![]() The vast majority of you will just need an HDMI cable of a few feet/meters to connect your TV to your nearby cable/satellite box, video streamer, 4K Blu-ray player, or game console. If you're into gaming, it's worth trading up to one of these, and as we found with the Cable Matters cords above, it doesn't incur much of a price premium.įor more info on that, check out our HDMI 2.1 explainer. There are also new cables, called Ultra High Speed, and these can carry 8K signals as well as the popular 4K/120Hz used by the Xbox Series X and others. This is a huge leap forward in terms of bandwidth, capable of up to 8K resolutions and beyond. The latest version of HDMI is called 2.1. Also, some TVs only have one or two HDMI inputs that are HDMI 2.1 compatible. As in, if you connect a 4K Blu-ray disc player to an old sound bar and then to a 4K TV, you won't be able to get a 4K signal to the TV. A different cable won't make that image sharper, brighter or anything else.Īlso remember, if one step in your chain isn't 4K HDR, nothing is. If the TV is receiving the same resolution you're sending it (e.g., the TV says it's 4K HDR when you're sending 4K HDR), you're all set. ![]() It can be heavy enough to look like static, like an old TV tuned to a dead channel, or it can be random-but-regular flashes of white pixels. The only other "fail" mode of HDMI cables is sparkles. ![]() A closeup view of the HDMI cable failure known as sparkles.
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