HDMI cable differences?

[tgm4883]

I just bought a new tv with hdmi, and the saleman tried to sell me a super duper hdmi cable that was $30 per foot. Now I could see with analog the differences with high vs low quality cables.

But with digital, the signal is either there or it isn't correct? Is there really a difference between the $120 4 foot cable and the $60 6 foot cable?

[chesterfield]

no difference---those salesman get paid more commision on accessotries than TV's...

[dvdx_925]

hmm..i saw a hdmi cable on a dick smith catalogue. $330 for a 2m cable, man...that is expensive. u sure there's no difference b/w high quality and low quality hdmi cables?

[waheed]

Digital is digital...theres no quality difference IMO. Its just all a marketing ploy.

Dont forget, digital is just a bunch of 0's and 1's. And your correct, its either there or it isn't.

[Bjs]

1m hdmi cable here is $300.00au ... they can stick it ... get it down to $100.00au and I'll be more interested in it .

[SingSing]

What about $18.49 ? see : http://www.riteav.com/index.php?cPath=47_48_58

[tgm4883]

Thanks for confirming my suspicions. Now if someone would just answer my other question.

I was trying to figure out if the tv I bought was HDCP compatible. I had heard on here that some of the new tv's weren't (even with hdmi) The salesman told me (damn salesman) that they all were, that it is a requirement for hdmi. Is this a new thing or is he blowing smoke. The tv i bought was a vizio L32HDTV.

One more question. What is the native resolution of this tv? I know it says it will do both 720 and 1080, but isn't it better if I do things in the native resolution? And how do I find this out for future reference

Sorry, just reread my other post and had to add this

One last question I promise. HDMI has both the audio and video signal correct? So if I have a dvd player with HDMI, I will take the HDMI cable and plug that into the tv, but does that mean that for my surround sound that I will be need to have optical or coaxial for the sound? Are there going to be surround sound units that not only have HDMI connections, but are also HDCP compatible?

[edDV]

Thanks for confirming my suspicions. Now if someone would just answer my other question.

I was trying to figure out if the tv I bought was HDCP compatible. I had heard on here that some of the new tv's weren't (even with hdmi) The salesman told me (damn salesman) that they all were, that it is a requirement for hdmi. Is this a new thing or is he blowing smoke. The tv i bought was a vizio L32HDTV.

One more question. What is the native resolution of this tv? I know it says it will do both 720 and 1080, but isn't it better if I do things in the native resolution? And how do I find this out for future reference

Sorry, just reread my other post and had to add this

One last question I promise. HDMI has both the audio and video signal correct? So if I have a dvd player with HDMI, I will take the HDMI cable and plug that into the tv, but does that mean that for my surround sound that I will be need to have optical or coaxial for the sound? Are there going to be surround sound units that not only have HDMI connections, but are also HDCP compatible?

HDCP is part of the spec for HDMI (not for DVI).

Vizio L32HDTV native panel resolution is 1366x768 (WXGA). 1280x720p will be upscaled in the TV. 1920x1080i must be deinterlaced and downscaled. The Vizio does both internally.

Sound is on the HDMI cable but usually you want to use a coax or optical connection to your 5.1 receiver. There are many horror stories about audio lockouts when HDCP is active on some cable boxes. I haven't heard much about this issue with HD/BD DVD players yet. The purist HDCP model has audio going to the TV on HDMI and then the receiver is plugged into the TV to get 5.1 AC-3. But many HDTV sets don't split digital audio out to a coax or optical connnector.