HDMI Cables for Gaming, 8K, eARC: HDMI 2.1 u0026 2.0 Buying Guide

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Title	:	HDMI Cables for Gaming, 8K, eARC: HDMI 2.1 u0026 2.0 Buying Guide
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How much research did you do before you bought your HDMI cables?
Comment from : Stop the FOMO

Very informative it july 14, 2023 now
Comment from : JOEY PATRICK HISOLA

For people who live in high-RFI/EMI environments (apartment complexes, large office buildings, etc) a high-quality SHIELDED cable is critical for good sound/ picture THAT is worth paying for
Comment from : TisiphonesShadow

Okay I have the Hisense U8H and I need a longer cable for the arc and EARC port so I can hook up my soundbar
Comment from : John Moss Jr

Anker vs zeskit
Comment from : Angrut

Hi FOMO! Thanks for all the great videos The expensive AudioQuest HDMI cables you mentioned are not for home theater use; I can’t imagine them making a big enough difference to be worth their price in such a use case They are really only for use in ultra high-end HiFi audio systems, where cables make a very big difference in the sound for critical listening This week I obtained one such cable, and am using it as the I2S interface cable from a PS Audio SACD transport into a Holo Audio May KTE DAC The main transducer system I use with this setup is a HiFiMan electrostatic headphone system, which is known as a ruthless microscope into the source material In a system with this kind of resolving power, it is VERY easy to hear the difference cables make, this signal cable being no exception But again, it is most definitely NOT for use in a home theater rig, where neither the sound equipment nor the video signal could possibly be made that much different by it while simply playing a movie
Comment from : Mason Storm

I have a LG G3 77" with a Sony 7000 soundbar Playing with a ps5 and my PC running 4k levels
Comment from : Frank Allen

stop playing with your bag ,put it down man and stop distracting for nothing !!!!
Comment from : Joe Black

No mention of HDR10+ but I do think you need a HDMI 21 cable to pass it
Comment from : Gunny Sgt

👍👍👍
Comment from : then chan

17:00 The Audioquest cables are for people who have expensive audio systems Video quality should be nearly the same because the human eye can't see that well, but audio
Comment from : Mr Popo

Hint: DO NOT waste money on the extremely overpriced gold plated Best buy HDMI cables
Comment from : Scott Lowell

Excellent and detailed explanation Honest!
Comment from : Mike

Wikipedia say hdmi 20 will do only 4k60 anD NOT 4k120 A ps5 wont show 4k120 via hdmi 20 even without hdr
Comment from : residentCJ

I know this may sound a bit dumb but will a 4k120hz hdmi cable also support 4k60?
Comment from : oh yea 2k

Thanks
Comment from : Ryan Davis

Does anybody still buy monster cables their service centers don't answer their pho es at all And I returned tge m1000 for new cables and they ripped me off by not returning my cables and what does tge clo k mean on tge hdmi cables ??
Comment from : Carlos cruz

What hdmi cable is best for Dolby Atmos?
Comment from : Brian Hamlin

Nice breakdown!!😊
Comment from : Ja dutch

So what you saying I can still use the 20 HDMI for the eARC on my LG C1?
Comment from : Ritesh Chakraborty

Super helpful! Subscribed
Comment from : Jace S

DAMN,YOU ARE GOOD, THE AVERAGE JOE BLOW NEED TO HEAR THIS,LIKE MENEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU ON THE INTERNET AMEN
Comment from : JESUSISLOVE Jehovah

Just bought an LG c2 OLED tv Plugged it into my rtx 3060ti and it was working well I started getting these purple horizontal lines flickering and tearing the screen I thought the tv was broken but it appears my hdmi cable (series s included cable) was not enough I got an 8k 60 rated cable 48gbps My problem was solved My hdmi 20 cable for the Xbox was not enough Also HDR wouldn’t work with the older cable I think it’s safe to say that if you get a modern OLED tv and a good graphics card You are going to need a 48gbps cable
Comment from : joshua thomas

