I would need to inspect your setup and how the comparison was made. The technology simply does not enable what you saw. I’m not saying you didn’t see a difference but there was another cause. It wasn’t the cable.
Now if you said you were getting pixel snow storms and image dropout between one cable and the other, that I would expect.
Did Amir’s own “anecdotal sighted listening impressions,” which were admitted to be “biased and unreliable,” contribute in any way to knocking the head off of ASR’s Pink Panther in this review?
I found an article referring to this test made in 2008, comparing 3 different HDMI cables. But the link tonthe original video was broken. No luck on YouTube.If you could provide a link, I would like to watch.
I would love to have you over! It would be a fun experiment. I believe the cable is still in my conduit to make the changeover. You could of course try the experiment yourself too. I do understand that the image dropout and pixelation are what we normally would observe with an improper installation.
Cheers
Anecdotal is good enough for me to give something a try and make up my own mind.
You’re not going to convince anyone here to believe this false statement
Certainly a good punchline. This came to mind:
Same shoot location (Beckton Gas Works to the east of London), a couple of young lads from Manchester who a lot of people thought more threatening than the Viet Kong. Great song.
I was hoping you would have the report handy or at least a link as you referred to it. Not asking for much IMO.
Your efforts mirror mine as well. I’d think it would not be unreasonable to look for a published document of the referenced test. AFIK the CBC does not publish to YouTube.
There was no publicly released report I am aware of. Knowing the CBC, I’m sure they did generate a report. I saw this video a few years ago. That’s it.
If people here want to say I am making this up that’s understandable as I have nothing to back it up.
But that doesn’t change the technical facts regarding HDMI…
Nor does its existence (or nonexistence) change what we see.
Yes, that’s the rub for me. I understand measurements as useful, but I see and hear improvements that some are saying “aren’t possible.” I guess I don’t live in the same reality–something that I notice a lot this decade and the second half of the last.
This is what I came up with:
From this website:
HD GURU- HDMI CABLE SCAM
Each a dead end.
So I am reaching out to you for a helping hand to locate the referred to document.
I would add, that listening is the most important part of the story.
Took about 30 seconds to find. CBC HD Marketplace - Monster HDMI cables test - YouTube
Blocked outside of Canada, so use a VPN if you have to.
I have no idea what you are anyone besides myself can see and hear.
There might be an reason though. LCD and OLED screens both have off axis contrast problems. Now in the past few years manufactures have greatly improved LCD technology but the problem is still there. I’m not sure of the current limits but the first large LCDs about 12 years ago were only 15 degrees.
So if you swap the cables you must return to the exact same viewing angle. Otherwise a casual look at the screen will show a contrast change and it can be quite significant.
I never said there was no explanation, I am just saying that there’s a big difference between saying that some people on some systems doing something sees or hears something and claiming that noone on any system can see or hear anything.
And I don’t think I did that? I did say there is no plausible technical reason an HDMI cable can do that. Like I said to the home theater installer gentleman above, I would want to inspect the setup and find out what is going on.
The search terms I used were CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation) HDMI Cable Review. The results I received to me to a CBC website that showed the content as unavailable. Knowing the background and the source are most advantageous when performing the search. Thanks for your help, as I am not in Canada now it is on me to decide if it is worth putting additional energy into downloading a VPN to view the stream.
Think I’ll listen to some Neil Young for now.
