Street’s correct. HDMI cables are not rated for in-wall installation. You should not run an HDMI cable inside a wall (and “shielding” isn’t a relative term here).

If you need to run HDMI cabling inside a wall, you install HDMI boosters at each end of the run, and connect these with CAT6 wires (Ethernet twisted pairs). You need to run two wires in the wall, one for sound and one for video. The HDMI boosters accept RJ45 connectors (same that you use for your computers connected with Ethernet twisted pair wiring, the only difference is you need two wires for a single run).

Doing this allows you to run your HDMI up to about 150 feet, and it costs much less and is more reliable than doing this with a “straight” HDMI cable with integrated boosters.

--Spike

 

You have to buy more expensive blu-ray player for a fast BD loads..

 

No. The HDMI cable has nothing to do with a BD device’s performance as to speed when loading. Electrons move at the speed of light, no matter what HDMI cable they travel upon.

The delay you see with your BD device’s loading routine is mostly related to its features and the BD version. And, that really has little to do with the device’s cost since more expensive devices that do more functions (e.g., internet connection, live input/output, etc.) at startup may be slower when loading. In fact a more costly BD device with more features may have a longer startup than a less costly device.

--Spike

 

lmao at this thread.
Cheap HDMI monoprice cables will produce the EXACT same picture quality as the $140 Monster cables from best buy.
Now if you want to compare analog signal quality, then yes, more expensive cables will improve picture quality slightly.

 

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