Hi there, thanks for the good content Let me give you some technical reasons of why long HDMI cables ( non optical )are expensive and sometimes unreliable Building a cable that is ready for transmitting 48Gbps means around 48 billions bits per second This requires something called controlled impedance which is a technique that assures precise impedance on the entire conduction line To do this manufactures place a bunch of fillers inside the cable along with the cooper line wires and they are all spaced out at a precise distance This is much easier to do when the cable is short, but when the cable start becoming longer it is very difficult to keep all those parameter consistent When the impedance start to miss-match at some point on the transmission line that creates signal reflections and the communication colapse ( other words, it does not work ) That is why the price goes up exponentially as the cable length increase Let’s not under estimate this technology It is pretty amazing we are able to transmit data at such high speed ( again, 48 billion bits per second ) that is smoking fast
Comment from : Rafael Gonzalez

What about for atmos?
Comment from : Jeff Miller

I think you are saying brif you wire it yourself or even make it lamp wire will sound the same as audio quest or cardas cable
Comment from : twochaudio mg

I wish you can do a cable comparison with some HDMI cables that will be really cool
Comment from : Jose Zayas

I understand that the specification is met by these cables Based on my experience I see a much better picture and hear sound improvement with Audioquest cables especially with a Carbon and Thunderbird HDMI I love to see my OLED pop with color and hear an awesome sound with my surround sound home theater
Comment from : Jose Zayas

Great information
Comment from : fred bettesworth

Sorry if I wasn't paying close enough attention but will a 20 cable be good enough for EARC to connect my TV to my new Dolby Atmos sound bar and running a next gen console? Was gonna get the 21 for the console but not sure if it's better to have both on 21
Comment from : Evan Duvall

Fibre optic HDMI 21 is the king now
Comment from : heman691

Over engineered Just like that shirt lmao!
Comment from : Jason Matthiesen

Excellent info Samsung 80a & Yamaha 6a Where do I run my HDMI cable from avr to which hdmi slot Tv Listen to lots of Bluetooth & Movies THX 4 ur time
Comment from : Tony Feralla

Zeskit 8K Not that expensive, runs everything and is ready for 10K
Comment from : R W

Bought 5 hdmi 48gb cables, 3 just flat out didn’t work, one would work randomly but almost always cuts out,finally ponied up for an audioquest cable and haven’t had a problem since…I honestly never believed that paying that much made sense until I had to and now when it comes to my high end toys I will always buy them Setup is lg cx, Ps5, Xbox series x, and finally bringing in the sound with the lg sn11rg
Comment from : Jesse Vomund

We need Project Farm to do a cable side by side comparison
Comment from : Richard D

I connected my Fire Stick 4k to a vsx-531 AVR receiver and it works great with HDR picture mode and DD+ on my LG C9 After two days, it shows a red screen and unclear purple on the Fire Stick profile Can someone please help me to solve this problem whether I need new Hdmi cable or not? Thanks
Comment from : Adnan Fadel

As someone who has spent big money on expensive hdmi cables for a pretty decent home cinema setup I honestly can’t tell the difference between cheap and expensive cables
Comment from : manic

Appreciate all the great info you share with us Have a quick question though I have a Samsung Q90T plugged to a denon 4700H via an audio quest cinnamon I got that wire after having a series of issues with eARC The sound keeps on clipping when watching Netflix I had a lower tier AV receiver, so I upgraded it, and I tried a bunch of different HDMI cables that claimed to be eARC compatible, but continue having the issue Any idea why this may be happening? I’ve looked through all the receiver’s settings and the TV settings, but still no luck Thanks again!
Comment from : x8slayerx8

