WireLogic HDTV Hook-Up Kit (2m Cables)

by WireLogic

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000UQ8KJW
• Item model number: 70-011-00
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 1, 2007

Product Description

Style: Tabletop

From the Manufacturer

When you spend the time and money to put together an HDTV system, you want to get the maximum performance out of the audio and video components in your system. To accomplish this your cable connections must measure up to these components. All signals travel through cables and nothing can take down the performance of your system like a cable that impedes the signal.

WireLogic provides an easy-to-use complete kit for hooking up your system with superior quality cables. There's no need to search all over, making 5 individual purchases, to get the different cable components you need. The cable lengths, 2 m., (or 6.5 ft)., are suitable for tabletop or entertainment center placement of your HDTV. Complete step-by-step instructions are included for easy installation. You will not find a higher quality set of cables for HDTV systems.

Understanding distortion: every component in your system "tints" the signal a bit, so you need components that "tint" the signal as little as possible

Can cables affect HDTV system performance?

All cables affect HDTV system performance to some extent. Anytime electronic signal passes from one point to another through any medium there will be signal loss and the introduction of distortion. The trick is to minimize the deleterious effects. WireLogic has the solution. With nearly three decades of audiophile experience behind our team, users of the WireLogic HDTV Home Theater Cable Kit can expect the "best performance" connection between thier audio and video components. The difference is remarkable. Here is why...

Cable Quality, Signal Distortion, and Damage Control

All companies like to describe how a good component improves the performance of an HDTV system. It is a perfectly legitimate comment. Unfortunately, buried in this statement is often the misunderstanding that the better component actually improved the signal in some way. The substitution of a superior component improves a system only because it causes less damage.

Cables, like all components, should be chosen because they do the least damage. This "damage" comes in two basic forms: a relatively benign loss of information or a change to the character. A visual analogy might illustrate this distinction: consider "perfect" as a totally clear pane of glass. Since no component is perfect, the best we can strive for would be analogous to a pane of glass with a light gray tint. Lower quality components would have a darker gray tint. These various densities of gray tint would represent various amounts of lost information.

The logic of a good system is very simple: Every component matters. The electronics, the speakers, the cables, even every solder joint, all cause damage. Each component is like one of the dirty panes of glass in this illustration. Each one blocks a bit of the view. The quality of the final performance, or the clarity of the view, is the original signal minus the damage done by all the pieces in-between. Improving any one of the components will improve the performance. Cleaning any one of the glass panes will allow a clearer view.

Quality cables capable of 8-bit color and above yield a wider color space

Why are WireLogic cables better than other cables?

Better metal: WireLogic uses long grain copper and silver-plated copper conductors with a solid core construction. These metals, along with solid core construction, provide cleaner sound and a clearer picture. Other coppers have more impurities, so there is not a smooth road for signals to travel over efficiently. Stranded cables (without a solid core) are a major cause of distortion as current and signals travel back and forth, criss-crossing magnetic fields in twisted strands.

Better geometry: WireLogic uses advanced cable geometry, or how the individual conductors are wrapped together, to increase clarity and reduce sonic and visual "confusion". Without proper geometry, the magnetic interaction of the conductors can cause filtering and phase shift, particularly at higher frequencies. That degrades your sound.

Better insulation: Superior insulation materials reduce phase shift distortion. In WireLogic video and digital coax cables insulation materials are used that have uniform electrical values but have the mechanical stability to ensure a fixed and unvarying internal construction. This consistency across the cable helps to further reduce signal distortion.

Better Connections: WireLogic uses cold weld connections, not solder. Solder is never a good conductor--not even "silver solder". Welding makes the best connections. Cold welding or "crimping" creates a secure connection with minimal distortion.

Product Description

The WireLogic HDTV Hook-Up Kit has what you need to connect components to your HDTV at a terrific value. It includes two HDMI 1.3 cables, one component video cable, and one audio interconnect cable. All cables are 2 meters (6.5 feet) long, and the kit also includes a travel size bottle of screen cleaner and a microfiber cloth to keep your display in top condition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value for your cable dollar, November 19, 2007

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A. Simmons (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WireLogic HDTV Hook-Up Kit (2m Cables) (Electronics)

This kit is a great idea, and is the most convenient way I've seen to get superb quality HDMI cabling for your home entertainment needs.

Convenience, however, is just part of the picture with these cables. These are serious cables. The sound quality is actually noticeably better than what I've gotten out of other cables, so much so that I'm planning to re-wire our downstairs set. I've got some knowledge of what makes a good cable, and my understanding is that there are three things that make a big difference, and these cables, in spite of a reasonable price point, have three things that you usually have to pay a lot more for:

1. All copper wire - and it's the high quality, solid center kind, so that makes the biggest difference in reducing sound distortion. Forget the "50% more copper" or "more copper than other cables" - you want 100% copper with a solid core.

2. Cable construction - these guys use the kind of organized cable structuring that much more expensive cable manufacturers use. Instead of just putting the wires in and twisting them, there is organized geometry in these cables that minimizes the magnetic spillover (and therefore, distortion) from one wire to another.

3. Not soldered connectors - solder can ruin an otherwise perfectly good cable, creating a "leap" for the signal that adds significant distortion. You do NOT want an HDMI cable with solder, even silver solder. It's not as good as these, no matter how much you're being overcharged for it.

These are the kinds of cable construction considerations that I've seen in some of the really high end stuff - some of which can get into thousands of bucks for cable. Not willing to go there, but this kit is a terrific deal for the money when it comes to quality, and you just can't beat the convenience. On the flip side, some of the biggest cable manufacturers do a great "sell" job, but don't meet the basic criteria outlined above for really superior quality. You'll see all kinds of claims, but read carefully. When they compare the quality of their image to conventional TV, that's a big watch-out. They should be comparing to other cable makers within the HDMI world. Of course it's better than conventional TV. It'd better be.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HDMI made easy, November 19, 2007

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D. Entelrine - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WireLogic HDTV Hook-up Kit (4.5m Cables) (Electronics)

Hallelujah! Finally, someone with quality cables figured out how to make
HDMI installation easy. I recently installed my second plasma TV, in our
upstairs bonus room. The first had gone up about a year ago. With the first one, I thought I had everything I needed when I brought the TV home. OHHHH NOOOOOO! Three trips to Radio Shack and Best Buy later, (and another couple hundred bucks!) I finally had all the different cables and pieces I needed to get the sound, picture and all pieces hooked up and working together.

This time, I saw this kit on Amazon before we purchased the TV. We ordered it. The experience couldnąt have been much different. BEFORE we had the TV, I had all the pieces I needed on hand to put it together. Two HDMI cables! Yes! And the CV, and the audio. They even throw in a little bottle of screen cleaner. So when the TV arrived, we were able to pop in the new Ratatouille DVD right off the bat and the kids (and I) were happy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great kit, April 7, 2009

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A S - See all my reviews

This review is from: WireLogic HDTV Hook-Up Kit (2m Cables) (Electronics)

This kit is great! You get some of the best HDMI cables out there for 1/3rd the price! It also has component cables that very stylish and work really well with samsung TV. The cleaner is pretty nice especially for glossy screen on LCDs. I highly recommend this product to anyone who wants to save money without sacrificing best quaility you can get from HDMI cables. Hope this is helpful.

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