That’s an interesting point, the overall reliability is something I thought would be unanimous across the board since the makeup is relatively the same, but I guess that’s not quite true. Interesting.

I enjoyed reading your HDMI cable article. However there are quality differences between many of these cable products. When HDMI was first deployed things did not go as smooth as many had hoped. We had many reports of problems in the field. When investigated we found that many of these problems were caused from the integrity of the products that were being used. Two years ago we started an independent testing agency that told the story. Although all of these products had passed HDMI compliance standards we found that many of them were operating “on the edge”. When integrated with other products the aggregate of the entire system introduced many anomalies. The testing process is quite involved so I won’t bore you with the details. You can always check out our web site if you would like to learn a bit more. At the end of the day you are correct in that from a operational standpoint all these products will supply the same video and audio qualities, however this only happens if the system works at all. It is not how good the picture looks, it is how good the reliability is. The DPL program scores these products and rates them strictly by their performance characteristics. This performance ONLY measures it reliability not is looks.

Your are also correct in that the prices of these products are all over the map.

Please, if you need any more information do not hesitate to write. We only work with HDMI and its peripherals.

Jeffrey A Boccaccio
President
DPL Labs
Supporting a Performance Based Industry