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Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2014-05-07
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947 words · ~4 min read
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we've all had this happen you walk into the local big box store for the express
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purpose of buying just one thing and walking out you're trying to check out
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with your new tv and one of them notices
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you
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and what happens you start questioning yourself
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does it make a difference should i spend 100 on an HDMI cable i mean it's not so
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expensive when you consider that it helps me get the most out of my 100 tv i
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just bought stop right there that is how you fall into the trap i've
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done it how about you guys don't be shy leave a comment share your
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embarrassing premium cable story and we can all laugh at ourselves together
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or maybe you're sitting there thinking all right Linus why is buying a nice
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cable such a big deal i've been buying them my whole life and they work just
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fine you're right they do and honestly there
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was a time not that long ago when they actually made a difference particularly
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over longer distances the gauge of the copper or the thickness of the wires
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inside a cable has a noticeable impact on the signal quality which for analog
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interfaces directly affects quality
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video cables are a great example of this i've seen my fair share of crummy
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component cables result in visual anomalies and i can easily pick out a
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lousy vga cable versus a decent one versus a great one in a blind taste test
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ten times out of ten okay so then why am i hating on them
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what happened digital happened with digital interfaces
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like HDMI dvi displayport or Thunderbolt
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signal degradation loss occurs over distances in exactly the same way and a
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crummy cable or connector can result in a failure to display an image on the
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screen but the difference is that a handshake process occurs to determine
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the quality of the link when you hook it up and it either is good enough or it
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isn't if it is then it's as good as any
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other suitable connection and if it isn't well then you take the cable back
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to the store and get a new one because it's defective the only real middle
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ground is intermittent operation which can be a pain to diagnose but it's the
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same result as defective just take it back and get a new one no need to spend
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more lies about better image quality aside better cables can have a number of
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advantages they can have better sheathing that is sleeved for damage
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resistance or uses higher quality plastics to prevent stiffening over time
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they can have more robust connectors that are harder to dislodge or
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gold-plated to last for more insertions they can have emi shielding for reliable
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operation in environments with a lot of electromagnetic interference or they can
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even just have better aesthetics for applications where the wiring will be
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visible so while top tier cables that make your base response better
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or whatever almost never makes sense the least expensive option isn't always
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optimal either what i'm saying is that there is a time and place for good
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cables as long as you understand what it is that you're buying for something i
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tuck behind my pc and never touch like a monitor cable i'll always use the
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cheapest possible thing that functions but here at Linus media group we often
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buy mid-tier xlr cables HDMI cables sdi
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cables network cables and more when something is going to be moved around
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and subjected to the rigors of a busy environment it's worth it especially for
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professional use where an intermittent connection is just plain not good enough
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and 10 minutes of downtime costs more than a bunch of stupid fancy cables in
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the first place but with that said if a
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friend starts trying to sell you exotic silver cables or like firewire and usb
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cables that claim to operate at speeds faster than the rated specification of
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the interfaces that they connect to you will need one of these
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