kickback123(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 12th December 2006, 19:58
quick question
One of my mates is looking for a good quality hdmi to dvi cable not 2 expensive seen one in currys for 60 quid from belkin and maplins have one at 30 quid.
which ones best quality and do u have any other recommendations?
cheers
Lee
RE: HDMI to DVI
Chris Muriel(Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 12th December 2006, 23:39
Your question is impossible to answer based on the scant details supplied. What make and/or part number were both cables ? Do you have a link to them ? Are they 1 metre long, 10 metres long or what ? For distances above 10 feet or 5 metres (depending on who you talk to) it is worth going for reasonable quality because the frequency response of the cables can start to distort the signal due to "frequency tilt" (possibly fixable using equalisation) and result in bit errors. Above 20 or 25 metres equualisation becomes essential.
RE: HDMI to DVI
kickback123(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 13th December 2006, 19:45
sorry mean`t advice in general for the cables just wants some fairly good quality leads at not 2 expensive a price.
the two i mentioned were just what he mentioned to me without going into specifics.
RE: HDMI to DVI
Hominid(Competent) posted this on Thursday, 14th December 2006, 14:15
I just get the cheapest DVI or HDMI cables I can. As the signal is digital, not analog, the signal doesn`t degrade as an analog cable might, it either transmits the signal or not.
I`ve bought a few DVI-HDMI leads from ebay, for about £8, and all have been fine. I haven`t bought any over 4 meters but I wouldn`t have thought that longer ones would have given any problems.
RE: HDMI to DVI
wayne 2(Competent) posted this on Thursday, 14th December 2006, 19:44
bought one off ebay, 1.5m long £8 delivered. works a treat had no problems with my samsung dvd to toshiba lcd.you don`t always have to buy mega expensive kit for it to give pleasing results.hope this helps
