Choose the Right HDMI Cables and HDMI Splitters

Remember when in a recent match Yaya Toure’s unrivaled midfield play dragged Manchester City back into the Barclays Premier League title race in a controlled 2-0 win at Crystal Palace. Imagine you are watching the match and the nail biting moment comes when Edin Dzeko is about to strike that epic 24th goal of the season and kaput! All you see is sparkles, frozen portions of the picture, and intermittent dropouts. You wouldn’t want that to spoil your match!

A smooth, uninterrupted, high-definition picture quality is perhaps what you need for that impeccable match moment. You ask, what’d guarantee that quality experience? Well, the answer is not a good cable operator. The answer is a good HDMI cable that carries the signals properly. What is HDMI? HDMI is an interface designed to take advantage of the benefits of digital media and allow the highest quality video and audio signal.

Now what kind of cable you’d need is the next question. A 1 ft HDMI cable is just what you need. People suggest of longer lengths but the fact is, the longer the length, the poorer the signal. Now in some cases, 1 ft won’t just suffice and you’d need a longer cable. In such a case what you need to ensure is the quality. The longer the cable, the higher quality it needs to be. For 3ft to 6 ft, one can get by with just about any undamaged cable built to basic HDMI specs. Post the length of 25 feet or more, the longer the cable gets, the tougher it is for the signals to pass reliably.

Care should be taken while choosing the right cable, as a bad cable means loss of signal strength and poor quality.  Another reason to have a high quality 1 ft HDMI cable is being future ready. Nowadays everyone is opting for “high speed” internet over the “standard speed”. Higher speed means more information traveling down your cable. Bits per second or bandwidth is dependent on the quality of the cable. Better the quality of the cable, better the bandwidth for years to come. The next thing you’d need is a 1ft to 3ft HDMI splitters. An HDMI splitter can be as simple as a cable with a single HDMI input on one end and several HDMI outputs on the other. An HDMI splitter can either have a single input with single output or single input with multiple outputs. Multiple splitters often include signal boosters which help to reduce degradation of video and audio quality.

“So get that right cable with the right additions and your matches will never be interrupted. Sharper, crisper video and a great audio, no one would have thought how choosing the right cable could straighten out the audio-video experience!“