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Topic: HDMI Cable price difference
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Julio Roberto
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From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 02-14-2009 07:19 PM
Bobby makes very good points up there.
Almost all of today's TV's are of really nice picture quality. As you said, just walk into a retailer and you'll be amazed at 95% of the TV's on display.
And full HD resolution ones are now hardly more expensive (if at all) than 720p ones, so I would always recommend going for the straight full HD, as it is affordeable and more resolution can't hurt, right? ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
After that, it's a matter of personal taste and price. My parents bought last year the very top of the line Sony 46" traditional LCD fullHD, which had a suggested retail price of €4500, over $5800, but that really sold for €3000 (still $3800).
Well, my daughter bought a $1500 42" traditional LCD fullHD philips one.
Now, I've worked on TV (and a couple of movies on film) professionally and done telecine transfers, projected dailies, etc. My job demanded that I always observed images for defects, glitches, artifacts, and whatever.
I can tell you I like my daughter's Philips MUCH and undoubtely better than my parent's Sony.
Since you have a Costco nearby, you can look at their web site and read about the specs on TV. Then choose between a couple of models and go to the store to check them out in person.
http://www.costco.com/Common/
If you are unsure about the Vizio brand, they have a very similarly spec'ed TV on the website by JVC, if you trust the brand more, for the same price.
Without really looking much into it, I would give a good look and consideration to the 42" fullHD Philips they have there for $899 or the $999 46" fullHD Toshiba.
Large brands that have good quality/price ratio, at least in Europe, are: Sharp, Toshiba, LG/Philips, Samsung. Brands that are overpriced here: Thomson, Sony.
At the end, most current TV's have all the features you want and at least 3 HDMI inputs so you can plug in TV setop cable boxes, disc players (DVD, blu-ray), consoles, etc. There are external boxes to manage more HDMI inputs if you ever run out of them, but it's a bit of a mess. But the more inputs, always the better in case you ever need them.
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Bobby Henderson
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From: Lawton, OK, USA
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posted 02-15-2009 01:56 PM
quote: Claude S. Ayakawa
Why is it important to have more HDMI inputs as possible on a HD TV when I will run the audio from my BD player to my old Denon receive with an optical cable like I am doing now and HDMI 'out' from the BD player to HDMI 'in' on the TV.
With older receivers you often have to send the video signal from the HD device (Blu-ray player, HD cable box, HD satellite receiver, etc.) directly to the HDTV set. Most people with HDTV setups have more than one device providing HD-quality programming.
If your Denon receiver supports HD video via component video connections then you can probably get by with sending video signals from Blu-ray players, satellite receivers, etc. into the AV receiver and then feed a component video output from the receiver to the TV set.
My old Yamaha receiver doesn't even have component video connections. It just has composite and S-Video support. Because of that issue, I have to feed all my HD signals directly into my Bravia XBR4 TV set and then only supply the Yamaha receiver with optical audio connections.
Between my PS3, Dish Network receiver and upscaling DVD player all 3 of my TV's HDMI connections are used. I can attach the DVD player via S-Video if I get another device that needs an HDMI connection -such as a new notebook PC with HDMI-output.
Once I get a new AV receiver I'll be able to attach all my HDMI equipped devices to it and only attach one HDMI cable to my HDTV set. For now, I need all the extra connections that TV provides. They come in very handy.
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Julio Roberto
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From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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posted 02-15-2009 09:47 PM
Yeah, we've run lots of Extron back in good old analog times ![[Smile]](smile.gif) And another local spanish company that did excelent RF equipment and cables.
About external HDMI switches and such, there is no need whatsoever for them to be expensive.
For $24.99 including shipping you can have this HDM 1.3a -compatible one which includes 3 free HDMI cables and a remote control:
http://www2.meritline.com/showproduct.aspx?ProductID=33053&SEName=hdmi-v1-3-hdcp-3-ports-mini-switch-with-3-pcs-of-hdmi -cable
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3x1 HDMI mini switcher that routes high definition video (in multiple resolutions up to 1080p) and digital audio from any one of the three sources to display unit. Aside from the manual switching, the switching can also done via the IR remote that is provided with the unit. The compact design eliminates the bulk of an HDMI switcher while still having the same functionality.
But, as Bobby said, why complicate things when the best solution is to have equipment (TV, receivers) with plenty of HDMI inputs?
Most equipment today has at least 3, so it's not much of an issue anymore except for special circunstances. Again, if you ever run short of them, you can use an external switcher for not a lot of money and not too much inconvinience if you have no other choice.
Above about 35' and cable gauge, shielding, impedance matching and uniformity and other construction tolerances and precission come into serious play. From 35' to about 15': somewhat under some circunstances. Below 15': you would have to be a seriously bad incompetent manufacturer to screw it up under any normal circunstances.
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