5m HDMI cables? eBay?

[NelsonR32]

I have just bought a house and planning to route some HDMI wires into the wall before the plasters get in. But I have two question

- I have an xbox, sky and blu ray player. Is there some kind of 3 way "switchover" lead you can buy?
- Are the leads on eBay like this any good? Or should I be looking at the decent stuff on John Lewis etc; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3m-Gold-Plated-HDMI-Cabl...

[Hoover.]

i'm pretty sure you want a v1.4 lead... as for quality and from where i'll to others

[Odie]

you can get a box thats a 'switcher' for your hardware

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/174...

Edited by Odie on Sunday 29th April 22:26

[Podie]

I've used http://www.cablesuk.co.uk and been happy with the service and the cables. (Super speed S1 cables)

[Terminator X]

Have them on amazon for a silly price like 99p each, crazy to pay shop prices anymore.

TX.

PS they are good quality too.

[mondeoman]

Get HDMI 1.4 compatible cables to cover yourself for future upgrades and standards. You don't have to spend a fortune on cables - these look pretty good

In terms of switches, I got one of these 4 way switch/splitter which works quite nicely.

[JustinP1]

Spend your money on a switch and one decent cable.

As to how much to spend on a cable - see the HDMI cable thread.

It is very easy for someone to pop up and say that their 99p 2m cable works fine for what they are doing - but you need a 5m cable and I guess going to be in conduit with a load of other interfering fields.

Lastly, unless the people you promote the 99p cable are willing to come back, chase it out, replaster your wall and repaint for the same princely sum, I'd personally go for something a little more substantial.

[vxsmithers]

Podie said:

I've used http://www.cablesuk.co.uk and been happy with the service and the cables. (Super speed S1 cables)

I have these too, they work fine but the connector ends are quite fragile and snap relatively easily, so not good in tight spaces or if you need to keep plugging/unplugging kit

[M@verick]

Im using two of these for my AV cabinet running under floor, exiting behind a wall mounted flat screen. Very good quality and the company are top notch, i use them for all cabling these days.

http://www.thatcable.com/product/HDMI-Male-to-Male...

R.

[B17NNS]

Put a spare in aswell. It's no fun having to run a new chase, replaster and redecorate when you accidentally damage an end.

[ndg]

I got ours from CPC, very cheap, decent quality stuff (Part of the Farnell group).

[eps]

Put the HDMI cables in their own conduit (in the wall), otherwise the results will disappoint and replacing cabling will be a complete pita/non starter.