HDMI Cables - Digital Audio and Video HDMI Cables and Info

HDMI Cables
Need an HDMI cable? We have them. From 1.5 feet to 192 feet long. Our high quality HDMI cables are perfect for connecting your new TV. For those with Projectors, or equipment closets our long length cables are heavy gauge and an equalized/boosted cable is optimum for extreme lengths needed in whole house, trade shows, conference rooms, House of Worship or auditoriums.

Important HDMI Cable Info
HDMI Cables are no longer allowed to go by HDMI version numbers. They now are only allowed to be identified as 5 types:
Standard HDMI® Cable
Standard HDMI® Cable with Ethernet
Standard Automotive HDMI® Cable
High Speed HDMI® Cable
High Speed HDMI® Cable with Ethernet
So what cable should you buy?
Normally you'd want a "High Speed" cable simply because they don't cost much more than a standard cable. If your device has the HDMI 1.4a Ethernet feature, then you should get a high speed cable with Ethernet. Simple right? Need to do a long length? That's when you need a better and heavier gauge cable.

We offer two HDMI high speed cables with an Ethernet channel. Our Elite HDMI series is based on a 24 gauge silver-plated solid copper conductor designed and pioneered eight(8) years ago, when we first sold DVI cables, the predecessor to HDMI cables. When most digital video cable designs were failing at or beyond 16 feet; these cables were working on long cable applications up to 50 feet. We extended this cable design to our HDMI Elite cables, because it was field tested and performed better than any cable sold.

More on HDMI Cable Quality
For short HDMI cable lengths, especially with newer components, there is usually no reason to agonize over HDMI cables. Any HDMI cable we sell will support up to 1080p. For longer HDMI cables the cable quality is far more important. While a heavier wire gauge is helpful, lower "skew" levels are more important, so it is the overall assembly quality that matters most.
Very many earlier HDMI devices, especially DVD players and Receivers, will also benefit from a better quality cable, since the early HDMI chipsets were not as robust and they are less likely to have built-in equalization. New and future HDMI standards like Deep color* will continue to require more bandwidth so you may have to upgrade in the future. Another factor in quality is cable durability. A lower quality cable will be far more easily damaged, and generally has lower quality (thinner) gold platings and connector quality.

HDMI Specs Simplified
How the Specs effect your component and cable choices.
HDMI 1.0
   • Maximum bitrate of 4.9 Gbit/s.
   • Supports up to 165 Mpixel/s video - 24bit 1080p@60Hz (or UXGA)
   • 8-channel/192 kHz/24-bit Digital Audio
HDMI 1.1
   • Added support for DVD-A Audio. (but no SACD Support yet)
HDMI 1.2
   • Added SACD support.
   • Added support for Computer sRGB color-space.
HDMI 1.2a - Added device communication (CEC) features.
HDMI 1.3
   • Increased bandwidth to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbit/s) !
   • Added optional support for Deep Color with 30-bit, 36-bit, and 48-bit xvYCC color space
   • Adds optional automatic audio syncing capability
   • Adds optional Bitstream output of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio
   • Added new Type C mini-connector for small devices like camcorders ( HDMI 1.3a, HDMI 1.3b, HDMI 1.3b1, version 1 and 2 for hdmi cables - Various boring technical and testing revisions.
HDMI 1.4 &HDMI 1.4a
There are some pretty significant upgrades in HDMI 1.4!
   • HDMI Ethernet Channel (Internet connectivity)
   • Audio Return Channel (from TV to Receiver)
   • Support for 3D
   • Support for higher Resolutions
   • Digital Camera Color Space Support
   • A new "Micro" connector
   • Automotive Connection System
Still need more info?
More information about HDMI 1.4/1.4a
Check out our lates articles:
HDMI Cables & Connector Types
What's a TMDS and why is it in my HDMI?
For everything else you want to know about HDMI please see the HDMI.ORG website.