Need HDMI Cable Input: Knowledge/Comparison Assist, Please
Hi all,
I’m seeking actual comparative experience and comparative notes between HDMI cables you’ve tried/used. Please forego comparisons to manufacturer supplied cables or Amazon Basics, no name brand/etc ... I understand that pretty much any quality HDMI you would have bought to replace those would show notable improvements.
I’m engaging in my first round of tweek/improvements since 2019. Video HDMI is something I really should have done a long way back, but simply forgot about, as I focused on my analog audio section. I’m interested in the inexpensive range, and have thus far narrowed it down too (on reading only) Pangea, Furutech, DH Labs or Jenvings Supra HDMI cables. Basically the $100-$300 range.
One HDMI will go from a Fios HD Cable Box to my T.V. (Sony 65Z9D full LED backlit - Sony’s top of the line through 2020).
The other HDMI will go from an Oppo UDP-205 to the TV.
Thanks in advance. I’m very much looking forward to the knowledge and experiences you have to share!
@fuzztone thank you! That's very useful, as I've read comparisons posted about the WireWorld, so your note on the Blue Jean has valuable meaning for me. I did at one point wonder if Blue Jean had an HDMI, but forgot to look into that possibility. Very much appreciated! |
@jwpstayman I've read similar about the DH Labs. Can you provide a comparison to another cable? Thanks.
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The DH Labs 2.1 uses a mixture of copper and fiber optic conductors. So I wonder if technically it is an AOC cable, though I’ve also read great things about it. The WIreworld Stellar uses purely fiber optic conductors and is also rated 2.1. There's not much commentary out there about the Stellar model. |
@twoleftears It is a curiosity how they hybrid with the optical. Granted, the speed of light is the speed of light... yet, while the fiber is a direct unimpeaded light flow, the copper is subject to emf, crystal barriers, skin effect, and other barriers, so I wonder how DH Labs rectifies any differential that would occur between signals at the end point arrival? Perhaps the fiber is exclusively for audio (or video), and the copper for the other? Either way, DH Labs seems to have worked something out there, cause people really do seem to like that cable. But, as you've said, there's not a lot of commentary out there, so I'm hoping to find someone out here that has compared it to other cables. I'm not one to turn over stuff once I buy, so I try to perform due diligence to get a product I will keep for the very long haul, knowing it was the best of my price bracket considerations. |
