HDMi lead Version 1.4 vs. 2.0

Wanting to buy a couple of HDMi leads for an upgrade following upgrade
of TV which is UHD/4K and 3D.

As we all known buying HDMi leads is difficult already with the v1.3
ones on length, quality and prices. Price not being a guide at all to
quality.

I see some as being version 1.4 quoted as being for 4K and 3D
Others as being 2.0 and also for 4K and 3D. ( These look to be flat
cable and not round.)
Have seen some quoting to be version 1.4/2.0

Length wise 1.5 mtr would be ok but might just go for 2 mtr to be safe.

Does the version I buy matter is the question? (Price matters in the
fact I do not want to pay say Currys rip of prices.)

Thanks
David

David wrote:
As we all known buying HDMi leads is difficult already

I've never found it difficult ... go to Tesco, take "Value HDMI Lead" to
till, go home.

I see some as being version 1.4 quoted as being for 4K and 3D
Others as being 2.0 and also for 4K and 3D.

What source do you have for 4K and/or 3D material?

From the HDMI licensing website ...

"HDMI 2.0 does not define new cables or new connectors. Current High
Speed cables (Category 2 cables) are capable of carrying the increased
bandwidth."

So any v1.4 cable marked "High Speed" or claiming 1080p should be fine.

On 17/01/2015 14:49, Andy Burns wrote:
David wrote:
As we all known buying HDMi leads is difficult already

I've never found it difficult ... go to Tesco, take "Value HDMI Lead" to
till, go home.

I see some as being version 1.4 quoted as being for 4K and 3D
Others as being 2.0 and also for 4K and 3D.

What source do you have for 4K and/or 3D material?


3D Blu-ray and I understand the streaming sites such as Netfix will be
offering 4K material.
Regards
David

David wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

What source do you have for 4K and/or 3D material?

3D Blu-ray

Should be fine with that "out of the box"

and I understand the streaming sites such as Netfix will be
offering 4K material.

Presumably you'll need to upgrade to a 4K capable video card?

On 17/01/2015 16:05, Andy Burns wrote:
David wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

What source do you have for 4K and/or 3D material?

3D Blu-ray

Should be fine with that "out of the box"

and I understand the streaming sites such as Netfix will be
offering 4K material.

Presumably you'll need to upgrade to a 4K capable video card?




a number of 4k televisions already have 4k netflix streaming built in.
it's debatable whether streamed 4k would look better than a HD blu ray
with higher bitrate though.

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On 17/01/2015 14:49, Andy Burns wrote:
David wrote:
As we all known buying HDMi leads is difficult already

I've never found it difficult ... go to Tesco, take "Value HDMI Lead" to
till, go home.

I see some as being version 1.4 quoted as being for 4K and 3D
Others as being 2.0 and also for 4K and 3D.

What source do you have for 4K and/or 3D material?


3D Blu-ray and I understand the streaming sites such as Netfix will be
offering 4K material.
Regards
David

Brian Gaff wrote:

Which no broadband will be able to cope with soon in any case.

Netflix apparently say 25 Mbps is required for 4K streaming.

On 18/01/2015 11:24, Andy Burns wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:

Which no broadband will be able to cope with soon in any case.

Netflix apparently say 25 Mbps is required for 4K streaming.

Got more than that.
Regards
David

Just thought of something else to ask, once out the wrapper can one tell
if it is V1.3, 1.4 or 2.0?
Regards
David

In article , David wrote:
Just thought of something else to ask, once out the wrapper can one tell
if it is V1.3, 1.4 or 2.0? Regards David

I'd be interested in the answer to that, and related aspects of HDMI
cables. I've recently found swapping around different cables affected
behaviour of devices. Albeit with pretty cheap cables. And in at least one
case I suspect the cable is not 'fully populated' with no sign of this on
the package.

Jim

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