HDMI Cables, the finest cable to produce good sound and video quality!

  
    You may think using just one cable to handle both video and audio might be much simpler but that's not true always. Many people would not need to go through the difficulty of using a HDMI cable so they would go in for the simpler analog cable.
 HDMI for audio and video

The latest word in this new technology word in connectivity for any high definition video is the HDMI cable (High Definition Multimedia Interface).It just took few years for this cable to become the stable video and sound connection for absolutely any High definition system. Every High definition Television that is released now has inputs for the cable and Devices like Blu - ray systems, gaming systems and laptops have cable output to provide improved sound and video quality.
    It produce the finest picture and audio quality compared to the cables that are present in the market nowadays. It may work on high definition videos up to 1080p resolution at nearly 60 frames per second which is the greatest bandwidth video format available at present. The older analog cables offer identical quality but the HD TV do not support them nowadays. It creates a good quality too as it pertains to audio. It carries eight channels in parallel of 24 bit audio level at almost 192 kilohertz. It can handle even the best such as TrueHD, Master audio and Dolby. Even analog cables can perform equally but you would need to use eight separate cables to obtain exactly the same quality.
Versions of HDMI:
The newer update is the HDMI 1.3 which is at present being used everywhere.  HDMI 1.3 cables support high resolution audio systems like Dolby and master audio.

Types of HDMI based cables available:
HDMI 1.3 had two classes for the cables
1) Class 1 which has its testing done at 74.5 megahertz and is called the standard cable.
2) Class 2 which has been tested at 340 megahertz and is called as the high speed cable.

HDMI 1.4 has four different cables based on its specifications:
1) standard cable with Ethernet
2) High speed cable with Ethernet.
3) Automotive cable.
4) Cable which supports 1080i along with 720p.

Things to look in for whiling purchasing a HDMI based cable:
1) Materials used for constructing the cable. The thickness of conductor, quality of the shielding, and also the caliber of insulation will influence the reliability of the cable.
2) Speed rating : When you go in for higher speed rating it would support higher bandwidth thus enabling you to really experience improved sound and video..
Few other things should be the length of the cable, depth rating and in wall rating.
Finally here's the pro's and con's of using a HDMI cable!
Advantages:
1) It provides higher quality at higher resolutions.
2) It works intelligently by enabling a two way communication between the video and audio sources.
3) It works as just one cable that carries all the information.
4) It supports deep colors unlike any other cable.
5) No compression of information occurs when the information is carried.
6) It is compatible with DVI.
7) It supports high quality audio streams such as Dolby.

Disadvantages:
1) The amount of the cable cannot exceed 35 meters in general.
2) Sometimes delays are triggered due to the authentication processing.
3) The price of the cables is quite large compared to the standard analog transmission lines.