Will a 4k hdmi be any better from my sky hd box to my 4k tv!!!
Thanks
No such animal.
All High Speed HDMI cables are 4k capable. Any cable that claims to be "4k" is a marketing con more than likely with the express purpose of parting the gullible from their hard earned.
As long as the cable is well made and meets the HDMI specs it makes absolutely no difference whatsoever if you bought it for a quid from Poundand or spent 20 grand for one on one of the many websites that will be quite happy to part that amount of cash from you if you are stupid enough.
There is no such thing as a 4K HDMI cable. A high speed HDMI cable is capable of 4K transmission. If your existing cable works then there is nothing you can do to improve it.
The cable has to reliably transmit a data stream of zeros and ones. If it did not the result will be instantly obvious.
Same argument, if it works, it works 100% or not at all (there's a small area in between that the picture might break up into a pixelated mess) That's the whole point of digital.
Your cable is 100% capable of transmitting your Sky-HD signal to your TV. The TV itself has to upscale the content to 4K, the HDMI itself has no influence on the result.
So would i be better off with a hdmi 2.0..from my sky hd box or should i stick to a 1.4
As the previous posters have said - there is no such thing as a HDMI 2.0 cable or a HDMI 1.4 cable. The HDMI version numbers are not used to describe cables.
Providing you have a high speed HDMI cable it will work perfectly fine with HDMI 2.0 equipment.
So would i be better off with a hdmi 2.0..from my sky hd box or should i stick to a 1.4
Look, if someone's trying to sell you a 4K/HDMI 2.0 cable as an upgrade from your Sky box to your 4K TV then they're talking out of their ass.
If you're trying to convince yourself that upgrading your cable from the Sky box would somehow improve things because you have a 4K TV then you're talking out of your own ass.
It's real simple and it breaks down like this. The bits of gear (Blu-ray players, Sky boxes, AV receivers, TV, projectors etc) they're the things that have HDMI sockets that are HDMI 1.0 / 1.1 / 1/2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.0 The wire that carries the signal is a much simpler thing. It's either Hi-Speed or it's Standard Speed. (There's whether it is Ethernet capable or not but since almost no gear uses the HDMI Ethernet feature then that side of it is pretty pointless.)
I'll break it down even simpler. Standard Speed HDMI cables hardly exist. They're no use for 3D Blu-ray or even 1080p over distance.......... so 99.9999% of the cables on sale today should be rated Hi-Speed. In effect then, all HDMI cables should be Hi-Speed
I'll boil it down even further now.....
A Hi-Speed HDMI cable is capable of carrying 10.2 Gbps of data. Do you know how much data your Sky box throws at the cable......... any idea? No?
It's about 1.5 Gbps
So your Sky box uses about 15% of the capacity of a Hi-Speed cable. That;s all. It's not even a quarter of the cables capacity ..... These are the same cables we've had before 4K came on the scene, and before 3D.
So... in very simple language..... "Do Not Upgrade Your Sky Box HDMI Cable Unless You Like Getting Ripped Off. It Will Make Fart All Difference On Any TV, Even A 4K One"
I'm assuming you are now referring to the TV's HDMI inputs......
Your Sky box will only be either HDMI 1.1 or HDMI 1.2, so there will be no advantages in connecting your Sky box to the TV's HDMI 2.0 (4k) input, or HDMI 1.4 for that matter.
All that will get passed to your TV will be the protocals supported by the Sky box which can be carried by versions 1.1 or 1.2 HDMI. To get full benefit from a version of HDMI both components need to carry the same version of HDMI and have all protocals supported.
If in the future you invest in UHD Bluray or Sky's rumoured 4k stb, you would the connect these to your TV's HDMI 2.0 input for 4k compatibility.
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All High Speed HDMI cables are 4k capable. Any cable that claims to be "4k" is a marketing con more than likely with the express purpose of parting the gullible from their hard earned.
As long as the cable is well made and meets the HDMI specs it makes absolutely no difference whatsoever if you bought it for a quid from Poundand or spent 20 grand for one on one of the many websites that will be quite happy to part that amount of cash from you if you are stupid enough.
The cable has to reliably transmit a data stream of zeros and ones. If it did not the result will be instantly obvious.
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Chris types faster than I do
Same argument, if it works, it works 100% or not at all (there's a small area in between that the picture might break up into a pixelated mess) That's the whole point of digital.
Your cable is 100% capable of transmitting your Sky-HD signal to your TV. The TV itself has to upscale the content to 4K, the HDMI itself has no influence on the result.
HDMI 1.4 or HDMI 2 are equipment specs not cable specs. Any current High Speed HDMI cable is usable with HDMI 2 kit.
See
http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_2_0/index.aspx
Providing you have a high speed HDMI cable it will work perfectly fine with HDMI 2.0 equipment.
There is no such thing as a HDMI 2 cable any more than there is a HDMI 1.4 cable. There are five types of cable.
Standard Speed
High Speed
Standard Speed + Ethernet
High Speed + Ethernet
Automotive
http://www.hdmi.org/consumer/finding_right_cable.aspx
As I posted the 1.4 or 2.0 are equipment specs nothing to do with the bit of wire joining the two.
Look, if someone's trying to sell you a 4K/HDMI 2.0 cable as an upgrade from your Sky box to your 4K TV then they're talking out of their ass.
If you're trying to convince yourself that upgrading your cable from the Sky box would somehow improve things because you have a 4K TV then you're talking out of your own ass.
It's real simple and it breaks down like this. The bits of gear (Blu-ray players, Sky boxes, AV receivers, TV, projectors etc) they're the things that have HDMI sockets that are HDMI 1.0 / 1.1 / 1/2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.0 The wire that carries the signal is a much simpler thing. It's either Hi-Speed or it's Standard Speed. (There's whether it is Ethernet capable or not but since almost no gear uses the HDMI Ethernet feature then that side of it is pretty pointless.)
I'll break it down even simpler. Standard Speed HDMI cables hardly exist. They're no use for 3D Blu-ray or even 1080p over distance.......... so 99.9999% of the cables on sale today should be rated Hi-Speed. In effect then, all HDMI cables should be Hi-Speed
I'll boil it down even further now.....
A Hi-Speed HDMI cable is capable of carrying 10.2 Gbps of data. Do you know how much data your Sky box throws at the cable......... any idea? No?
It's about 1.5 Gbps
So your Sky box uses about 15% of the capacity of a Hi-Speed cable. That;s all. It's not even a quarter of the cables capacity ..... These are the same cables we've had before 4K came on the scene, and before 3D.
So... in very simple language..... "Do Not Upgrade Your Sky Box HDMI Cable Unless You Like Getting Ripped Off. It Will Make Fart All Difference On Any TV, Even A 4K One"
Just to reinforce what others have said - NO!!.
The lead provided with the Sky box is a pretty decent lead anyway, and works just as well as any other regardless of price.
Your Sky box will only be either HDMI 1.1 or HDMI 1.2, so there will be no advantages in connecting your Sky box to the TV's HDMI 2.0 (4k) input, or HDMI 1.4 for that matter.
All that will get passed to your TV will be the protocals supported by the Sky box which can be carried by versions 1.1 or 1.2 HDMI. To get full benefit from a version of HDMI both components need to carry the same version of HDMI and have all protocals supported.
If in the future you invest in UHD Bluray or Sky's rumoured 4k stb, you would the connect these to your TV's HDMI 2.0 input for 4k compatibility.