Customer Reviews

AMC 3FT HDMI to HDMI Cables Model HDMI-HDMI1

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[Anyone remembers the old "I am not going to spend a lot for this muffler" commercial?]

The 3 ft. is my favorite length to connect any electronics that happen to be very close to each other.

Just in case someone may feel guilty for not paying a lot more for a premium brand, it should be stated that at this length - 3 ft., you will get as good a service from a no-brand cable as you would from a super-expensive rip-off. An HDMI 1.3 cable should be able to carry, error free, all the signal your electronic equipment may put out.

The FUD campaign attempting to attract buyers toward the more expensive brands makes a series of claims. I will address them, as they may apply to this specific cable.

- Signal attenuation is less over a more expensive cable. - TRUE, BUT that's irrelevant on a 3 ft. length. The HDMI consortium stated that even the cables that were not 'certified' as 'Category 2' or 'High-Speed' will meet the requirements at lengths of 6 ft. or less. At 3 ft., it would be a waste to consider an 'expensive' alternative. In addition, the newer devices have sufficient processing power and are sensitive enough to properly interpret even the more ambiguous 'digits' they receive.

- The expensive cables are better engineered and their contacts are less likely to break. - TRUE, BUT how many times is one going to plug an HDMI cable in and out of an HDMI socket over the cable's lifetime? 5 times? 10 times? The 'better engineered' claim has no practical importance. If your cable works on 'day one' the odds are that it will be left in the back of your box for many month or years before it is unplugged and plugged back in. If this cable is purchased for home use, the 'better engineered' claim should not be of a major concern.

- The more expensive cables are 'future proof'. - NOT TRUE. Claims are made that, if you buy the more expensive wires you won't have to buy new ones when 'new standards' emerge because the more expensive wire will support them. This is untrue on 2 different levels. First, your cheap cable was purchased to work with some very specific devices which need HDMI 1.3 and will never support the 'new standard'. The new standards will be supported by new electronic devices but, for as long as you keep the existing ones, you will still need this cable to connect them. Second, the emerging HDMI 1.4 specs call for physically different connectors so, no matter how large a bandwidth the existing expensive cables may support, it won't matter because you still won't able to plug them into an HDMI 1.4 port so... there go your $5 or... there go your $200, depending on your having purchased a 'cheap' or a 'top of the line' HDMI cable.

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Here are the HDMI 1.3 specs supported by both this cable and its more expensive alternatives.

Maximum signal bandwidth (MHz) 340
Maximum TMDS bandwidth (Gbit/s) 10.2
Maximum video bandwidth (Gbit/s) 8.16
Maximum audio bandwidth (Mbit/s) 36.86
Maximum Color Depth (bit/px) 48

Maximum resolution over single link at 24-bit/px 2560×1600p75
Maximum resolution over single link at 30-bit/px 2560×1600p60
Maximum resolution over single link at 36-bit/px 1920x1200p75
Maximum resolution over single link at 48-bit/px 1920×1200p60

sRGB
YCbCr
8 channel LPCM/192 kHz/24-bit audio capability
Blu-ray Disc video and audio at full resolution
Consumer Electronic Control (CEC)
DVD-Audio support
Super Audio CD (DSD) support
Deep Color
xvYCC
Auto lip-sync
Dolby TrueHD bitstream capable
DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream capable
Updated list of CEC commands (only on HDMI 1.3a,b,c)
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My personal experience: I've never paid 'a lot' for an HDMI cable because it makes no sense to pay more. I took home one of the 'expensive' ones once because the salesman promised to take it back if I wasn't amazed by the difference. It made zero difference and I returned it.

These cables seem like pretty high quality, store bought cables. I was impressed with how little they cost, and how durable they appear. I plugged them in, and what can I say, they just work. Don't buy into the Monster hype. Most HDMI cables are just that, standard cables coming from the same factory. If you are looking to save a TON of money, buy these.

Cable works just as advertised. It really makes you wonder how Best Buy and Co's get away with such high prices for HDMI cables at the stores.

I really like the 3ft length because for a lot of jobs, like going from a HDMI switch to the TV, and from the switch to the PS3 etc. longer cables can be a pain (you have to bundle them up etc.). These cables are inexpensive, but they work just as well as any other pricey cable. Read the reviews that explain what a digital signal means!

I've ordered two of these cables within two weeks. The first one shipped from Cmple and the cable itself was thinner than standard HDMI cables, but picture quality was still good. The second cable shipped from Eforcity and the cable was of standard thickness. Both arrived 3 or 4 days after ordering and each was less than $4 -- including shipping!

I have my cable box and PS3 right under my tv, so I got the short cable. It doesn't make sense to have a 6ft cable when it's only going to use about 2ft of it.

Works great with no issues.

Great quality and inexpensive cable at just the perfect length{3 ft.}.Eforcity shipped item fast.ANOTHER AMAZON WINNER..

Cable works great. I didnt want to buy a cable that cost more than my DVD player. No Need to not at this length.

Anyone that spends more than $10 for a basic HDMI cable is cheating themselves. There is no magic in the names brands other than the printing on the cable. Every cheap cable I have bought has worked just fine . . . and I have some very demanding equipment.

I tried to use these with an Onkyo 3400 receiver and epson 8350 and all I got was snowy picture. I bought two cables and both of them had the same results. Don't waste your money if you have the same setup as me.