With the cheaper cable I got tiling as well as a bit of a blurry picture,
any time there was text on the screen the edges were heavily pixelated (a
common problem with non-HD signal anyway), and both the top and the bottom
of the picture had constant distortion. The latter was more like flashing
white lines all across the top/bottom or sometimes a small runner that would
move back and forth between the right and left side of the screen.

You are correct, both cables were expensive, but this was a few years ago
when all HDMI cables were spendy. You can get excellent quality cable for
much less these days. I only provided the costs as a relative comparison
between the two.

Cheers!
Kyle Elmblade
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On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Dean Kukral <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Would you care to elaborate on this, Kyle?
>
> HDMI carries digital signals.  As such, you should not be able to notice
> any difference at all in "clarity" between the two (both
> very expensive in my opinion) cables.  If one of them were not working
> properly, you should either get no signal at all or tiling.
>
> As you might guess, I usually go for the $10 cable if I can find it, and I
> have found them to work well vs. the over-priced
> monsters.
>
> Dean Kukral
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kyle Elmblade" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] USB extension cable & signal splitter
>
>
> I can't speak much for the USB cable as I've never used it for video,
> but if it's anything like HDMI at all, you want high-quality shielded
> cable to ensure good signal. Back when HDMI cables were still very
> spendy, I bought two six foot cables from Best Buy so I could return
> the more expensive one if the cheaper one was sufficient. The cheaper
> one was $70 and the expensive one was $160. I kept the expensive one.
> The difference was night and day. The better cable had more shielding,
> thicker wires, and used gold plating where the wires terminated in the
> connector. You could actually see the clarity change in the video
> between the two cables.
>
> Much of the same difference will be seen in the splitter. I've had to
> replace every one that the cable company has provided me because they
> were cheap. I got horrible signal out of them (realitively speaking).
> Good shielding and high quality connections make a world of
> difference.
>
> Regards,
> Kyle Elmblade
> [log in to unmask]
>
> On 12/7/08, Tom Waddell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Looking for USB extension cable & signal splitter. Bought PC laptop
> camera
> > w/ mic to use on desktop PC with Skype. Camera only has 2 ft USB cable.
> Need
> > extension cable to reach PC under desk. Finding extension cables from
> $4-5
> > on-line to $20-30 at local stores. Know a really cheap cable will degrade
> > the video signal. What is needed for clear video at a reasonable price?
> >
> > Same for signal splitter. Have PCTV card. Need to split signal to cable
> > modem & PCTV card. Found 2GHz splitter at local store for $20 and much
> > cheaper ones on-line. May be able to get free splitter from cable company
> > but thought I'd ask here first.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom
> >
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