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• Yep, AudioQuest - Luminator 16:21:48 01/05/07 (4)
  In Reply to: You mean the AudioQuest right? posted by Sordidman on January 5, 2007 at 16:07:46:

  I think a 1m AQ HDMI-3 lists for $250, while the Wireworld Starlight 5 is $200.

  With the video equipment I've used, it's kind of a toss-up, between HDMI and component video. My Dish box has a DVI output, but I dunno, the picture quality is kind of, well, kind of like a computer. The colors aren't as "real life," and motion can be jittery. So I go with component video for Dish.

  But on the Esoteric DV-60, it needs HDMI to upconvert to the highest rates. So I go with HDMI on the DV-60.
  
  

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  • Thanks Lummy, - I don't want to go crazy on video cables - Sordidman 12:59:46 01/10/07 (1)
    In Reply to: Yep, AudioQuest posted by Luminator on January 5, 2007 at 16:21:48:

    I know I have to do some work on my own too, - so I appreciate your thoughts....

    I'm thinking that I am going to buy an AudioQuest HDMI X or a HDMI 1 and then compare that to the RAM cable...

    Have you compared any of the models in the AQ HDMI line? They have four different ones and I'm definitely staying away from the more expensive ones....

    Cheers,
    
    

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    • AQ HDMI Cables - Luminator 14:50:50 01/10/07 (0)
      In Reply to: Thanks Lummy, - I don't want to go crazy on video cables posted by Sordidman on January 10, 2007 at 12:59:46:

      I'm not 100% sure, but I think the designs are similar, but as you go higher up, the conductors are silver. I bought mine used. In fact, I bought the S-3 S-video cable used, too. A colleague did have an RCA-to-S adapter, so I was able to use the Cable Cooker on the S-3. Did that do anything? Since I didn't have another S-3 to compare to, heck if I know.

      No one has an adapter for the HDMI, so no Cooking there. Also, we have no video cables longer than 2-meters. If you're asking if long lengths are different from shorter ones, I am not able to say.

      The AQ HDMI-3 seems fine to me. Whether it's the equipment or the cable, we're able to see the differences in filming quality on DVDs.
      
      

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  • how does both HDMI cables sound like with RBCDs? - jeromelang 21:46:40 01/08/07 (1)
    In Reply to: Yep, AudioQuest posted by Luminator on January 5, 2007 at 16:21:48:

    I think one can even more readily pick up the differences (with eye closed, pun intended) if we test both hdmi cables with audio materials.

    in many cases, users equate video artifacts as "improvements".
    
    

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    • Someone Else Will Have To Answer That - Luminator 09:34:07 01/10/07 (0)
      In Reply to: how does both HDMI cables sound like with RBCDs? posted by jeromelang on January 8, 2007 at 21:46:40:

      Because I use HDMI for video only, I can't answer that. I run the DVD players' left and right analog outputs into stereo preamps. I have no idea how good or bad the D/A converters are in monitors and receivers.
      
      

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