Typically cheap but well made HDMI cables are very reliable up to 15ft Going over 15ft is often when cheaper cables tend to start to get issues though due to cross talk or other reasons Good cables like Monster Cable or other brands will extend the reliability up to 20ft or slightly more brbrBut 30ft? Or longer? You will need HDMI fiber Typically 20 to 22ft is the cut off for solid reliability from good quality made cables from what I have seen brbrI dunno, if it's an outside interference issue, you could wrap your cable in aluminum foil perhaps? LOL! Who knows! 😅brbrBut solid built but cheap cables should be able to handle 15ft without issue brbrI've used them and have never had an issue I do have some Monster Cable as well But only because I got them a bit cheaper I can tell they are built with premium materials But that will likely only get you an extra 5ft at the end of the day HDMI copper wire isn't really made for over 20ft runs
Comment from : Scootaloo

I have old hdmi cables from years ago, and newer ones from monoprice pretty sure they are hdmi 20 Just got done wall mounting my older sony a1e TV and just want to get hdmi 21 cables to fish inside my wall to avoid future aggravation even though my TV does not support most hdmi21 functions I'll prob just worry about it later and use what I have
Comment from : dave trinh

Does pure copper matter in a hdmi cable !
Comment from : a c

Why does he say hdmi 20 uses 18 gbps, but when I look online multiple articles say 4k needs only 25mbps, which is a fraction of a fiber optic gigibit connection So confused
Comment from : Kevr

Hi StF - What does it mean when a cable specifies that it is 'Cinema Plus 4K high speed with Ethernet 2228 Gbps'? I'm asking because I just purchased a Panasonic DP-UB820 4K Blue-Ray player and I want to know if I need a HDMI cable with Ethernet for the connection to my AVR?brPerry :-)
Comment from : Perry Smiles

I just uses my PS5 Cable with my new Sony A80J OLED I just picked up Works Great
Comment from : David Cole

Wow! Thank you for breaking this down to a plain and simple explanation The best video here 👍👍👍👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Comment from : The real Ms Dee

When your bank says NOChampion says YES!
Comment from : zackmorris25

I am currently using cheap ten yr old HDMI cables on my modern TV and they perform great
Comment from : Nicholas von rhine

120 fps is not possible with a SCREEN that isn't 120hz minimum 😉 They all think they play with 120 fps because the computer says it's rendered Just check
Comment from : Ledoyen

Amazing content
Comment from : joe brandau

Cables the biggest con since
Comment from : paul dunning

Bought a Panasonic UB820 UHD player and replaced an Oppo blue ray player I began to have momentary blackouts when viewing UHD movies Bought a 8K rated HDMI cable 21 to replace a 20 HDMI cable and problem was solved
Comment from : Thomas Smith

That’s spooky I have a q900r 75” but developed a fan fault so turns itself off for safety Put up with that for 7 months and bought a new q85” 950tst a few months ago and yes I agree somethings were better on the old 8k tv but the aesthetics of the new e
Comment from : Richard Prosser

i use Zeskit Maya 21 HDMI Cable Works amazing brmy old cables (one included with the ps5, and amazon basics etc,) had black screen flickering and drop outs Zeskit fixed it 0 dropouts all week
Comment from : Infected Elite

By the way my sony x90j is hooked up to a yamah tsr 700 receiver Do I need 21 hdmi ???
Comment from : Frank

I have a sony xr x90j who claim to have 120hrz , HDR, 21 , Dolby vision brDo I need a 21 cable for this tv ????
Comment from : Frank

Question: I have a PS4 and soon PS5 I purchased a HDMI (1 input X 2 output) Splitter I am about to purchase a 27" ASUS 144Hz game monitor for my PS4 & 5 Will the "Splitter" diminish the picture from console to Splitter to monitor? Also, it's splitting off to a TV as well Do have recommendations on better "Splitters"?
Comment from : Joel Serrano

I played COD coldwar at 4k 120hz on my CX HDR logo pop up in performance mode looks amazing and im only using old CARBON audioquest 20, that im using for 5years now so HDMI 21 not necessary maybe in 3years more
Comment from : EL_Machina04

