since November 2010 must be uniformly marked HDMI cable. The consumer has namely with the 1.3a and 1.4, and whatever does not get what was suggested to him. The new and reliable categories are now standard, High Speed and High Speed with Ethernet. Anyone who buys a cable of type "High Speed with Ethernet", as described herein, has the certainty that all standards are supported by this cable and operate!
As can be seen in the many comments does a HDMI cable similar to a network cable (digital with 0 and 1 on the line). So either get on a decent signal or there is no signal. But there is not the old rule, as with analog cables (SCART, speakers, RCA, etc.) that a more expensive cable the sound is better, and the colors are more lights, etc. The image and the sound through this cable is 100% ,
Strong buy recommendation with the following restriction: Frequent on / off plugging (> 2x daily), live in less than 20m from elektischen train tracks.
HDMI Standard
Ver. 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2a
Speed: 2.25 Gbps
Video: 1080i
Audio: 2.0, 7.1, DVD Audio, SACD
Plug: Normal
HDMI High Speed
Ver. 1.3, 1.3a
Speed: 10.2 Gbps
Video: 1080i, 1080p, Deep Color, 3D, 4K2K
Audio: 2.0, 7.1, DVD Audio, SACD, Dolby Digital, DTS
Plug: Normal, mini (only 1.3a)
HDMI High Speed with Ethernet
Ver. 1.4, 1.4a
Speed: 10.2 Gbps
Video: 1080i, 1080p, Deep Color, 3D, 4K2K
Audio: 2.0, 7.1, DVD Audio, SACD, Dolby Digital, DTS, Audio Return
Plug: Normal, Mini, Micro
Ethernet
Update 2014-07-10:
Meanwhile, the HDMI 2.0 standard has been adopted. This is on the cables require a signal speed of at least 14.4 Gbps to transmit this as a 3D image even at 4K resolutions with the least possible flicker. The cables available here are probably not meet this standard and if, then only the short lengths, as considerably more effort must be put into the shield. So if someone very latest hardware call his own and want to transmit 4K 3D, then he would have to go on a search again if a better shielded cable allows this.
An official name for this type of cables, there is not.
