If you are like me, then you probably don’t know much about HDMI digital cables. However, I did some research and found out some interesting facts that you should know before buying digital HDMI cable.
Some question that you should know answer to before making any purchase should be: Are you running the digital HDMI cable through the wall? What type of gauge wire is necessary? Length of the cable? And last but not less important is how much should I expect to pay for that…
If you are running your digital HDMI cable through the wall, then you should definitely buy cable that is CL2 rated. What does that exactly mean? Well, in short, it means that your cable is more resistant to fire. Is it necessary? In my opinion, it’s always good to be on ‘a safe side’. Safety should always be our primary concern. Besides that, it’s important to have CL2 rated cables if you are selling your house. If you don’t have CL2 rated cables, you won’t pass inspections.
If you got problems with choosing wires, the best option would be to talk to merchant. Gauge wire depends on the length of cable. There are 28AWG, 24AWG and 22AWG cable available, 28AWG being the cheapest. If you are running a shorter cable, then 28AWG should do fine. For longer HDMI cables pick 24AWG or 22AWG cables, again, depending on length.
About the price of HDMI cables… If you are bearing in mind the above advices, then you should go with the cheapest one that meets above criterion. The difference in price is too big when compared to difference in quality. There is next to no difference in quality between high and low priced digital HDMI cables.