thought I'd try a new cable on my modest system at home because my wife kept telling me that the picture quality using the TV's own freeview tuner was better (clearer, richer colours) than the Humax freeview tuner's picture. I agreed, so when the new cable arrived I did a test.
I did some quick comparisons flicking between the two tuners (built in, and Humax with £20 HDMI cable, no name) to confirm that the TV tuner was better for PQ, then installed the new cable between Humax and TV, and did the comparisons again. Now the Humax PQ was far better than the TV's tuner PQ. My wife agreed and insisted I did a quick test with the cable on the BD player. There was no way of doing this in a quick A/B test way, but again the new cable was a definite improvement. I've since bought another of these cables and am quite happy.
By the way, the new cable is QED Classic Qunex HDMI-P, £30 incl del.
Tony
Even the gadget show said there was no difference when comparing some.
However, a few weeks ago I thought I'd try a new cable on my modest system at home because my wife kept telling me that the picture quality using the TV's own freeview tuner was better (clearer, richer colours) than the Humax freeview tuner's picture. I agreed, so when the new cable arrived I did a test.
I did some quick comparisons flicking between the two tuners (built in, and Humax with £20 HDMI cable, no name) to confirm that the TV tuner was better for PQ, then installed the new cable between Humax and TV, and did the comparisons again. Now the Humax PQ was far better than the TV's tuner PQ. My wife agreed and insisted I did a quick test with the cable on the BD player. There was no way of doing this in a quick A/B test way, but again the new cable was a definite improvement. I've since bought another of these cables and am quite happy.
By the way, the new cable is QED Classic Qunex HDMI-P, £30 incl del.
Tony