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raymondlee306
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Posted: 26th Nov 2010 06:07 Edited at: 26th Nov 2010 06:10
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I apologize if this is not the place to ask a question about a bluray problem, but sylvania'a forums are completely unhelpful. I have had this blu ray problem for a week now. When connected through HDMI to my reciever to my TV after 20 minutes the picture goes in and out. I thought the reciever might be screwing up the signal so I direct connected it to the TV, same issue. I removed the HDMI cable and hooked it up through 5-wire component cable and it works fine, but the sound is not as good (especially 7.1 surround) with only the red and white stereo cables. Anyone have a thought or is the HDMI cable port fried out? Thanks Guys.
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bitJericho
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Posted: 26th Nov 2010 09:05
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try replacing the hdmi cable

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Eminent
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They're cheap and good HDMI cables here.
http://www.monoprice.com/home/index.asp
If it doesn't work then you've only wasted like 4 bucks.


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raymondlee306
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Thanks guys. I have quite a few HDMI cables and they all seem to do the same thing. We bought this Blu ray player when it first came out but now if you read the reviews on them all Sylvania's are breaking after 6 months. To add insult to a crappy product, they also only carry a 90 day labor warranty. So I paid $90 for the player and they want $135 to fix it. So this past Friday they had a deal on a Sony so I ordered that. Hopefully we will have better luck with that one.
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Libervurto
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Posted: 28th Nov 2010 19:30
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Oh well, it sounds like it lasted pretty well for what it was.


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Eminent
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Pft. Yeah, Sonys stuff is better than some random brand.


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bitJericho
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Posted: 28th Nov 2010 22:06
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Well sylvania's not too bad either, got a VCR from them since the late 80's

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Old Sylvania products, while not the highest image quality, seemed to last a long time. Most people I've seen who have had TVs since the 80s usually had a Sylvania (like my mom).

Sounds like the HDMI port went bad or something. Early Blu-Ray players sucked no matter who made them. And Sony's models aren't as great as you'd expect.

Prices have come down a lot too, no longer a $500 entry to the market. I've also seem some advertised recently as having a half-second bootup time. Considering mine takes almost a minute, and my HD-player takes about as long(which was quicker than most when it came out), that's pretty darn good.

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2010 20:47 Edited at: 2nd Dec 2010 20:48
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<rant>One thing i don't understand is how some retailers get away with sell "Gold plated" and "High Quality" cables for expensive prices e.g. £30/£40 for one 1/2m cable. I may be wrong but I thought HDMI was digital meaning quality isn't a factor it either works or doesn't, I wouldn't expect someone to get away with selling a gold plated or high quality USB cable or Cat 5 cable unless it was over a certain length and would actually need to be gold plated. so why do they get away with claiming that these expensive cables improve the picture quality?"</rant>

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Quote: "One thing i don't understand is how some retailers get away with sell "Gold plated" and "High Quality" cables for expensive prices e.g. £30/£40 for one 1/2m cable."


They're completely a scam. I haven't seen any say that because they're gold-plated they offer better picture, because they don't. They might last longer, but I have doubts on that too.

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Quote: " I haven't seen any say that because they're gold-plated they offer better picture, because they don't."

Maybe with analog cables, but with digital cables like HDMI it's pointless. You either have the signal or you don't.
As for length, shielding becomes more important the longer it gets.

I have some of the higher-end monster cables I got on ebay, I certainly wasn't paying $80 for them. But I hear great things about mono cables and they're dirt cheap in comparison. That's not saying all cheap cables will be of equal quality because they're not.

As Jerico said, it's really a scam for money. It costs pennies to make these cables.

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