HDMI Woes: Diagnosed & Fixed

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Saturday, May 3. 2008

HDMI Woes: Diagnosed & Fixed

Aah, the joy of new technology. :-) After having continuing strange ( and intermittent ) problems with my Sony Blu-Ray player (picture flaking out, sometimes not showing at all, etc), my first instinct was to blame my HDMI switcher and duly tried switching the input ports around with no luck. Finally got off of my lazy duff and swapped the Blu-Ray player HDMI cable with the DVR box HDMI cable. Wouldn't you know it, the DVR box started having issues - freezing up, etc. Hmmm - time to get a new cable perhaps? ;-)
Since I need instant gratification, I duly made the pilgrimage to my Best Buy store to pay an inflated price for a new HDMI cable 8-) (for those not in need of instant gratification, this online store comes highly recommended to me by a coworker), and, presto, HDMI happiness all the way around. :-)
Posted by Colleen Velo in Blu-ray, Entertainment Comments: (2) Trackbacks: (0)

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#1 - RMA said:
2008-05-04 09:05 - (Reply)

They'll get you every time. I wasted several hours when I got my PS3 troubleshooting problems which eventually turned out to be a bad HDMI cable. Fortunately I had stocked up. Here's another source for affordable ones:

http://www.pcmicrostore.com/

I got three six-footers for $9.95 and they threw in free shipping. But hey, you got gold-plated oxygen-free wonders for your $60, no doubt!

#1.1 - C Velo said:
2008-05-04 10:23 - (Reply)

Oh yes, I am quite sure that the gold plating makes all of the difference. :-)
(The internet says so, after all ;-) ).
btw, thanks for the additional link - probably wouldn't be a bad idea for me to stock up as well. 8-)


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