HDMI Cable vs Component Cable

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

Actually this is true and false. Monster HDMI cables aren't junk like some of their products, they are just grossly overpriced.

I dont have much experience with them, because of my bad experience and their price. The one cable I did use years ago on my 40" tube was a Monster svideo and it kept falling out of the back of my tv and even when it did stay in it was really loose. I swapped it with a generic svideo cable and had no such problems ever again and the picture looked the same

I have a few monoprice component, optical and audio cables and they have never let me down, although if I did have a picture issue the cables and power ground would be the first thing I would check

 

[96MaxGLE 10+ year member]

I really like the looks of those cables from monoprice...

I've bought all of my HDMI cables from partsexpress, price isn't as low as monoprice...but I just recently found out about monoprice.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

on my cable box i definately noticed a difference between component and hdmi... although i didn't notice any change on my rca upconverting dvd player.
Thats on my 720p sony grand-wega

im calling BS

have the same tv.. have tried several different cords... NO difference on any of them...

P.S. you can't tell unless you watch the exact same clip anyways, which 99% of people don't do when TRYING to tell a difference.

Have someone switch them up for you, and if 8/10 you guess right, THEN i'll believe it... this goes for all of you

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Fair enough.
And those BlueJean cables actually look reasonably priced for their build.

I'm very impressed with the build quality of the BlueJean cables. Solid cable for sure, good connectors, assembled well.

I don't have much experience with them, because of my bad experience and their price. The one cable I did use years ago on my 40" tube was a Monster svideo and it kept falling out of the back of my tv and even when it did stay in it was really loose. I swapped it with a generic svideo cable and had no such problems ever again and the picture looked the same
I have a few monoprice component, optical and audio cables and they have never let me down, although if I did have a picture issue the cables and power ground would be the first thing I would check

That is really ghey and I'm sure a lot of people have had similar experiences with Monster products. SVideo I really don't think you would notice improvement between an $8 and a $8,000 cable.

im calling BS
have the same tv.. have tried several different cords... NO difference on any of them...

P.S. you can't tell unless you watch the exact same clip anyways, which 99% of people don't do when TRYING to tell a difference.

Have someone switch them up for you, and if 8/10 you guess right, THEN i'll believe it... this goes for all of you

It could depend on his cable box. I know that when I had TWC component looked simply awful and HDMI looked really good. I have Cincinnati Bell now and there really isn't much difference.

 

[shakinghorizons]

Pointless to have a blu-ray player without an HDMI cable, makes it so much chrisper, and the colors are amazing. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[XaznKewLguyX 10+ year member]

got the cables today, installed them. Played around with the settings for half an hour and all i can say is...

WOW!

Those of you who said i will see no difference, you guys are on crack. It was like switching passive to active. Night and day difference.

IMO $40 well spent. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Could have spent 1/10th of that...

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[xplayazplayzonx 10+ year member]

i have a home theater setup.

hdmi carries both audio/video

component carries only video

hdmi can do full 1080p with 24p for cinema quality (if your tv supports it)

component stops at 1080i

hdmi also carries new audio formats like True HD and DTS HD (useful for 7.1 setups and up)

ive used both blue jean cables, and monoprice excellent cables for the money

than you will have to see if your receiver supports hdmi 1.3a and all that good stuff hehe

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

i have a home theater setup. hdmi carries both audio/video

component carries only video

hdmi can do full 1080p with 24p for cinema quality (if your tv supports it)

component stops at 1080i

hdmi also carries new audio formats like True HD and DTS HD (useful for 7.1 setups and up)

ive used both blue jean cables, and monoprice excellent cables for the money

than you will have to see if your receiver supports hdmi 1.3a and all that good stuff hehe

Incorrect, component carries 1080p...

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[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

Incorrect, component carries 1080p...
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75 ohm component video cable can carry 1080p, just to add to what you said not a correction.

 

[xplayazplayzonx 10+ year member]

werd mi bad most of the component cables ive seen just got 1080i maybe they are all teh sucky ones lmao

but why not go hdmi its the future

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

75 ohm component video cable can carry 1080p, just to add to what you said not a correction.

The cables can do it. IIRC component in short runs is good up to 2160 30 frames. The problem is most TVs and sources are incompatible.

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

The cables can do it. IIRC component in short runs is good up to 2160 30 frames. The problem is most TVs and sources are incompatible.

^This.

I have some generic Components going from my at least 3 year old Yamaha Receiver to my TV. Carries 1080P. Source is a 360.

 

[troy_audi0 10+ year member]

Can we lock this already, AVS has 100 threads like this