Cable Controversy (Watchdog)

Posted by: Wat on 05 June 2014

Interesting article on BBC Watchdog about HDMI cables

i remain unconvinced that anything other than a well made cable is relevant in the digital domain. I accept suppressing RFI and EMI is good. I have no problem if people decide to spend their hard earned cash of boutique digital cables.

I have no way of knowing if somebody else can hear an improvement from using such cables. So i am not disputing some may.

I do find it sad when companies resort to techno-babble to baffle consumers, so any move to stop this is good in my book. As Joe Friday used to say "just the facts".

Posted on: 05 June 2014 by Bart

We've not discussed the pro's and con's of expensive digital cables in hours

(I took a few hours holiday and saw that the last big thread vanished. I guess that I missed some drama.)

Posted on: 05 June 2014 by Richard Dane

Wat, as the Watchdog piece was about a particular high street store and their staff not really understanding the advantages or otherwise of premium HDMI cables over the freebies, I have slightly amended your post to add in "HDMI" where appropriate and also moved it to the appropriate room.

As you (and Joe Friday) say, "just the facts"...

Posted on: 05 June 2014 by Richard Dane

Originally Posted by Bart:

We've not discussed the pro's and con's of expensive digital cables in hours

(I took a few hours holiday and saw that the last big thread vanished. I guess that I missed some drama.)

Bart, the ethernet cable thread has been removed for review following receipt of a complaint from a member. This is forum protocol. I wouldn't hold your breath awaiting its return...

Posted on: 05 June 2014 by RaceTripper

I always say, why spend $8 on a well made HDMi cable from Monoprice, et al. when you can get one from Monster, et al. that works just as well for 10 times the cost.

Posted on: 06 June 2014 by Loki

Yep build quality, contacts, and shielding. All good stuff. And costly.