Owning LCD TV or monitor you need to know how to choose the HDMI cable to connect it to your computer, media player or other device. To do this, you need to understand their views and important technical parameters.
Also, when buying a cable to a TV or monitor is necessary to specify the type of connector:
- Type A (standart HDMI) - standard and most prevalent form and for digital AV equipment.
- Type B has a wider data transfer video channel. Resolution of such a connector may be greater than 1080p.
- C type (micro HDMI) and type D (mini HDMI) - standard jacks for tablets, smart phones, cameras and laptops.
- Type E - there is a lock for a stronger connection technology. Most often used when installing the car media technology.
Expensive or cheap
To select the HDMI cable, it is important not to be carried out on the brand and marketing courses. Unknown brands also produce good products that are not inferior to the quality of the promoted manufacturers. Home fiction advertisers today - leads with gold plating are much longer than in a conventional alloy plating.
Gilding protects the contacts against corrosion, able to degrade the quality of the transmitted signal. However, to cope with such a task may be other coatings such as chromium and nickel. Therefore necessarily pay more for gold plating, you can safely buy chrome and nickel cables.
The cheapest model is likely to be weak in quality, so it is best to choose the cord at an average price.
whether the length is important
An inexperienced user decides that the cord is necessary to take in reserve. However, this does not apply to HDMI cables - than it is longer, increases the probability of losing part of the signal. If it is possible to shorten the distance from the TV to connect devices - cut. The standard length is from one to two meters.
If you need a cable length over 4 meters, it is necessary to carefully consider all the characteristics of the available options and to compare them with their requirements. To transfer a small amount of data will be sufficient to choose a standard HDMI cable and have to buy a more expensive cable for more complex signals.
To improve signal quality, use amplifiers.
requirements
Before purchasing an HDMI cable to find out what he should be the parameters:
- Connector.
- Length.
- Supported formats and technologies.
After that you can choose the specific model for an average price.