[quote name='Sir_Fragalot']Cheaper than monoprice, and a great deal on an HDMI cable.[/QUOTE]
Monoprice isn't some overpriced retail cable,
it's $3.50 for a 6 ft High-Speed HDMI cable.
[quote name='starscream615']Thanks op, in for 5. That 5 gbps has me a little worried though.[/QUOTE]
While this Coboc is certainly a nice cable for people living a trailer,
it is not a High-Speed HDMI cable capable of delivering the full 10.2 Gbps HDMI bandwidth.
Contrary to uninformed opinions on the internet, not all HDMI cables are the same.
"If it works, it works" is simply not true.
Thicker cables are recommended for longer cable runs
because they offer less resistance along the signal path.
Features of a quality High-Speed HDMI cable are:
- 1080p Resolution - The High Speed HDMI Cable has sufficient bandwidth to transfer 1080p video signals between 1080p rated source and sink (display) devices.
- Audio Return Channel - Normally, your HDMI cable carries audio information along with the video from a source device (e.g. blu-ray player) to the sink device (display/television). Often times this goes through an AV receiver to drive a home theater audio system. The Audio Return Channel is primarily used to send the audio signal generated by the television when its internal tuner is used, back to the AV receiver, so that you can use your home theater audio system when watching television signals.
- 3D - 3D is the latest rage for both home theater and gaming. A High Speed HDMI Cable is capable of handling the high bandwidth requirements of 3D signals.
- 4K - The 4K resolution is 3840 x 2160 pixels @ 24 Hz, which is four times that of a 1080p display and the same resolution used by state-of-the-art Digital Cinema systems. A High Speed HDMI Cable is capable of handling the high bandwidth required for 4K support.
- Deep Color - The Deep Color feature provides a minimum of 8-bits per color element (24-bits total), providing for a total of over 16 million color variations. Other versions of Deep Color allow for up to 16-bits per element, for a total of 48-bits and over 281 trillion color variations, which really makes your video images come to life!
- x.v.Color™ - x.v.Color™ is a promotion name given to the products that have the capability to realize a wide color space based on the xvYCC specifications and is a trademark of Sony Corporation. Currently, only AVCHD and Playstation 3 devices support x.v.Color™.
- High Definition Audio - HDMI supports a full range of high definition audio types, including SA-CD, DVD-Audio, DTS-HD Master Audio™, and Dolby TrueHD™.
Another example for longer High-Speed HDMI cable like
15ft CL2 Silver-Plated High-Speed HDMI cable
"Silver-plated conductors provide improved signal conductivity over normal copper wires. When signals are transmitted at frequencies in the MHz range, very little of the signal actually penetrates to the core of the conductor. Most of it simply rides along the outside of the wire in what is known as the "skin effect". Silver is a better conductor than copper, but is of course too expensive to use for an entire conductor. However, a thin coating of silver on the outside of a conductor takes advantage of the skin effect by providing higher conductivity where the signal will actually be carried.
In cases where the length of a cable may be approaching or just beyond the distance for a reliable HDMI signal transmission, often characterized by an intermittent breakup or interruption in audio or video portions of the signal, a silver-plated cable can provide the extra level of conductivity to ensure a reliable HDMI connection between the source and sink (display) devices."
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