it was an Equatech 10metre £10 cable from Home Bargains the cable was an 8mm version, not the more usual 5mm, i posted the deal because i definitely saw a difference when i plugged it into the sky box and also the PS4 and samsung 6500, though not true in the technics freeview HDD. my cables were Philips or Belkin £4 cables and have stuck with them because i believed no difference would be found. what is strange is how we all become so fixed in an interpretation of what we consider to be the truth. when i posted the deal offering a first hand description of what i found it was not liked because it goes against common and "proper" knowledge.
I do not discount john bentleys interpretation, that may have been true of what they found, it does not mean that all cables will always be the same forever.

The cables themselves are called 48G, they're designed to accommodate all the extra bandwidth of the higher resolutions and Dynamic HDR. The connectors (or rather what can travel to and from them) on devices that can handle that bandwidth are HDMI 2.1, not the cables. Whilst typically they're designed for HDMI 2.1,they're not labelled as such. It may seem pedantic, but one of the big drawbacks of consumers getting confused over cables and connectors is that cable manufactures rush to label cables with the new HDMI upgrade version and charge a premium for that label. It's unlikely they will be widespread confusion with the 48G cables, as most of us won't need them for a while, but you can bet that once HDMI 2.1 is common with devices the cable manufacturers will begin to sell HDMI 2.1 cables!

There's always confusion with HDMI cables, for most of us there are two Categories (1&2) and two types - standard speed with/without Ethernet and high speed with/without Ethernet. The standard speed cables are rated up to 1080i, but many of them can handle 1080p, the high speed cables can usually handle pretty much anything but they're not guaranteed to cope with the extra bandwidth of UHD BDs higher bitrates. So your short cable might work fine, but anything longer may struggle, so if you're running cables through walls or have extra long lengths you'll want to look for premium high speed and like the other cables they're available with and without Ethernet.

There is a 48GB cable, but the ones listed above are fine for the average consumer, there isn't any need to pay vast sums for cables, especially if they're certified as there will be zero difference in picture quality, but some cables with have a better build quality, which is useful for long runs, flexibility and if you're unplugging them frequently. The rule of thumb is try your current cable first if you have a UHD BD player or 4k device, but if you're going through walls invest in a certified cable for peace of mind. You don't want to be going back in if you're cables can't handle the bandwidth.

There are no HDMI 1.4, 2.0, 2.1 cables, the numbers refer to the connections on your television and devices

I agree, a poor quality cable will impact on the picture quality, I have had some odd problems caused by a poor HDMI cable. However it is really snake oil if your paying a lot for a cable. Agree that UHD will need better quality cables as they are moving and the word is moving a lot more data hence the need for a cable that can handle it. Nothing wrong with having one or two decent cables about that you trust to help with fault finding..... :-)

A salesman in Currys convinced my elderly father in law to buy two, £40 HDMI cables with his new tv to give him the best picture quality........they went straight back that afternoon.

i bought a contentious cable the other week, nearly everybody who couldn't see the picture said it was rubbish.
i bought a second-hand 2TB sky box the other day the 500 was too often almost full of all those interesting snippets from NHK tv, any how, i sat and gawped (that's the expression found on usain bolts face when he won so convincingly) with surprise at how much "better" the picture was.
Q. how many of us have gathered together half a dozen different leads to see for ourselves whether difference exists and how many of us rely on information based on the opinions of opinion forming websites.
it becomes common sense to believe what we are told. it only takes a few loud voices to shout rubbish and the meek bow down.

This is presumably HDMI 1.3/1.3a or 1.4 given OP's comment about clearance in favour of 4k capable cables. For your 4k and HDR setup you want HDMI 2.0a or 2.0b (HDMI 1.4 does support 4k, but only at 24Hz/25Hz/30Hz, not at 60Hz, and HDMI 2.0 doesn't have as much support for different HDR formats). HDMI 2.1 has been announced but not available at the moment, it supports up to 10k at 120Hz.

Doesn't the hdmi version affect things? For example my tv is 4k and HDR, so wouldn't it need a newer cable?

people who say quality cable makes no difference are right somewhat as there setup usually consists of some cheap dvd player, sky box to tv etc in which case a 99p cable is perfectly fine. however, when you have some serious gear which goes through an AV receiver and you have multiple equipment then thats where you notice a quality cable. picture quality stays the same of course but you use a quality cable to eliminate handshake issues and interference etc something which many laymans would never experience

"the Platinum Series HDMI is more revealing than lower quality lads"


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If it's rated at under 11Gbps, then it's going to run into issues with UHD content if you're using a UHD BD player, you really need a 18Gbps cable or a Certified Premium cable (they're not that expensive). I'm sure this will be fine as it's a high speed Cat 2 cable anyway and at 1.5m you're not going to be hiding it in walls (and the shorter length helps with bandwidth). But it's something to be aware of. If you just want to upgrade your cheap cables with pretty ones for your HD devices, then these will do nicely.

Yes the things that vendors will say to sell you something that will not be any better than much cheaper options is laughable.

If your existing cable works then this will not improve the quality.

From what I remember, this is all b****ks and this is about the right price for it. Not voted either way.