Posted by the dog from that film you saw on 01/24/06 16:39

"Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> purple pete wrote:
>> Hi, was just in Comets and they wanted 79 quid for a 5M HDMI to HDMI
>> lead. The problem is I have just come home and googled to find a HDMI
>> lead - 3M for
>> around 14.95!!!
>>
>> Do I really need to pay silly amounts for one of these and if so am i
>> gonna notice any diff between the 14.95 one and the 79 quid one?
>>
>> The Comet one was made by Philips and i think had the word "gold"
>> written on the plastic packaging that cuts your fingers to shreds so
>> it must be good ;-) the other one on the net just looked plain and
>> basic.
>> Any sensible comments or ideas on this one welcomed
>
> It carries a digital signal. If it works at all (and no reason why it
> shouldn't at that length), both should give the same results.
>
> -Kevin.



i was about to say the same - but keep in mind that on some occasions there
appear to be problems with 'sparklies' with dvi and hdmi - although i dont
know what it is that causes this.
but i doubt that's an issue here.



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