Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"What is the best wireless surround sound speaker solution? I have a home theater where running wires is just not feasible. I have my own speakers, so I don't want a system that has speakers with integrated wireless. I've done a far amount of research and have only come across a few companies that even offer a reasonable solution: KEF, Kenwood and Rocketfish. Is there anything else out there? What do you recommend? Thank you!"
So I just connected my HD TV up with an HDMI. I had comcast cable for a while but their box only hooked up with component cables. I switched to Dish Network and now have a box that connects HDMI - I was excited, I have had a high def TV with 2 HDMI inputs I was not using.
I ordered one of the cables from Monoprice.
During the Dish Network install I got the installer talking about cables.
He went on a sales pitch about monster cables. I told him I would not spend that much on a cable.
We got into talking about why they are so much better. He said it really did not matter about the brand, but what is important was the Mhz that the cable is rated for.
So we looked up the monoprice cables. Their site lists: Rated Bandwidth: tested to 165 Mhz
The installer said that there were very low end and I would see some noise/pixelation on anything rated under 500 Mhz.
Now that I have been looking, some of these cables don't even list what they are rated at.
So you guys think the installer is full of it or is there really something to Mhz rating?
Absent-one - Cables are rated for a specific bandwidth and beyond that, you're going to see problems. In this case it depends on the source. If your output device puts out more than 165 MHz then, yes you will see problems. If not, then you won't exceed the capacity of the cable and you will be seeing everything the device is capable of delivering. You need to look at what your source devices are putting out.
@AbsentOne - your 165MHz (4.95Gbps)cables support the bandwidth required by HDMI 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.2a. Also keep in mind that the next gen disc formats put out about 30-50Mbps peak for audio+video, so that's well below the bandwidth of your cable. You'll know if you've exceeded the bandwidth of your cable because things won't just degrade in quality, they'll stop working altogether.