Once in a while I want to watch a movie from one of my players.
I'm using many HDMI cables because I have many sources using HDMI connections. So I turn everything on with the simple press of one button from my programmed universal light saber...remote control...Harmony.
But there is no picture! ...No more harmony/sync between all the HDMI components. So I spend an hour or so trying to locate the undesirable problem. Very simple; one of the HDMI connectors or from the TV or from the pre/pro or from the Blu-ray player pulled away from the jack because of its weight. I need lighter HDMI connectors or lock-in connectors.
Today we need certified HDMI cables, not the fake certification but the real certification to give us the assurance. Monoprice make them, for five bucks, a 2-meter HDMI cable.
A six-foot HDMI cable is recommended over a shorter one, because a shorter HDMI cable, say one meter, can give bad handshakes between components...according to some experts.
And long HDMI cables, say fifty feet, you'd better have good ones, with integrated power boosters. Some of those cost in excess of $300/400.
I have never seen an HDMI cable costing more than $10,000 ... good, because it makes me feel that I don't need a ticket to Mars in one of Elon Musk spaceships.
Amir, did you measure few different HDMI cables yet?
...From the 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0b variety. And are you intending to write a future article for Widescreen Review on the latest HDMI version 2.1 cable?