Your sarcasm was screamingly obvious and your post was funny. Not sure how anyone believed you were serious.
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Which HDMI Cable is BEST for Apple TV 4?
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Your sarcasm was screamingly obvious and your post was funny. Not sure how anyone believed you were serious.
Good post.
In between your two scenarios is another potential area where there's enough loss to create the occasional macroblocking-y/image artifact, but not so much that the signal completely fails. Since a video stream is time synced, you can't re-request the data, that window is gone if it can't be corrected at the destination (i.e., it's like UDP vs. TCP/IP), but like you pointed out, that's generally due to run length, and it fails to a certain level, it'll just cutout entirely.
Though I did have a janky cable that would come and go but not totally (see below).
Anyway, I think when talking about cable quality, it's not so much cable X gets a better signal than cable Y or better image/audio "quality", its more about manufacturing tolerances, shielding, etc., and the likelihood to receive a properly manufactured cable as a result of good production processes, solid QA and whatnot, or at the very least, a good warranty.
Speaking of: love Monoprice, outstanding prices, tons of options, always some kind of sale or promo and the warranty is in my experience a "no questions asked"
Above I said I had a janky cable - it would start creating weird artifacts in the picture, I'd pull, fiddle, reconnect, and it would work again. I'm figuring was maybe a short in/around a connector, and when it settled/moved just right (obviously poltergeist activity was involved ...), it would start acting up. Contacted Monoprice, got a replacement cable in 2 days, didn't even send back the old one, and I think I recall this cable being several months old.
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I actually switched over to Redmere cables just for the physical management, I wanted cables that were easily run, zip-tied, that wouldn't hold an Apple TV up in the air
Check them out, about the same thickness as a Lightning cable.The HDMI cable has no effect on anything. However, if you plan on using high bitrate Dolby Digital, you will need to get audio-grade CAT5 cables. Many magazine tests have revealed significant 12th and 27th order distortion using "data" CAT5 cables. Those are called the "magic number" orders of harmonic distortion. This distortion has no bearing on data, hence why the CAT5 spec never accounted for it, but they never counted on high bitrate audio travelling over a network either way back when.
At the very least, if you MUST use a standard CAT5 cable, get a cable elevator. It will clean up some of the inherent issues in CAT5 data cables. These have been measured to give on average about a 1.68Mb/s perceived bitrate improvement on the video signal when used on the network cable.
At the very least, if you MUST use a standard CAT5 cable, get a cable elevator. It will clean up some of the inherent issues in CAT5 data cables. These have been measured to give on average about a 1.68Mb/s perceived bitrate improvement on the video signal when used on the network cable.
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Thanks for the link.
There was only three of those audio grade cat5 cables left, and being a huge audiophile, I had to buy all three.
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I turns out I won't be enjoying audio nirvana this week.
My credit card was declined. I shouldn't have bought all those Hutzler 571 banana slicers.
There was only three of those audio grade cat5 cables left, and being a huge audiophile, I had to buy all three.
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I turns out I won't be enjoying audio nirvana this week.
My credit card was declined. I shouldn't have bought all those Hutzler 571 banana slicers.
Lol
Did you see the questions and answer sections for the banana slicer on amazon, classic.
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A rather simplistic but acceptable model given that there is no such things as 0's and 1's traveling down a line. The usual issues again remain with the ends of the cables and what they are connected to in a system. Between cables and devices, you can get items that don't work well together yet connected elsewhere they work fine. One should not dismiss this so easily as they do others a disservice. Pin 19 is a shorter pin and more subject to failure to connect on some devices (especially if the connector is a loose fit), even relatively short cables can cause issues (noticeably "sparkles" in larger dark or black areas of video presentation) and swapping to another cable, often shorter solves the problem. Most people in general simply replace cables and are satisfied which is certainly the easiest thing to do. I have had cables that worked with a blue ray player but failed when used with another typical device and so on.
I'll just say we agree that the usual case is either the signal is there or not. What else could happen is intermittent failures due to several things including electrical issues, poor loose contacts, and more. These often are needles in a haystack for typical users and thus, get rid of the suspect and replace (get another cable).
This had me in stitches!
Right off the bat:
Question:
I only speak Spanish. Will it work on platanos?
Answer:
yes it works very well on pantalones
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I prefer these: http://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-10-2Gbps-Performance-RedMere-Technology/dp/B00AJHBMSS/
This slim cable is much more manageable than the thicker ones.
