expireddoublehelixx | Staff posted Jul 24, 2024 03:29 PM
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Item 1 of 4
expireddoublehelixx | Staff posted Jul 24, 2024 03:29 PM
AmazonBasics High Speed HDMI Cables: 25-Ft Cable $8, 3-Pack 6-Ft Cables
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Could be wrong though.
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Always look what the rated speed is of the cables and basically ignore the generation number.
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I was getting occasional blanking for a brief moment here and there and was swapping cables, playing with settings. I thought you only needed "fast" hdmi cables for 4k. But then I dug into and realized that is for 8 bits per color channel. Well the nvidia shield had turned on Dolby Vision which I guess is a crazy 12 bits per channel (Is there a TV that can display the difference between 10 bit and 12 bit I wonder??? 10 bit is already a billion colors).
I turned off Dolby Vision and was still getting the issue, finally upgrading the 2 cables in the chain to ultra fast HDMI solved my problems. I'm guessing with all the equipment new enough they were connecting at higher speeds than my cables could handle.
TL;DR To avoid pulling the "wrong" cable out of the HDMI bin, I will not be adding any cheap/slow cables to my home to avoid potential headaches from an under spec'd cable not quite able to handle the signal or bandwidth. Cables are cheaper than my time.
No way this should be on FP. You will eventually regret this purchase.
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