Comments on: Say Goodbye to HD DVD http://www.tech-evangelist.com/2008/02/18/blu-ray-hd-dvd-war-02/ Technical Articles, Musings and Opinions from Tech-Evangelist Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Doogie http://www.tech-evangelist.com/2008/02/18/blu-ray-hd-dvd-war-02/comment-page-1/#comment-10172 Doogie Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:29:23 +0000 http://www.tech-evangelist.com/2008/02/18/blu-ray-hd-dvd-war-02/#comment-10172 Hi George You are right. Buying a newer HDMI cable will do nothing for the quality. The HDMI certification just says that the cable will work with the latest standards. The design for the cables has not changed since 1.0. The standards refer to the components, such as your PlayStation 3, and not the cable itself. Almost all HDMI cables will work with the latest equipment. The cheap cables (less than $10) tend to have no shielding and may have poor connectors. Other than that, you should not have to upgrade your HDMI cables. That is a sales gimmick. Hi George

You are right. Buying a newer HDMI cable will do nothing for the quality. The HDMI certification just says that the cable will work with the latest standards. The design for the cables has not changed since 1.0.

The standards refer to the components, such as your PlayStation 3, and not the cable itself. Almost all HDMI cables will work with the latest equipment. The cheap cables (less than $10) tend to have no shielding and may have poor connectors. Other than that, you should not have to upgrade your HDMI cables. That is a sales gimmick.

]]> By: George Martin Leen http://www.tech-evangelist.com/2008/02/18/blu-ray-hd-dvd-war-02/comment-page-1/#comment-10147 George Martin Leen Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:00:39 +0000 http://www.tech-evangelist.com/2008/02/18/blu-ray-hd-dvd-war-02/#comment-10147 Hi, Sony Playstation 3 has arrived in my home. Son wants to plug-in to my Hitachi 37LD9800TA which is a HD-Ready TV, resolution (1366 x 768) vide HDMI cable. i checked with Hitachi and they confirmed that the HDMI input port at the back of the our LCD TV is of ver 1.1 My son is bugging me to purchase the latest HDMI cable (ver 1.3, 1.3a) so that we could get clear pictures when watching Blu-ray disc on the PS3. I feel it is not necessary that I buy the HDMI cable version V1.3 or V1.3a as although the PS3 outputs 1080p , my HD ready TV's HDMI input port version is V1.1 and furthermore my TV resolution is 1366 x 768. I explained to my son that (buying a HDMI cable ver 1.3 or 1.3a) is like a big pipe (1080p) coming out of his PS3 but the TV HDMI input port is a smaller pipe (ver 1.1) and thus we cannot get the full benefit (colors,True HD, etc) even if i buy the exhorbitantly high end HDMI cable ver 1.3 or ver 1.3a. Am i correct or has my son got a point. Please give me your expert advice. Thank you George Martin Hi,
Sony Playstation 3 has arrived in my home. Son wants to plug-in to my Hitachi 37LD9800TA which is a HD-Ready TV, resolution (1366 x 768) vide HDMI cable.
i checked with Hitachi and they confirmed that the HDMI input port at the back of the our LCD TV is of ver 1.1
My son is bugging me to purchase the latest HDMI cable (ver 1.3, 1.3a) so that we could get clear pictures when watching Blu-ray disc on the PS3. I feel it is not necessary that I buy the HDMI cable version V1.3 or V1.3a as although the PS3 outputs 1080p , my HD ready TV’s HDMI input port version is V1.1
and furthermore my TV resolution is 1366 x 768.
I explained to my son that (buying a HDMI cable ver 1.3 or 1.3a) is like a big pipe (1080p) coming out of his PS3 but the TV HDMI input port is a smaller pipe (ver 1.1) and thus we cannot get the full benefit (colors,True HD, etc) even if i buy the exhorbitantly high end HDMI cable ver 1.3 or ver 1.3a.
Am i correct or has my son got a point. Please give me your expert advice.
Thank you
George Martin

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