Free HDMI Connections Tips - Picture Is Just That Clear, Clean And Crisp

For some, watching television programs or movies from a DVD player at home is something to pass the time. Sometimes, it is an obsession. In good way, it is a way to connect with other family members.

Recently, I purchased the HDMI 4 foot cable made by rocketfish with the following specifications: 10.2 Gbps (gigga bites per second transfer speed), 1080p (to match that of the Sony Bravia) and 120Hz (again to match that of the Sony Bravia HDTV per earlier in this article).

The packaging calls it an HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface as you can use it to connect a Blue-Ray / DVD player, HD Gaming station, Satellite or Cable, AV receiver and of course an LCD/Plasma HDTV.
It cost around $45.

This helped the picture look crisp and sharp.
I was told by the salesperson was that while my new Sony Bravia was 1080p, any feed from any satellite connection, at least where I live, would only provide a lower 1080i connection, which is a lower quality (but not by too much) than a 1080p feed.

He said that I would only receive a 1080p from my Blue-ray/DVD player.
For that connection, therefore, I went with a slightly more expensive Blue-ray HDMI cable from Monster Cable with the following specifications: 13.8 Gps (faster than the rocketfish HDMI cable), 1080p and 120Hz (the latter two the same as both the Sony Bravia television as well as the rocketfish HDMI cable).
Here is the area in the back of the Sony TV with most of the connecting jacks, including two HDMI connector jacks in the lower right:

In the picture below you can see both of these new HDMI cables feeding into the input jacks on the back of the LCD TV from Sony. The blue ray HDMI cable is, well, blue.

The blue ray HDMI cable cost a whopping (at least to me) $85. Yet, there is no denying that the picture quality from our Blue-ray/DVD player has been dramatically improved.

Above is a picture from the Walt Disney movie The Little Mermaid. If any of you know that movie you know that to find it on a DVD means that the DVD must be around 8 years old or more.

It is like watching the movie for the first time; the picture is just that clear, clean and crisp with the colors so much brighter.
I find that it is the same for watching sporting events from the DVD player. Below is from a DVD of a Notre Dame football game back in 1993; yes 18 years ago! As well, the very first picture in this article was from the same DVD.