A new HDMI certification program will make it easier to avoid crappy cables<article>
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One HDMI cable is as good as another, right? Wrong. The old saying “an HDMI cable will either work or it won’t, because digital is all or nothing” is a myth. A poor-quality HDMI cable can deliver a degraded signal, resulting in a snowy picture or worse. A crappy HDMI cable, especially a long one, can also cause problems that you can’t see: radiating enough electromagnetic interference (EMI) to cause problems on your Wi-Fi network.</p><p>
Having said that, bad HDMI cables are pretty hard to find, at least when asked to carry 1080p video just a few feet. It can be a different story when you enter the realm of 60-frames-per-second 4K video with high dynamic range, high-resolution multi-channel audio, and perhaps even ethernet. According to the standard, an HDMI 2.0 cable should be capable of delivering “ultra-reliable performance at the full 18Gbps bandwidth.”</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2988931/smart-tv/a-new-hdmi-certification-program-will-make-it-easier-to-avoid-crappy-cables.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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A new HDMI certification program will make it easier to avoid crappy cables
