Topic: Whats the difference between a £10 & a £100 HDMI cable

[kt.]

The modern day scart lead is now a HDMI lead.  HDMI cables for HD and blu-ray vary in price drastically.  So what is the difference between one for £10 and one for £100 ??? ???  I do not recall such a price range in scart cables.

[Slug_killer]

Find a shop that will let you return the ones you dont want, or find a shop that will show you.

Obviously its quality, but can you see/hear the difference? Only you can know.

[grannyjanny]

Just asked OH & he got ours from Amazon market place £14 each. No problems with them.

[Baccy Man]

The primary difference is the brand name on them, a cable with a popular brand name will typically have at least a 300% mark up, an unknown brand will have a negligible mark up.
The more expensive ones may have more shielding but unless you live next door to an electrical substation or a radio transmitter then it is unlikely there will be enough external electrical noise to interfere with the signal on a cheap cable with comparatively little shielding.

You will not be able to see any difference in picture quality or hear any difference in sound quality between different brands of cable.

[siandc]

More expensive audio visual cables tend to have gold at the terminals as it doesn't tarnish and give a poor connection. However, this, in my opinion is stupid as gold is NOT a good electrical conductor ::) The more expensive cables as has been said above may well be better screened and are most likely constructed of individual cables with a higher number of strands which will conduct the signal better.
Unless you'll be running the cable for a long way you're unlikely to notice the difference. The cheapest of the cheap will probably be cheap for a reason.  ;)

[lewic]

One will be cited in the divorce case...

[nilly71]

For nearly 100% users, there is no difference at all (unless your a geek with testing equipment ;D ).

The quality of the blueray/HD is so high and the tv's are so good that any lose of quality using a £10 cable won't really be noticable.

Neil

[kt.]

Thanks all.  Ordered this one today:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0013SRCAO/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE