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A coat hanger worked better for me as a portable TV aerial than the supplied version.

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Maybe there's some magical properties instilled in the coat hanger from their method of manufacture. We must investigate! :lol:

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Not sure about magical, but they're also good for divining.

And of course car aerials.

And those buzzer games with the bent wire.

And fishing things out of drains.

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Seems like a good thread to add this to - http://coolmaterial.com/roundup/crazy-expensive-stuff-from-the-new-york-high-end-audio-show/ in particular these which are $12,000.

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Based on the fact that monster cables are a pile of 5hite anyway I'm not surprised.

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Nice article here demonstrating emphatically that HDMI cables do not make a difference:

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/home-ent ... lute-proof

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As I'm sure I've mentioned in the past, a friend of the family was involved with the HDMI standard drafting.
If a cable or TV has the word HDMI on it, then it's met a certain threshold for signal performance.
If it doesn't meet that, then they can't use 'HDMI' on it.
Expecting a device to go beyond that threshold will have a negligible affect.
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http://www.audioholics.com/education/ca ... ng-results


It only matters on a long distance, we ran 2 x 10m cable (I think, may be slightly less) through the ceiling at work, different branded cables, one with a flex connection (so it could pivot to connect into the tv) one with just a standard cable

The flex connection one is buggered at full 1080p 60hz, cant handle more than 720p 60hz/1920x1080@30hz

The quality does matter... but I wouldn't put get a premium branded cable, I'd probably buy a few cheap ones ;)

This is also more than likely an edge case for most users

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I suspect that's nothing to do with quality, more to do with the design of the flex component.
Wouldn't a cable with a 90° connector have done the job?

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I suspect that's nothing to do with quality, more to do with the design of the flex component.
Wouldn't a cable with a 90° connector have done the job?

Yep, a flat cable would have sufficed given the knuckle on the joint

Typically I had no say in the buying of the cable though

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