Official PS3 HDMI Cable

Piesang said:
Hi

Where can I find one of these at a good price?

Must be in the area of Brackenfell, Bellville, Parow or Durbanville.
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You will waste money. Get a HDMI from Space TV. Well priced and good quality. I got a 15Meter and my Ps3 is connected to my PC screen 10 meters away. A shorter cable suffice for LCD TV.

011-4935783/4/5
Call above number. I paid R399.00 and called now for a quote R450.00 for 15 meters
 
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I am Penguin said:
Read here
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?p=3024349

Look at this page
http://www.edge-1.com/Edge/SessionConnect.asp?StoreId=1234

JHB
No.1 Laub Street,
Cnr Eloff Street Extension
New Centre
Tel: 011-4935783/4/5
Email: [email protected]

PS I suppose you need this one :D

Cape Town - Brakenfell
Address: Skywave Factory
Cnr Viben & Beatrix Street
Brakenfell
Tel: 021-9814527/8
Email: [email protected]
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Thanks for all the info. I think I should go there tomorrow morning and see what they have.

Look and sounds great.

;)
 
I am Penguin said:
You will waste money. Get a HDMI from Space TV. Well priced and good quality. I got a 15Meter and my Ps3 is connected to my PC screen 10 meters away. A shorter cable suffice for LCD TV.

011-4935783/4/5
Call above number. I paid R399.00 and called now for a quote R450.00 for 15 meters
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My PS3 stands next to my LCD. Is it better to buy a short cable even though it is thinner than the longer cable?
 
Piesang said:
My PS3 stands next to my LCD. Is it better to buy a short cable even though it is thinner than the longer cable?
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Doesn't matter. Cheap HDMI cable = expensive cable = short cable = long cable = thick cable = thin cable. As long as it works in the first place, that is. Digital signal and all that...

If you're constantly plugging the cable in and out, you might just want to look for something that'll stand the constant flexing.
 
enigma243 said:
Doesn't matter. Cheap HDMI cable = expensive cable = short cable = long cable = thick cable = thin cable. As long as it works in the first place, that is. Digital signal and all that...

If you're constantly plugging the cable in and out, you might just want to look for something that'll stand the constant flexing.
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Yes, but the cable I have is not that good. When watching a BluRay DVD on my FULLHD LCD I dont get the crystal clear picture as I'm supposed to get.

I think the cable might be poor quality and maybe it doesn't even support 1080p.
 
Really shouldn't be the case - a digital link either works or it doesn't. There shouldn't be any degradation of signal. By nature a functional HDMI cable can't not support 1080p. Even the various HDMI 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 standards are irrelevant as far as the physical cable is concerned...

Perhaps your issue is rather with your specific LCD monitor, or more likely a combination of settings on it. As a starting point, all 'picture enhancing' settings on LCDs are ass.
 
Piesang said:
My PS3 stands next to my LCD. Is it better to buy a short cable even though it is thinner than the longer cable?
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Yes a short cable will do fine and they normally are thinner anyway.

The distance/Bandwith/cable size are all related.

Thus long distance and higher bandwidth (>1080p) require thicker cables. For your use the short one thus is fine.
 
enigma243 said:
Really shouldn't be the case - a digital link either works or it doesn't. There shouldn't be any degradation of signal. By nature a functional HDMI cable can't not support 1080p. Even the various HDMI 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 standards are irrelevant as far as the physical cable is concerned...

Perhaps your issue is rather with your specific LCD monitor, or more likely a combination of settings on it. As a starting point, all 'picture enhancing' settings on LCDs are ass.
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Absolute BS. If you send a lot of digital data in shorter time over any cable then that means higher bandwith and then you require higer spec cables with lower resistance and capacitance to avoid distortion of the digital signal "shape! Also you need quality connectors.

Over a very short distance any spec HDMI cable should do unless they are really cheapskate Flea market homemade cr@p. The best is to test the cable and see if it works.
 
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enigma243 said:
Really shouldn't be the case - a digital link either works or it doesn't. There shouldn't be any degradation of signal. By nature a functional HDMI cable can't not support 1080p. Even the various HDMI 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 standards are irrelevant as far as the physical cable is concerned...

Perhaps your issue is rather with your specific LCD monitor, or more likely a combination of settings on it. As a starting point, all 'picture enhancing' settings on LCDs are ass.
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I saw a cable yesterday that is HD 1080i compatible. The quality of a cable does make a huge difference.

Even in my recording studio with normal analog recordings you can hear the difference between certain cables.
 
Piesang said:
Yes, but the cable I have is not that good. When watching a BluRay DVD on my FULLHD LCD I dont get the crystal clear picture as I'm supposed to get.

I think the cable might be poor quality and maybe it doesn't even support 1080p.
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What cable are you using now?
 
Piesang said:
I bought one at Incredible Connection. Don't know what make though. I didn't really look at that or any specs before I bought it. Paid R199 for the thing.

It's a very thin "gold" cable.
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Realistically it should be fine. Do a test by running a Normal/720p/1080p video and see if the signal degrades/improves progressively if you run the 1080p if not then it may be something else.
 
I am Penguin said:
Absolute BS. If you send a lot of digital data in shorter time over any cable then that means higher bandwith and then you require higer spec cables with lower resistance and capacitance to avoid distortion of the digital signal "shape! Also you need quality connectors.

Over a very short distance any spec HDMI cable should do unless they are really cheapskate Flea market homemade cr@p. The best is to test the cable and see if it works.
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Nice edit there. We've been through this discussion where, if I recall, you yourself agreed... :rolleyes: We're not talking bombing multiple 1080p feeds down kilometre-long cables. Decent connectors yes, agreed.

EDIT - sorry, I see you were spouting the same carp in that thread...
 
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I am Penguin said:
Realistically it should be fine. Do a test by running a Normal/720p/1080p video and see if the signal degrades/improves progressively if you run the 1080p if not then it may be something else.
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Everything that I do on my PS3 that is 1080p automatically change the input on the TV to 1080i.

If I force the PS3 to play BluRay at 1080p then it won't play and the LCD shows Not Supported. Though it is a 1080p LCD.
 
Piesang said:
Everything that I do on my PS3 that is 1080p automatically change the input on the TV to 1080i.

If I force the PS3 to play BluRay at 1080p then it won't play and the LCD shows Not Supported. Though it is a 1080p LCD.
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What tv?

I've got an issue with mine at present where it's just started to refuse to accept a 1080p signal, regardless of the source. They need to come replace a component on the TV...
 
enigma243 said:
Nice edit there. We've been through this discussion where, if I recall, you yourself agreed... :rolleyes: We're not talking bombing multiple 1080p feeds down kilometre-long cables. Decent connectors yes, agreed.
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Nope I clearly stated that Length/bandwith and cable quality are interrelated.

For short distance at 1080p there should not be an issue but plain electiical cabtyre could maybe but will not do.

The believe is that because its digital it should not matter. The fact is a square digital signal contains all the frequency components to test a analog amplifier for noise and quality by looking/measuring the difference of the square signal shape and the frequency distortions after the apmplification. Remember copper cannot differentiate between digital and analog signals it only sees a frequency and amplitude voltage. Optical is different therefore they prefer to use optical cable above copper for Intenet bandwidth.
 
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