HDMI cable
Hi there, I was wondering if you can give me an advice at all. I need to get a HDMI cable to connect my laptop to my LED tv, mainly to watch movies. Now, I don't know much about hdmi cables so I wonder if there is anything you can suggest to help me decide which cable is the best for my situation.
My tv is already connected to my router with a normal ethernet cable.
The HDMI cables seem to range from £8.00 to £80.00 and from what I understand the most expensive are HDMI/ethernet which I probably don't need. So, any suggestion at all?
thanks
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Violet_82
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Unless you plan on using some sort of device to measure the difference between the output of the £8.00 to £80.00 cable, I would stick with the less expensive one. I dont think you will be able to visially see the difference. The difference in cost may be more copper in the cable, or a better grade of copper if that exists, but most of the price difference is probably is marketting....just from my own experience.
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Thanks, so I will go on and buy it. I assume the two ends are the same, for the computer and the tv
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There are male and female connectors in HDMI so take a look at the computer and the back of your TV just to make 100% you get the correct cable. Also, take a look around the house, as alot of equipment DVD players, TVs, etc.. come with HDMI cables in the box. If you are like others like myself, you may have a box laying around in a closet of garage with a bunch of left over cables.
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