AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Rezzes a thread*
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I hate arguing on the internet, so I'm just going to rant here where you all have to listen to me . 0's and 1's are 0's and 1's, no matter how fancy your HDMI cable is. I don't care that the connector is gold, I really don't. It makes it more conductive, yes, but HDMI relies on DATA, not electrical current.....
UGH... anyway, a friend of mine on facebook went off about how a customer at his work today (he works at a Radio Shack) told him that all HDMI cables preform within an acceptable range, and you'd get nearly the same performance out of a $10 cord, as you would a $300 Monster HDMI cable. He quoted sources stating that both CNET and Engadget say that a better cord will preform better, but when I went looking at CNET, guess what they said?!? They said that a cheap cord to their Video Editors performed EXACTLY the same visually as the most expensive one on the market. Plus, HDMI Licensing requires ALL HDMI cables to lose less than 1 in A Billion pixels, when the human eye can't detect a loss of one in a thousand.
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Quick Guide: HDMI and HDMI cables
PCWorld Article: The Cable Game
Popular Mechanics Article: Brand-Name HDMI Cables: Are They Worth It?
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