souixan on 22 January 2008
| shams said: Don't get sucked in people. Analog signals can take advantage of more expensive cables (i.e. better shielding) - but for digital cables, its a complete rip-off. There is *no* difference between a $2 job and a $2000 job - none at all. If it works, you are getting the best possible data you will ever get. There is no "better". |
it's both true and not true at the same time. Cheaper digital cables are fine when under 6' after you get past the 6foot or 6 meter barrier quality counts a lot more. In short if it's a temporary cable or not gonna be messed with get a cheap cable under 6' if it's going to be put in a wall and expected to hold up for years upon years you're gonna want to pay for the additional quality, better shielding better plating etc. As of now HDMI's are standard however as they become the dominant form of interface connection we may see them formated for only specific items(kinda like wii has it's own component/composite in or PS3's etc.) Multi av outs and plugs formatted for certain products may come in in the future a lot like what happened with standard A/V composite cables.
