Ya know, I agreed with alot of what you had to say right up until I saw "A cable is a cable."
Do me a favor. Don't publish something until you're damn sure what you have to say is the truth. I'm really sick of this rumor.
Did you even once put a cheap HDMI cable against a more expensive on in an eye-pattern test? Even once? No. No you didn't. You just jumped on the band wagon of "EXPENSIVE CABLES ARE RIP-OFFS! I KNOW CUZ' I READ ABOUT 1'S AND 0'S ON THE INTERNET!"
Tell me, did you do all your testing on a 3 foot cable? Probably. I doubt you tested cable against cable on 10 foot runs and above. In fact, I know you didn't. I didn't see a single eye-test pattern following your claim. Where's your source of this information anyways?
Am I telling everyone to go buy a Monster cable? Heavens no! You'd be a fool. But I am going to tell you to at least buy an HDMI 1.3 -CERTIFIED- (that's the key word there) cable and probably spend a little more than a few bucks on it. Honestly, you probably spent 800+ on this HDTV. Would it kill you to drop 20 bucks in a cable?
So, before the flames turn on, I realize you said 20 bucks from Cables Unlimitted... and I agree, why pay more? But don't go making claims that a cable is a cable. Many of your readers are going to think they got this great deal on a 5 dollar cable, when that couldn't be any farther from the truth. They'd only be ripping themselves off a great home theater set-up.
Go do some research on HDMI and eye-pattern tests. See what holds up. Then think about this: What about outside interference? Is that cheap cable going to resist interference and how will it effect my picture? How long am running this cable? Among other things, these are factors that WILL influence your picture quality when choosing a cable.
A recommendation: Monoprice. GREAT cables for about $15 - $20
Do me a favor. Don't publish something until you're damn sure what you have to say is the truth. I'm really sick of this rumor.
Did you even once put a cheap HDMI cable against a more expensive on in an eye-pattern test? Even once? No. No you didn't. You just jumped on the band wagon of "EXPENSIVE CABLES ARE RIP-OFFS! I KNOW CUZ' I READ ABOUT 1'S AND 0'S ON THE INTERNET!"
Tell me, did you do all your testing on a 3 foot cable? Probably. I doubt you tested cable against cable on 10 foot runs and above. In fact, I know you didn't. I didn't see a single eye-test pattern following your claim. Where's your source of this information anyways?
Am I telling everyone to go buy a Monster cable? Heavens no! You'd be a fool. But I am going to tell you to at least buy an HDMI 1.3 -CERTIFIED- (that's the key word there) cable and probably spend a little more than a few bucks on it. Honestly, you probably spent 800+ on this HDTV. Would it kill you to drop 20 bucks in a cable?
So, before the flames turn on, I realize you said 20 bucks from Cables Unlimitted... and I agree, why pay more? But don't go making claims that a cable is a cable. Many of your readers are going to think they got this great deal on a 5 dollar cable, when that couldn't be any farther from the truth. They'd only be ripping themselves off a great home theater set-up.
Go do some research on HDMI and eye-pattern tests. See what holds up. Then think about this: What about outside interference? Is that cheap cable going to resist interference and how will it effect my picture? How long am running this cable? Among other things, these are factors that WILL influence your picture quality when choosing a cable.
A recommendation: Monoprice. GREAT cables for about $15 - $20
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