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HDMI Cable Blind Test

HDMI Cable blind test

Best Buy salesman would tell you: We tell you an expensive 1080p HDMI cable will give you a better picture but in reality do brand name cables really deliver a better picture? To find out, we pit two of them against a cheap HDMI Cables in a blind test for ourselves.


inspire HDMI Cable | $5 for 6 ft

• Claim: 1080p HDMI Cable signal and 1.3b certified on their 6 feet HDMI Cable.

Monster Cable Advanced HDMI 1000 HD Cable | $200 for 13 ft

• Claim: Sharpest Brighest picture, deepest color and smoothest video.

Honeywell HDMI Cable With CURxE Light Technology | $300 for 16 ft

• Claim: Embedded chip self-healing audio and video problems, which might occur.

The Results

None of our people could tell the difference at all. The fact is, HDMI is digital, meaning you either get the signal or you don’t. High prices and gimmicks like gold-plating don’t affect 1s and 0s. Our advice: Purchase your HDMI Cable online for cheap like from inspiretech, and use the saved money to upgrade to a larger flat screen.

Posted in Technology on Monday 7th of July 2008 05:46:13 PM