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Found at Dick Smith @ Emproium Melbourne. About a dozen. 3m cables were $13. Fabric weave cable with platinum coated gold connectors. Supports upto 2160p according to the box. No other specs shown.
5M HDMI Platinum Cable Now $14 Was $69.98 @ Dick Smith
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yeah I have personally never paid more than $10 for a HDMI cable. It is one of the biggest scams around, been a cable carrying a digital signal it will either work or not…
haha love it, better sums it up yes :D
platinum coated gold connectors
Hang on, does that mean they are solid gold, with a coat of platinum?
Marketing trick. It's Platinum coated with a gold colour connector. As in the only thing gold about it is the colour.
Agree, HDMI cables are the biggest scam. Bought my 1.5M ones from MSY in 2009 for like $5 each (maybe less) and they are still going strong.
In fairness, bandwidth requirements have increased, due to higher resolutions, 3D, etc. But yes, I have not had problems myself with any cables I bought. But when I buy, I do check on the AWG of the cable. It has to have enough copper to be able to conduct, otherwise you could run into bandwidth issues. $5 is plenty for a decent cable :)
I am using them between my Blu-Ray player, PVR, amplifier, and TV. The TV is less than 12 months old but the rest are from 2009 but all high-end Panasonic gear (high-end for 2009). Never had any issues with image quality including recent Blu-Ray releases which are perfect quality.
More like 4K video has increased the bandwidth requirements considerably. Not all HDMI cables can properly do 4K video lacking the required bandwidth. All of my HDMI cables are rated for 4K video (Belkin Pro HD3000, Belkin Pro HD4000, 2 x Monster M2000 and an IBRA Orange Gold HDMI cable bought through Amazon). I've got some Pro HDMI cables going on there.
If your cable has enough conductivity (read: thickness / AWG), then it should be able to achieve the bandwidth. Not sure I'll ever buy a branded HDMI cable….
Got these ones last time, and they're good.Cheap noname HDMI cables can end up causing random screen flickering (sudden loss of signal) if they have bad wiring. They would have very little quality assurance testing in the manufacturing process.
I got 10 of these last time they were posted on OzBargin.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/291481377651?_trksid=p2057872.m27…
Still expensive!
Was $69.98
i get the feeling dick uses his vacuuum pump a little too often
Everyone is saying this is expensive, but I actually think it's a pretty decent price for a 5 metre HDMI cable if the build quality is good.
Dick has some others on the site for $10 odd: http://search.dicksmith.com.au/electronics/Hdmi-Cable-5m
Cool, I'm going to buy a pallet-load, and melt them down for the platinum.
Note there is no such thing as a 1.3 or 1.4 cable. Both standard specify the same cables (unless ethernet added?)
There are only two types: standard and high speed. (Category 1 and 2).
Standard did 1080i or 720p, - does it still exist?
Cat-2 will do 4K .And conductor size only matters for long runs. On 1-2m cables, 28-gauge is fine.
Are these hdmi 2.0?
theres no detail on the box, but it does say 'HIGH SPEED WITH ETHERNET' on the cable ends
Unlikely that it's officially HDMI 2.0 but it would be HDMI 1.4.
That article is a load of bull. Not all HDMI cables are the same, not all are built to the same quality standards or have the same bandwidth capacity. Some can do 4K video and some can't. Like to see your $2 noname HDMI cable pull off 4K video without any problems.
But seriously these Platinum HDMI cables from Dick Smith look like the same sort of cables that go on eBay for $10.
sucks for anyone who bought it at $69.98, still bit on the pricey side at $14