M2RTY
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wall ready to be plastered now 
projector fully up and wired in
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xa0s
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What projector is it?
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drunkenfool
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Marty, just on the offchance - You're not looking for any speakers, are you? My mum is going to be selling her Monitor Audio 5.1 setup which is only about 12 months old and seen very little use.
http://www.homecinemachoice.com/pdfs/HCC/123/084_HCC_123.pdf
Its not advertised anywhere yet but will be going in the AV forums and ebay in 2 weeks, just thought id let you know!
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by SRi Luke
Hate to tell you but HDMI cables are digital (like USB and Ethernet) -- they either work or they don't. You won't get better quality as they're just sending 0's and 1's. You can get 5m cables for £5 each and they'll work perfectly. 
This is true when running short distances, cheap cables will happily deal with the current 1080p/720p spec (8bit @ 60Hz). Its long distances that you have the problems due to the increased resistance. Which is likely to cause havoc with error correction and it's more than likely that you will see artefacts or over-correction, or worse case no picture if the error correction can't distinguish between a 0bit or 1bit.
Plus it's unlikely that any cheap cable is future proofed for 12bit @ 120Hz spec.
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M2RTY
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i didnt want cheap cables as i already bought one and the connection on it was shit, kept falling out
I will be after some speakers but a lonnng way away - house wont even be lived in till xmas at earliest lol
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xa0s
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quote:
Originally posted by DomThis is true when running short distances, cheap cables will happily deal with the current 1080p/720p spec (8bit @ 60Hz). Its long distances that you have the problems due to the increased resistance. Which is likely to cause havoc with error correction and it's more than likely that you will see artefacts or over-correction, or worse case no picture if the error correction can't distinguish between a 0bit or 1bit.
Plus it's unlikely that any cheap cable is future proofed for 12bit @ 120Hz spec.
Yes but that's only going to be over 10m and I doubt he'll be going that long.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by SRi Luke
quote:
Originally posted by DomThis is true when running short distances, cheap cables will happily deal with the current 1080p/720p spec (8bit @ 60Hz). Its long distances that you have the problems due to the increased resistance. Which is likely to cause havoc with error correction and it's more than likely that you will see artefacts or over-correction, or worse case no picture if the error correction can't distinguish between a 0bit or 1bit.
Plus it's unlikely that any cheap cable is future proofed for 12bit @ 120Hz spec.
Yes but that's only going to be over 10m and I doubt he'll be going that long.
Of course, but also spending the cash (not going silly on QED or Monster Cable's) allows for a little bit of future proofing, plus like marty said, cheap cables tend to have shite connectors which could caused hassle.
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xa0s
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All my HDMI's are by a brand called Lynx. They're around £13. The connectors are solid and the whole cable feels very strong.
I have also got Graham88 to use these for his little setup and they're fine too.
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/1112312/Linx-2-4m-Luxury-24k-Gold-Plated-HDMI-Cable/Product.html
[Edited on 20-06-2008 by SRi Luke]
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