MicroVillage – PREMIUM HDMI to HDMI Cable Gold 1 Metre
Posted by Notcot on Jun 2, 2010 in Portable Sound & Vision |
Product Description
THIS IS A 1 METRE CABLE.PLEASE NOTE THIS AS OTHER SELLERS ARE ILLEGALLY CHANGING THIS ADVERT) to suit their own needs.
- MicroVillage Superior Gold Plated cable HDMI to HDMI male
- This cable is capable of transferring high-bandwidth, uncompressed digital video, multi-channel digital audio and control functions.
- HDCP Compatible (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) – the content scrambling standard used in all current TV/Satellite and Cable boxes/DVD/Projectors etc.
- Connectors: HDMI Male/Male, Type A- 1 METRE
- MicroVilage – DEALS BRANDED HDMI CABLES ARE ONLY SOLD BY MicroVillage. PLEASE NOTE HDMI CABLES BOUGHT FROM OTHER SELLERS LISTING ON THIS ADVERT ARE NOT THE SAME AND MAY BE OF INFERIOR QUALITY.
As the title says, for the price (around £2.20) you really can’t go wrong with this product. Purchased it as they don’t include one with the PS3 (ridiculous if you ask me), and it works fine, no problems at all. What I particularly like is that it is short (0.75m) which is ideal if your PS3/Blu-Ray player is close to your TV and you don’t want yards of cable cluttering things up.
A word of warning when it comes to HDMI cables, many people will tell you (wrongly) that you need to buy a more expensive cable, as it gives you a better picture. Don’t listen to them. HDMI is digital technology, therefore if all the information gets transferred correctly and completely from one end of the cable to the other, then the picture will be the same regardless of the cable (if it doesn’t do this it will be immediately clear, no picture, very distorted picture, etc.).
There is a placebo effect at work here where people claim to see a better picture from more expensive cables (it’s their brain saying “it must be a better picture as it cost 50 times more than another cable”).
What I will grant them is that the more expensive cables are very well put together, and therefore less likely to have an error, but at the prices being charged they are simply not worth it. If you buy a cheaper cable and is doesn’t work properly, send it back, simple as that.
Don’t get me wrong, I will pay a premium for quality, but in this case the numbers just don’t add up.
Buy this cable, it does everything you want for very little money.
Rating: 5 / 5
As good as it gets!
A tip for everyone looking for digital cables: The main aspect that you should look for is cable length. Yes, that’s right. The signal is DIGITAL so it won’t suffer distortion as analogic signals would. It will either work perfectly or not work at all. The only exception is if the cable is longer than 2 or 3 meters. In this case the signal could suffer a small loss if the cable is not top quality.
So if your Blu-Ray, DVD, Home Theatre etc is right below your TV, get the shortest cable you can possibly find that have decent connectors. Don’t pay for any brand model unless you really need a 5 or 10M cable.
Rating: 5 / 5
when I bought this item,I did not expect a good quality product but I am glad I did as it worked just like a 29.99 product from Pcworld,keep it up guys
Rating: 5 / 5
Please don’t be put off by the low price of these HDMI cables. I ordered 2 of these to use with a Sony Bravia and Home Cinema System and they work perfectly. You can buy HDMI cables that cost nearly 10 times this and come in fancy moulded plastic case but don’t bother wasting your money, just get these instead.
Rating: 5 / 5
What a price,and a really good product,like the other reviewer I turned my head when i saw the price and couldnt really believe it but Yes it is true.Fantastic
Rating: 5 / 5