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I know this has a million answers-BUT any rec. for the HDMI hook up from the 421 to my various components- Does one brand work any better than another with Meridian products- thanks,gary

I've had excellent results with Wireworld HDMI and DVI cables.

Regards,

Make sure that the cable that you choose is within specification for the length and resolution that you intend to use. Then try any cable that uses Molex plugs. They give a very positive connection.

I did however play devils advocate on another forum where a couple of chappies said that a cable made no difference to the image quality of the image and myself with an open mind tried to proove them wrong. The conclusion was that the image quality was either going to be as intended or was going to suffer from noticable defects such as sparklies or total failure. From a purely theoretical aspect using the HDMI specifications, there was nothing that I could find where I could find a situation that would cause the cable to produce a 'slightly less vibrant image'. This relates to the video side of HDMI. I did not spend any time looking into the audio side.

So if an HDMI cable provides an image without noticible defects such as sparklies, the the image quality will be exactly the same a a similar functioning cable.

I suspect that the above will cause some controversy.

I've never read so much common sense...

Ian:

Nope, that's actually been my experience in practice.

Unfortunately, I have longer runs (20m) from rack to projector and the only thing that I've had that's been clean from the rack to the projector has been the Wireworld @ 1080p.

Everything else has come up with sparklies.

Cheers,

I am also using a Wireworld HDMI cable form my 800 to my display. The Starlight 5^2. A flat cable that seems to work well (no issues) and seems to have a good build quality. I'm using a 3M run so I could prob get away with many other cables as well. Wish I would have bought a longer run so I could move my rack.

I have also had good luck with Analysis plus cable but have not tried DVI or HDMI..is def a lot less $$$s than the WW Silver Starlight 5^2.
JK

Have you tried the HDMAX to see if that helps with nlong runs.

b:

I have a very complex switching infrastructure and the 421 is no longer being used.

I have to have a discussion with JRS and co about my issues (DHCP related) at CEDIA with them.

Cheers,

I recommend Dtrovision/Purelink. They're all high end in terms of performance and they're priced VERY reasonably compared to lesser companies like Monster. If you have a long DVI run, you should look in to their optical stuff. I use all their cables for video. I use their OC series DVI cable for my HDMAX421 to my projector. Flawless performance. I highly recommend it.

I have some monoprice cables based upon recommendations over on AVS. They are very reasonably priced. I can't get them connected until my DVI input board for the G70 CRT returns from getting a fix to its EDID chip. I'll let you know how it does when I get it hooked up.

Cheers, Ian

I`ve tried a quit a few different HDMI cabel best as yett is the
Bettercabels Silver Serpent� Reference 1080p HDMI 1.2a Cable
I`ve tried Supra, Monster, Kimber,DVDO, IN9700 Series silver OEM and some others.


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What has been different with the cables?

Very soon HDMI will be wireless:

http://www.tzerotech.com/site/content/pr_106.html