Question on Blu Ray

davidk0512
davidk0512 Posts: 157
edited January 2011 in Electronics
A friend of mine was looking for a Blu Ray player and asked me a few questions. During this conversation, he said he may just buy one from Best Buy, I told him not to buy one of their HDMI cables, that there are other sources much cheaper. To that, he said that he already has a HDMI cable on the DVD player that he's replacing. Well, I told him that I believe he already has a Blu Ray player. I have not seen the one he's got and I don't know the model number, but am I correct in thinking that ONLY a Blu Ray will have HDMI output? If a player is not 1080P, there wouldn't be any need for HDMI, right
David
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  • Glowrdr
    Glowrdr Posts: 1,103
    edited January 2011
    Nope - DVD's have had HDMI for years. In this case, I'd trust him.
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,826
    edited January 2011
    +1, I've got 2 DVD players that upscale to 1080p both use HDMI
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,059
    edited January 2011
    For a BDP though, I would have a high speed hdmi cable. Don't know how old his other one is.
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited January 2011
    Unless you're getting 3D or need something else in the HDMI 1.4 spec like an audio return channel, you should be fine with HDMI cables made in the past few years. I'd definitely try it before wasting good money on a new one. HDMI is pretty old technology at this point as others said. And unless you're running long cables like for an in-wall set-up, cheap cables will usually do fine.
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  • davidk0512
    davidk0512 Posts: 157
    edited January 2011
    I appreciate ya'll straightening me out, I was almost afraid to ask the question, but I'm glad I did.
    David
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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited January 2011
    tonyb wrote: »
    For a BDP though, I would have a high speed hdmi cable. Don't know how old his other one is.

    As long as the HDMI cable is version 1.3a or higher, it should be all right (I guess, 1.4 for 3D support)... Monoprice cables will do the trick.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,314
    edited January 2011
    ViperZ wrote: »
    As long as the HDMI cable is version 1.3a or higher, it should be all right (I guess, 1.4 for 3D support)... Monoprice cables will do the trick.

    That's what I found out last year.
    I also bought mine from Monoprice too.

    Now the world cable makers are uniting. If it says High speed, it's supposed to be at least 1.3.

    I.4 has more capability,Internet and such,= more cost.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • camtah
    camtah Posts: 128
    edited January 2011
    Don't laugh. but I picked up 6' HDMI cables (RCA) from Menards for around $10 and they work just fine for me. Otherwise, Monoprice or even Tigerdirect is your best bet.
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