Hi FOMO! I'm new in to 4K TV I bought a Sony A80J 77inch wbich will be deliver on 1st week of Auvust and I'will use it mostly for watching 4k blu ray movies using Panasonic UB 820 Which cable do you recommend to use I'm confused which one to get I also owned a Marantz AV7705 processor which ony have arc connection and I believe it's only a 20 Please help Thank you in advance!
Comment from : Edwin Abuel

ok, to hell with cables its about ports on devices so what is the point of having hdmi 21 on tv if other end of cable goes to geforce 980 which has port hdmi 12
Comment from : franehr

Splendid! Very good and informative information nice one and thank you Stop the FOMO 👍 UK
Comment from : Mel Raine

Didn't know there is a HDMI "8k" cable thought they were UHS, Ive future proofed for 21 in my new wall instal with TV a Ruipro Certified 5m copper and PJ using 15m HDMI Fibre same brand, works fine of on 4k so far, has lifetime warranty
Comment from : Comedy Keith

Thanks for the info For me, the reason to spend a few dollars more and get HDMI 21 is so I don’t have to buy new cables as I upgrade my equipment The difference in price is minuscule Especially if you are running them through the walls I have an old TV but just got a Sonos Arc For various reasons I need some new cables My TV is too old for ARC but the Sonos sound bar is capable of eARC Spending a few dollars more and getting 21 means I don’t have to buy new cables later when I upgrade my TV
Comment from : Robert Phillips

You forgot only 48gbps 21 can send UNCOMPREESSED audio If you want Dolby TrueHD and full-quality Atmos, you need 21 18gbps only sends compressed Atmos via Dolby digital plus But you are right it handles loseless 51brbrBut if you want Dolby TrueHD or UNCOMPREESSED AtmosYou need 21
Comment from : Brian Spero Jr

The video isn’t really right brThere are no hdmi 20 or 21 CABLES! Only devices and their ports which support itbrThere are (premium)-Highspeed hmdi cables which are rated up to 18gbps And there are ultra high speed cables rated up to 48gbpsbrGenerally it’s only a rating Otherwise they’re quite similar So if the cable has good enough quality and is short a highspeed cable made for hdmi 20 could be also capable of carrying 21 singal at 40gbps even if it isn’t ultra high speed ratedbrSo your old cable could actually work just fine if you’re luckybrOr an uncertified ultrahighspeed rated cable could fail to deliver hdmi 21 signal because it’s bad quality, if you’re unluckybrSo the cables can be hit or missbrThere are officially by hdmi alliance certified cables which ensure you get the full promised specbrOnly the devices strictly determine whether it’s hdmi 21 or not and at which speeds and settings they output and receive
Comment from : daniel_960_

You missed the point about consoles and 4k120 It’s not about rendering at that resolution but just outputting it You render lower and output 120 Because you can’t just change display resolution all the time, but rendering resolution So in a menu or some games you will have real 4k and while in most games you will have the 120fps rendered at lower res but still output at 4kbrSo hdmi 21 definitely makes sense on consoles So you can use 4k and 120fps on the tv without headache
Comment from : daniel_960_

gpu must support 21 hdmi or dp 14 dual
Comment from : kjell martin olsen

Thoughts on fiber optic HDMI cables?
Comment from : JCzo

The problem with HDMI cables is that there is no reasonable naming standard There should just be straight numbers like 48 and so on
Comment from : Filip Bajan

i had 2 hdmi cables sitting around, no idea what one was from but the other was BELL, they left it here when replacing a problematic tv box, the BELL hdmi cable allows me to play games from my laptop to my big TV and i can play them at the same resolution as the TV(1920*1080)i think? it would be impossible to play any game on my laptop at this resolution but on the big TV no problem at all, i can't do this with the other hdmi cable, games are unplayable at that resolution and have to be lowered to 800*600(i think)and even at that resolution they don't play great such a big difference in the 2 cables, i wish i could buy ones similar to the bell cable to use with another tv i have, i hope your video will clear this mystery up for me, thanks bro
Comment from : billy piper

