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Looking for some decent HDMI cables...
Posted on 11/12/19 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 11/12/19 at 1:04 pm

Price: $1399 (+$4.99 shipping - that's how they get you)
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These reviews make it hard to pass up:
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BUT, this cable is TRULY worth it! Albert Einstein, in his dying breathe tried to understand quantum “spooky action”, but he failed. Audioquest seems to have found the answer! This cable is so fast that the signal gets repeated from one end to another instantly! To test this “spooky action”, I was willing to risk $1500 by cutting this cable in half. I had my wife carried the other half to China and plug it into my grandpa’s old 480p TV. Instantly, I was able to transmit a signal from Texas to Shanghai through the two halves of the cable! The picture quality was reasonably clear, albeit not any better than what my grandpa's TV could handle. This is truly spooky! My theory is that the two halves of the cable might have been entangled at quantum level. I will try to fly the other half to Mars when Elon Musk takes me there! This could be the future of long distance communication!
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This a wonderful cable, I must admit. My pixels are now perfectly square, and the color range is phenomenal, extending both into the infra-red and ultraviolet. This is a little disconcerting at first, since there seem to be an inordinate number of gibbering, drooling hell-born nightmares that inhabit the edges of the visible spectrum. However, I was able to successfully cleanse my living room with a Zima, a pinch of turmeric and a copy of 'Twilight: New Moon'.
It seems that I did make a nearly fatal mistake, however. So enamored with this cable was I that I purchased a second for my bedroom TV. In the course of events, which need not be described here, I carelessly coupled the two cables to each other, a la the ouroboros. There was a blinding flash of light, and when my vision returned, it seemed that I had inadvertently opened a portal to 1961. Not wanting to waste an opportunity, I leaped into the portal. The journey itself was not unpleasant, although I did have to share my wormhole with a very sheepish looking Barack Obama, who apparently had some business to attend to in 1961 that seemed to involve some sort of typed document.
On arriving in Vermont in 1961, I sought out a drugstore to experience real sugar Coca-Cola for myself. The drink was quite refreshing, I must say. In any event, I chanced to meet in said drugstore a sweet young girl who seemed to be quite taken with me. Over the course of the evening we became more friendly, and one thing led to another until carnal events transpired. Upon waking up the following morning, I informed my new paramour that I needed to return to my own home. She was quite inconsolable, and insisted that she would wait for my return, refusing all suitors until that time.
Having thus somewhat disentangled myself from the generous lady, I returned home and broke the circuit. It was only in the following days that I realized why the girl had seemed so familiar. I can no longer look my mother in the face, and I now also have to deal with sudden disappearance of my father, who, according to my mother, left for parts unknown before I was born.
Aside from that minor mishap, there seem to be no other serious repercussions, aside from the fact that all human males now seem to possess only one penis. It has made my love-life somewhat difficult, as you can imagine.
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Amazing product! My digital bits are so much cleaner. More importantly, it actually makes my movie plots better! As we all know, HDMI is a digital protocol, and so a bit is a bit when it comes through the other end, right? Wrong! You have to remember that those bits are transferred by pushing electrons through the metal in the cables. You also need to remember that electrons have spin at the quantum level. And, according to Deepak Chopra, with objects in a quantum state, even though actions happened in the past, they may not actually be determined until some time in your future. So you see, even though the movies have already been made, how I observe them affects the actual outcome of the movie, and by watching my movies through this amazing cable the plots of those movies have improved!
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:49 pm to skrayper
Reminds me of the Best Buy 5k audio cables several years ago...An A/V magazine did an actual test and they fell below a stripped metal coat hanger
Posted on 11/12/19 at 4:10 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Walmart has Monster Cables for like $12 (6 feet). I was having constant issues I was buying HDMI cables for $5 at 5 Below. The picture is much better and isn't doing weird stuff like the cheap ones were doing. They felt much thicker than basic HDMI cables without the 2004 Monster Brand Mark up. They must have given up on over charging people and did a deal with Walmart.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 8:33 pm to skrayper
"High End" HDMI cables are the biggest scam.
Get soemthing above Chinese knock off and your golden.
Get soemthing above Chinese knock off and your golden.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 10:30 pm to gobuxgo5
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The picture is much better and isn't doing weird stuff like the cheap ones were doing.
Cheap cables definitely can do weird stuff but the picture is not any better. It's digital. It either works or it doesn't.
Posted on 11/13/19 at 7:55 am to efrad
yeah. That's funny that anyone could think that one HDMI cable is better than any other. I get all mine from Monoprice.
Posted on 11/13/19 at 8:03 am to Bedhog
I have shitty cables and good cables there's no difference
Posted on 11/13/19 at 8:15 am to Bedhog
Downvote all you want but I wouldn’t buy cables from 5 Below. I was hearing audio pops and glitching in picture. I upgraded to $12 cables (which are still cheap) and it fixed the problem. But I could be the “popping” noise that made me try to switch the cable and it resolved the issue.
