how can you knockoff hdmi,it is a standard that the lead must conform to ,its not a brand.
why try to get people to throw away their money on an ixus hdmi when it will make no difference under 5 metres.I have an ixus scart and its class but buying an ixus hdmi is a waste of money and not needed.
if you buy a cheap hdmi cable and dont get "sparklies"(interference,is noticible like sparkling) then replacing it with a 500 pound cable aint gona make 1 bit of difference.its digital,the signal either gets there or it doesnt simple as.if there is interference it will be noticible,if there isnt ,then its as good as any cable will get you.
bearing in mind i am talking about cables under 6 metres,where "sparklies" isnt common,only over good lenghts
your ignorance is showing
If an HDMI lead is not made under license from these guys
HDMI Licensing, LLC
1060 E. Arques Avenue, Suite 100
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
USA
Then it is not an HDMI lead - it is a lead that is shaped and created exactly like an HDMI lead. The licenced leads are designed to a tolerence that will amongst other things carry CPRM / CPRM+ / 3PPBW with pleanty of room to shove info digitally both ways at 5GB/S for 1 - 1.2a and 340 MHz (10.2 Gbit/s) for 1.3+ a lot of the features are OPTIONAL so even if you do buy a licenced one - it still may not support your features. you even have copies branded with the logo of which is illegal.
With early DVD players there were a lot of out of standard "knockoffs" doing the rounds and when a DVD disc came out that was pushing (but still well within the standard set out by the DVD forum) like "the matrix" . The unlicenced players refused to spin them.
The only succesfull integration of an out of standard copy is Phillips DVD+R / +RW format when the DVD forum finalised the recordable formats they made DVD-RAM and DVD-RW for re-recordable and DVD-R for once only. Phillips designed the new format for two reasons:-
1 They wanted to launch the first affordable dvd recorders and this meant not having to pay any licencing to the DVD forum - therefore cutting the retail of each unit substantially.
2 They offer the format as a cheaper alternative to chinese manufacturers - therefore all original cheap dvd recorders were +rw.
result - Eventually the manufactuers all sign up in order to offer compatibility with whats already on the market.
As I quoted in my other post I have no interest in raising the debate of expensive leads / digital information there are hundreds of places for that and this isnt it, you have made your decision and that is fine but you wont change mine as I have spent years contemplating it. I believe this forum is for posting your opinion then letting people decide if its correct, there is no need to jump to the defence of your opinion everytime someone posts something to the contrary, let the viewer decide mate.
Telling people that they are wasting their money on a good product is simply bad advice. What happens when bluray adds a new feature that the out of spec leads dont support? Will you personally refund all the forum viewers that took your advice and went for the cheap lead?
p.s you are contradicting yourself with the length thing. you say that digital is digital and if it gets there then its perfect, but digital hdmi will travel all the way through cheap 20m leads and still get there so.... by your rational it should be perfect - so why isnt it - what does length matter if the picture if coming up and why should expensive cables work better than budget ones in this scenario but not under 5m