where can i get a shirt like that?
Comment from : billy piper

So I don’t need hdmi 21 for earc?
Comment from : Chris Abbott

Unfortunatly none of the videos on youtube explains wether i need an 8k hdmi cable or just a 4k60 one, from my lg cx earc to my dolby atmos soundbar Can i just use ANY hdmi with ethernet, since i am solely transferring sound and not video? Why is there no info on this on the internet haha, so frustrating I have an 8k cable, but it is too short, and i have an old hdmi 20 with ethernet (not the 4k one) so can i use that, or do i have to buy a 4k60 one, or 8k? Haha
Comment from : TheMusketeer

will there be a review for nano96?
Comment from : Aesthetic psihodelija

This is where I get confused My TCL recently did a firmware upgrade to eArc Soundbar is Arc, BluRay is hooked into soundbar Will replacing the 20 cable from bar to TV with a 21 give me the uncompressed Dolby? Or would the soundbar have to be eArc as well? This all used to be so much more simple Thanks for any advice Cheers, all!
Comment from : Barleyleg

Very helpful!
Comment from : mshell59

Hi, I have vention braided hdmi cable from my output of the receiver to ARC of the 4k UHD TV I am not getting atmos sound in my apple TV 4k Should I change my vention hdmi cable to belkin ultra HD cable Thanks
Comment from : mohsin ali

What's with the Michael Jackson gloves?
Comment from : Bush Killa 73

WHAT IF I USE A 8K cable 21 on a 4k TV 21 Will the hz be better or its it no difference? plz i wanna know this so bad
Comment from : M4-Variant

Amazingly informative video Thank you I'll be sticking to 20 HDmi that doesn't cost an arm and a leg
Comment from : arjun samuel

Some pls help me: I got a hdmi 20 cable plugged in to a hdmi 21 source (rtx3080 and lg cx) Why is it possble that i can run 4K 120hz and HDR with this 2 years old hdmi20 cable? Does the cable even matter?
Comment from : Lucid Jared (MW3 Only)

THIS SCUMBAG JUST WANTs US TO BUY FROM HIS AFFILIATE LINK 🖕🏼
Comment from : Pure Luck

This will probably never gets answered but I have a 2060 with hdmi 20b as i read that normal 20 didn't support HDR at 4k60 I also have trouble when trying to display the image if i force my tv to go into gaming mode I am trying with a hdmi 21 cable later As my old cable i used was 5 meters long hopefully this solves the issue
Comment from : Ghosty4k

Thank you
Comment from : tara chandra

Back in the day you buy the fricken tv put the fricken attena andyou set goodpictureand sound andyou set so lets go back on the day's what do yousay aboutoledRCA and Qled comparable to the rest andisless afordable price
Comment from : Luis Franco

And yeahYou just got a new Sub!
Comment from : Giovanni Lopez

Wow just dished out $3000 for a Samsung Q800TAnd here I am wondering how much I’m going to have to pay for new 8K hdmi wires You sir are a godsend and I thank you very much for your input on this topic! Straight forward and Cheap prices for cables that do the job!
Comment from : Giovanni Lopez

well thanks good info
Comment from : John Benwell

Thanks FOMO Yes this cud was helpful Knowledge is great Best to acquire many advisors But I don't know of I can trust Monoprice whe there's quite a few users who said their 48gpsb hdmi 21 cables were Not working for them There may be user error, or they don't know what they're taking about, or settings are no correct, I don't know The price is great, sure And I guess with returns on eBay or Amazon, I've got little to lose but time, if it doesn't work out I don't exactly understand why we're inundated with Generic brands of hdmi 21 cables however Where's Philips, Sony, LG, Samsung,on eBay and Amazon I don't see them hocking 21 cables at any price lol I don't particularly know enough about Ugreen (real brand), Kikomoko, Saikalee, (made those last two up lkl) So many out of left field random brands I see OK, TMI Thanks for your input
Comment from : Ross B