This post was edited on 11/13/19 at 8:23 am
Posted on 11/13/19 at 8:20 am to GrammarKnotsi
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An A/V magazine did an actual test and they fell below a stripped metal coat hanger
There was a test years ago comparing a lot of super expensive speaker cables.
One of the things they used was a metal coat hanger, and basically no one could tell a difference
Posted on 11/13/19 at 2:06 pm to gobuxgo5
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Downvote all you want but I wouldn’t buy cables from 5 Below. I was hearing audio pops and glitching in picture. I upgraded to $12 cables (which are still cheap) and it fixed the problem. But I could be the “popping” noise that made me try to switch the cable and it resolved the issue.
people aren't downvoting you because you said you had issues with cheap cables. we know that is possible.
people are downvoting you because you claimed the picture quality was better with more expensive cables. That is absolutely not the case.
Posted on 11/13/19 at 2:11 pm to efrad
I only changed the cables because they were defective, so it was the case for me. I switched to different cheap cables and they weren't defective. It was more of a warning of that specific type then, maybe they don't hold up long. I get the logic of "if it works it works". The first cables did work on Day 1 but they soon started failing. I replaced them with the same cables and they failed too. I switched brands and they've been much better.
As to your question of "better picture" My 4k Tv Has looked better with the new cables during streaming. There hasn't been any random "popping" noise coming from my speaker either. The newer ones are much thicker and has a higher speed rating than the older ones (is that just marketing?). One was gold plated ($12) one was silver plated ($5).
I"m sure my case is a one off. I always buy cheap cables. The ones from 5 Below have been crap for me.
As to your question of "better picture" My 4k Tv Has looked better with the new cables during streaming. There hasn't been any random "popping" noise coming from my speaker either. The newer ones are much thicker and has a higher speed rating than the older ones (is that just marketing?). One was gold plated ($12) one was silver plated ($5).
I"m sure my case is a one off. I always buy cheap cables. The ones from 5 Below have been crap for me.
This post was edited on 11/13/19 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 11/13/19 at 2:30 pm to gobuxgo5
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I only changed the cables because they were defective, so it was the case for me
defective is NOT the same as "picture quality" so no, it was not the case for you
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As to your question of "better picture" My 4k Tv Has looked better with the new cables during streaming.
No it hasn't. This is like saying that if you get better quality ink for your printer, the pages you print will no longer have misspelled words on them. It doesn't work like that.
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There hasn't been any random "popping" noise coming from my speaker either.
Yes, sure, that is plausible. It's just like a CD skipping. Damaged cassettes and records have wobble, distortion, lack of clarity, etc. because they are analog whereas a damaged CD can have skips and pops but either the music is playing or it is not playing. There can never be a reduction of actual audio quality
Posted on 11/13/19 at 2:33 pm to efrad
Gotcha. All I can go from is what I observed. Sounds like the Monster Cables at Walmart are cheaper than the OP suggestion so it's win-win.
Posted on 11/13/19 at 3:31 pm to efrad
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It doesn't work like that.
I can make a case that a better cable will provide a better picture
Posted on 11/13/19 at 4:04 pm to TigerWise
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I can make a case that a better cable will provide a better picture
I can too. An HDMI cable is a better cable than a composite cable so it can provide a better picture.
Posted on 11/13/19 at 4:15 pm to efrad
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An HDMI cable is a better cable than a composite cable so it can provide a better picture.
different outputs produce that difference..
Posted on 11/13/19 at 4:35 pm to GrammarKnotsi
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different outputs produce that difference..
No shite, really? While we are talking trivia, did you know "sarcasm" isn't in the dictionary?
The only way one HDMI cable vs. another HDMI cable would produce different picture quality is "different outputs" was the entire point I'm making (different HDMI spec for example).
This post was edited on 11/13/19 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 11/13/19 at 4:59 pm to efrad
Standard-speed cables are rated to carry up to 1080i. Many standard-speed cables can probably handle 1080p, they're just not rated for it. High-speed cables can do well beyond 1080p (up to 4K, so you don't need "4K HDMI cables"), including 3D. ... Any high-speed cable should work with 3D and Audio Return Channel (ARC).Oct 11, 201
Looks like the older cables with standard speed are different
Looks like the older cables with standard speed are different
This post was edited on 11/13/19 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 11/13/19 at 5:06 pm to gobuxgo5
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Standard-speed cables are rated to carry up to 1080i. Many standard-speed cables can probably handle 1080p, they're just not rated for it. High-speed cables can do well beyond 1080p (up to 4K, so you don't need "4K HDMI cables"), including 3D. ... Any high-speed cable should work with 3D and Audio Return Channel (ARC).Oct 11, 201
Looks like the older cables with standard speed are different
Yeah.... Different signal being transferred due to different HDMI version. It's a different output.
Two HDMI cables with the same output are going to be the exact same picture quality -- that is, like I said before, it either will work or it will not.
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