This slim cable is much more manageable than the thicker ones.
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Come on. Don't you understand it's the same reason we all open up our new iMacs and replace Apple's generic OEM hard drive cables with fancy Monster hard drive cables. All bits matter...
Actually, if you care at all about the Video/Audio quality being sent, and received to your brand new shiny ATV4; you have no other option than to get this cable:
It's only $10,500 on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/WireWorld-Pla...TF8&qid=1448984927&sr=8-5&keywords=hdmi+cable ) and with free shipping, it's a steal!!
It's only $10,500 on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/WireWorld-Pla...TF8&qid=1448984927&sr=8-5&keywords=hdmi+cable ) and with free shipping, it's a steal!!
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The Diamond series is better. Also make sure you plug them in the correct way because they are directional
From their website:
"For best results have the arrow pointing in the direction of the flow of music. For example, NAS to Router, Router to Network Player."
http://www.amazon.com/1-5m-Audioque...1448997512&sr=1-2&keywords=audioquest+diamond
Seriously though... those who sell this snake oil should be punished. To claim that an ethernet cable is directional - hahahaha!
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Maybe so, but ever since I replaced the atmosphere in my home with 100% nitrogen, my Beethoven 78s have never sounded better, and I get better gas mileage to boot!
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Casting the net too wide. I have been an audiophile at various points in my life. There are plenty in the high-end audio community (can't speak to the video side from personal experience) who really like listening to equipment that sounds especially good. In their quest for perfection, an unattainable goal, some fall prey to the clams of snake oil salesmen. Just like in any other community.
I have heard audio systems that sound very good. I have also heard ones that sounded astonishingly like the band was in the room. The difference is substantial. The most amazing equipment (not mine) was running through ridiculously expensive cables (in the showroom of an "audio boutique"), though I do not believe that the cables contributed to the amazing sound.
You're all forgetting the power cable! Idiots! Morons! All the attention you pay to HDMI cables is wasted, I tell you wasted, if you have a low-spec AC power cable. You simply must.not.plug.in.your.components.with.regular.cords.
You need this one:
http://www.musicdirect.com/p-66187-...F_F7iZ3QTchxm-5aV0rVe1WYSKoAmbhxxdBoChA7w_wcB
You need this one:
http://www.musicdirect.com/p-66187-...F_F7iZ3QTchxm-5aV0rVe1WYSKoAmbhxxdBoChA7w_wcB
So to sum it up, if I may:
HDMI Cable: WireWorld Platinum Starlight 7 HDMI Cable: $10,500.00
Ethernet Cable: Audioquest Diamond RJ/E Ethernet Cable: $1,194.75
Power Cable: Nordost Frey Norse 2 Power Cable: $1,679.99
Apple TV 4 16GB: $149.00
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Grand Total: $13,523.74
That feeling you get from concert hall perfect Apple TV experience : Priceless
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I will never be able to afford that HDMI cable. I am a complete failure as a human being.
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Of course, you'll really only hear the difference if you're listening through $100k worth of speakers, being driven by $50k worth of amps.
I suggest if you want to be sarcastic in the future you use the appropriate smiley. This is an internet forum and not a face to face conversation and it's not always apparent when some one is being sarcastic or just down right ignorant.
In the past, I've used the closest HDMI cable I could grab and never noticed any difference. Last year I bought a 4K set and never noticed any difference. Then last July ('16) I switched to Directv where they have some 4K content and for the most part, got either no DTV 4K or very little. A couple of weeks ago, just before the Masters Golf tourament in 4K, I decided enough was enough and called DTV to come out and fix the problem. The installer did something to my antenna (LNB?) and then came in the house where he said he was swapping my HDMI cable from my Apple TV 4 to the DTV receiver. That resulted in my ATV 4 getting the HDMI cable that the DTV was formerly using.
Wow, suddenly 4K was super on the DTV service. Before, I could only say that with my Netflix/Amazon/youtube service which fed the TV via ethernet (no HDMI). Tonight I wanted to watch something on my ATV 4 and the picture kept flicking on and off (unusable). I was already set to go into my local Apple store and see what the problem was, but then I got the idea about trying a different HDMI cable. Wow, the Apple TV 4 was then rock steady.
You're replying to a conversation that started, and ended, a year and four and a half months ago. Thread necromancy is a dark art that should not be practiced.