I have had the following HDMI cables,
Chord Silver Active Plus
QED Reference
QED Signature
Kordz EVX Master Series
None of these are cheap, and the video quality difference between them was either negligable or non-existant (placebo).
But this all changed when I recently purchased the Mapleshade Vivlink plus HDMI. It provided a true leap in video quality with much more picture detail coming through than the other cables.
I only mention this, because Mapleshade claim they put this cable against the $1500 Audioquest diamond in a viewing panel shootout and it bested it in every area.
It is $165 for the plus version in 2m size, but worth every dollar and the best video upgrade I have done. The only negative is the construction, totally fragile and totally hairshirt, you only have to see the pictures to realise this.
Chord Silver Active Plus
QED Reference
QED Signature
Kordz EVX Master Series
None of these are cheap, and the video quality difference between them was either negligable or non-existant (placebo).
But this all changed when I recently purchased the Mapleshade Vivlink plus HDMI. It provided a true leap in video quality with much more picture detail coming through than the other cables.
I only mention this, because Mapleshade claim they put this cable against the $1500 Audioquest diamond in a viewing panel shootout and it bested it in every area.
It is $165 for the plus version in 2m size, but worth every dollar and the best video upgrade I have done. The only negative is the construction, totally fragile and totally hairshirt, you only have to see the pictures to realise this.