HDMI Leads whats better ??

I have new tv and want to know your guys experiences when you have bought new tv and connected to you stb etc, I know the scart lead will soon be a thing of the past and have had hdmi lead for connection from older tv to stb, older tv was plasma and new tv is LED I used and am still using a cheap hdmi i think i even found one a certain pound shop lol.

I`m asking this is there any difference in cheap hdmi lead compared to these that they offer you when your buying a tv at C**ys etc ie the silver or gold HDMI leads would it really make that much difference using cheap HDMI conpared to more expensive ones available and if so can you guys let me know what you use or recommend ??

Thanks
carmine

Quote from stevejo

Carmine ive never seen a difference ever and I did installs for a good while , its like when you paid a fortune for oxygen free scart leads for crt tvs i never saw anything there it might be possible that it makes an odds with super hd but we havent got there yet , i think itll be the feel good factor knowing you paid a fortune for a lead and convincing yourself its better , nano might be able to elaborate more as he is more in the know with installs these days

Hi stevejo,
i`ve been reading about on g**gle and found a site or two that say exactly what you say no difference at all only worth spending a bit more if you need over 1 or 2 metres...

Quote from nano

HDMI is a digital signal. A 1 is a 1 and a 0 is a 0 regardless of which cable it goes down. With a digital signal, its either there or it isn't so a gold plated oxygen free cable will not produce a better picture than a cheapo HDMI cable.

If you get a picture with a cheapo HDMI cable, the quality of the picture will be exactly the same as the expensive HDMI cable from Currys. Incidentally television cables and leads are a rip off from Currys (Or any other DGS retail outlets), They are just put in pretty packaging, but are no better than the ones you can get for half the price off eBay.

I used to get this from people when i installed a new aerial, the daft old bint would always say, the picture off the old aerial was better, when that was physically impossible if your watching a DVB-T signal.

Nano

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Thanks Nano,
have sent you a pm

the other reason i started this thread was because yesterday during the footy, i could notice a slight bit of interference on screen while watching but only when watching stb not freeview hd etc. thought it may have been a faulty hdmi lead but thats not possible is it ?
I also have a rf modulator could that cause interference as i needed to send signal to upstairs telly

Quote from bellend

hdmi leads you can buy from any pound shop will do the trick...but if i were using over 5 metres i would buy the more expensive gold ones !

dont need over 5 metres only 1.5m

Quote from rider

my opinion as i am using is a 3 meter gold plated 1.4 for the 3D for me its is great it is not expensive i just bought it only 9 euros

9 euros thats cheap i found one at Tes*o 1.5 metres £15 :0 ??

a good friend of mine who i have`nt seen for a while called me today and said he bought new tv and guess what he bought a silver plated hdmi lead at just over £35 each, oh my goodness why oh why oh why, i told him that any cheap one would do the exact job, hope he kept the receipt lol ?