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.
Ah... that makes much more sense. The installer didn't break it down like that, he just said a minimum of 500Mhz is what you want for a good picture. And pointed out how cheap my cables were. Looks like ill need to find some good specs on my new ViP722's output. So far I have not noticed any problems with the "low end cable". I do notice one heck of a difference in the HD quality compared to that of comcast. Dish Network looks much superior. Now how much of that is because of going to an HDMI capable box I dunno. Comcast was like pulling teeth to get a box with HDMI out, and never did deliver one.
“Getting too close completely blurred what we saw to the point of incomprehension, but again, this shows a whole heap of potential that's fascinating to us.”
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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.
Ah... that makes much more sense.
The installer didn't break it down like that, he just said a minimum of 500Mhz is what you want for a good picture. And pointed out how cheap my cables were.
Looks like ill need to find some good specs on my new ViP722's output.
So far I have not noticed any problems with the "low end cable". I do notice one heck of a difference in the HD quality compared to that of comcast. Dish Network looks much superior. Now how much of that is because of going to an HDMI capable box I dunno. Comcast was like pulling teeth to get a box with HDMI out, and never did deliver one.