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jonbwfc
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belchingmatt
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A coat hanger worked better for me as a portable TV aerial than the supplied version.
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jonlumb
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Maybe there's some magical properties instilled in the coat hanger from their method of manufacture. We must investigate! 
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JJW009
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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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ProfessorF
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saspro
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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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jonlumb
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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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ProfessorF
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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.
Nice article!
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finlay666
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http://www.audioholics.com/education/ca ... ng-resultsIt 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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ProfessorF
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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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finlay666
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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 _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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