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HDMI Cable

  • 03-02-2011 7:24pm
    #1
    MASTER...of the bra
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    Lidl have these back in, gold plated contacts, 2 metres long, €7.


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  • #2
    mcw92
    Registered Users Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭mcw92


    They also have Optical Audio Cables for a similar price.


  • #3
    TerrorFirmer
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    discount stores sell hdmi gold plated 2m for 2 euro. got 2 today, work perfectly...


  • #4
    heathersonline
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭heathersonline


    Where was that? The ones around Talbot street are all around €7 I thought?
    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    discount stores sell hdmi gold plated 2m for 2 euro. got 2 today, work perfectly...


  • #5
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    heathersonline wrote: »
    Where was that? The ones around Talbot street are all around €7 I thought?

    got one in galway today, well, 2 of them, at 2 euro each. Heard about it on boards actually, it was mentioned that most discount/euro2 stores carry them. hdmi is digital, so it either works or doesn't, these work fine, so they're as good as any!


  • #6
    NewHillel
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭NewHillel


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    hdmi is digital, so it either works or doesn't,

    HDMI is an interface specification - nothing to "work". :p
    As for the €2 HDMI Cables, its still the gold plating that makes all the difference.
    (The gold makes the electrons feel appreciated, so they go to the correct pins on the interface, and don't get lost.:D)


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  • #7
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    NewHillel wrote: »
    HDMI is an interface specification - nothing to "work". :p
    As for the €2 HDMI Cables, its still the gold plating that makes all the difference.
    (The gold makes the electrons feel appreciated, so they go to the correct pins on the interface, and don't get lost.:D)

    well what i meant was that it's a case of, you get a picture, or you don't, not like analog, where quality is an issue as well, so whatever about other cables, with hdmi, and assuming normal household use where interferance isn't an issue, once it actually works as in, you get a picture, it's pretty much the same as any other 2 or 100 euro cable! well, apart from going into gold/silver/tarnish etc, but i'd rather take my chances with the 2 euro one somehow...


  • #8
    NewHillel
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭NewHillel


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    well what i meant was that it's a case of, you get a picture, or you don't, not like analog, where quality is an issue as well, so whatever about other cables, with hdmi, and assuming normal household use where interferance isn't an issue, once it actually works as in, you get a picture, it's pretty much the same as any other 2 or 100 euro cable! well, apart from going into gold/silver/tarnish etc, but i'd rather take my chances with the 2 euro one somehow...

    I agree with you, it was meant as a joke... :o

    In all but a handful of cases the cheapest HDMI cable you can lay your hands on is just fine. In most cases the interference issue is just a red herring.


  • #9
    groom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭groom


    I got a cheap 5m HDMI cable found here from Sendit a few months back. It does have some funny quirks where the video goes from laptop to TV but the sound keep playing from the laptop and I have to pull it out and in a couple of times to get the sound through the TV

    So there is some quality element to HDMI cables


  • #10
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    groom wrote: »
    I got a cheap 5m HDMI cable found here from Sendit a few months back. It does have some funny quirks where the video goes from laptop to TV but the sound keep playing from the laptop and I have to pull it out and in a couple of times to get the sound through the TV

    So there is some quality element to HDMI cables

    That's more than likely a setting issue with your laptop. Go into the sound options and make sure the HDMI one is set as default.


  • #11
    greened
    Registered Users Posts: 465 ✭✭greened


    groom wrote: »
    I got a cheap 5m HDMI cable found here from Sendit a few months back. It does have some funny quirks where the video goes from laptop to TV but the sound keep playing from the laptop and I have to pull it out and in a couple of times to get the sound through the TV

    So there is some quality element to HDMI cables

    a bit of topic but I find that if you start to say play a film or a live internet stream and then connect laptop to the tv via HDMI the sound will come from the laptop. Connect the lead to the TV first and then start the application and the sound will come from the TV. Works for me anyway:)


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