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Where DIGITAL signals are concerned the cheapest cable will surfice 99% of the time. If the cable is very bad then the digital correction circuitry will be working overtime and maybe have corruptions on the output (you will see and hear this, it is definitely obvious when there is digital errors in both sound and video).

But with mild data corruption the FEC (forward error correction) algorithms in most digital communications system will eliminate any such problems (even the ancient standard of the CD has a form of FEC).

I have a PhD in Physics. I have studied and work in both anlogue and digital transmission.

I have expensive speaker cables and cheapest-of-the-cheap DVI and HDMI cables in my home.

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I bought my HDMI cable from monoprice http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=1024002&p_id=2281&seq=1&format=2&style=
the quility and construction is the same as any of the overpriced cables such as mon$ter.]]>Apr 4th 2006 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/where-to-get-a-v-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/where-to-get-a-v-cables/
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Unless of course there is copy protection circuitry in the DVI/HDMI wire itself?
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By the time PS3, HD Cable boxes, HD-DVD players etc etc. hit us in volume I am sure that HDMI switch boxes will be in the $50 range.

You should bear in mind that these switches are not just routing the digital link signals through "relays", they have an active chip that stores the HDTV's ID signature for all the "client" devices so they stay "locked".

Aside: This is similar to plug'n'play monitors with PC's. Ever wondered how Windows XP knows your monitors manuf., model and optimum resolutions, just by plugging in your VGA cable? - it is because of some 2 way serial data comms between the graphics card and monitors microprocessor on some of the VGA connectors pins.

I would have though that Cinema amp receiver manufactures would have started including HDMI switch functionality but they are way behind the curve and the best I have seen is 2x1 switch in a cinema amp for a huge price premium.

- but this is no longer a worry to me - with a good universal remote (logitech harmony anyone?) it doesn't matter if you use a separate "switch" for HDMI and a cinema amp for sound selection as you can program the correct set-ups to be issued to all devices.]]>Apr 4th 2006 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/where-to-get-a-v-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/where-to-get-a-v-cables/Apr 5th 2006 1:40PM