Product Details
The Chord HDMI 1.3 Silver Plus is one of our most popular premium HDMI cables.
If you are looking for a premium HDMI cable and especially if you want a particularly long cable, then the this is an excellent choice.
It delivers 1080P and HDMI V1.3 a and b at all lengths
Chord HDMI 1.3 Silver Plus cables that are 20M or longer include a special signal booster technology that guarantees 1080P up to an impressive 60 metres
Cables have different coloured plugs at each end since the longer cables with a line amplifier are directional. However, even on the shorter lengths it is good practise to keep the cable always running in the same direction after you re-install it.
Heavy gauge silver-plated oxygen free copper signal conductors
Dual foil shielding system
High quality gold-plated signal area HDMI plug
1.3 specification
1080p signal transmission up to 40 metres
WHAT HI-FI HDMI Cable of the Year 2007
WHAT HI-FI 5 STARS November 2007"Improved specs, 1.3 compatibility and 1080P performance up to 60m are all impressive, but the picture is more so, this is a stunning cable"
Chord HDMI 1.3 Silver Plus Cable Chord have now released the new improved HDMI Silver Plus cable. The cable has been extensively redesigned to be HDMI v1.3 compliant and to deliver the best picture and sound, especially over longer lengths. These new cables use heavier gauge conductors, silver-plated to optimise skin effect and improve high frequency transmission. Insulation is foamed polyethylene chosen for its performance over longer runs of cable where minimal loss of signal is critical.
Special attention was paid to the internal and overall shielding. Internal shields are dual aluminium Mylar foil and the overall shield is a combination of
foil and braid. This delivers excellent high frequency shielding whilst retaining flexibility and minimising weight.
The plug surround has been redesigned with a lower profile to fit closely spaced sockets and to produce a more reliable connection.
The new Chord Hdmi Silver Plus has been tested against the highly rated original HDMI Silver Plus with a wide range of equipment (using projectors, plasma screens and LCD TVs). Colours are noticeably more vibrant, contrast is improved and images are sharper with lower noise giving a greater sense of perspective or depth of field.
reviews:
"Improved specs, 1.3 compatibility and 1080P performance up to 60m are all impressive, but the picture is more so, the Chord 1.3 hdmi is a stunning cable"
- What Hi-Fi November 2007
"Stunning Cable with improved specifications - 1.3a compatibility and guaranteed 1080p performance up to 40m are all impressive, but the picture and sound are even more so. Replace your freebie HDMI cables with this Chord and enjoy a real performance boost to your system" What Hi-Fi Sound & Vision November 2007
HDMI 1.3 Silver Plus (press release)
http://www.chord.co.uk/chordweb/hdmi_13_press_release.htm
installation guide
http://www.chord.co.uk/chordweb/hdmi_13_install_guide.htm
features and specifications:
HDMI 1.3 compatible
Special signal booster technology guarantees 1080P up to a staggering 60 metres
Silver-plated oxygen free copper conductors
Gold-plated contacts
High performance shielding system
Low loss performance
Available in 0.5, 1.5, 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40m lengths 15, 20, 30 and 40m Lengths include a amplifier/repeater
http://www.chord.co.uk/chordweb/hdmi_13_press_release.htm
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HDMI 1.3a adds six benefits to the HDMI palette. The most obvious and easiest to understand is higher data transfer speed. The HDMI 1.3a standard increases single-link bandwidth to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbps), which will support demands of future HD display devices incorporating higher resolutions, Deep Color and high frame rates. Keep in mind that previous versions of HDMI are fully capable of 1080p performance. Even more, the FCC has presented no imminent plans for a “higher” high-definition system than 1080p. Because 1080p has just begun to enter the market this increased bandwidth can be considered more a hedge against future applications than something the industry and consumers can benefit from in the near future.
HDMI 1.3a also supports a format known as Deep Color. You may see this referred to as Extended-gamut YCC (xvYCC). Deep Color is a new color space used in video electronics. It can support 1.8 times as many colors as RGB. RGB, as you may know, creates colors through a mixture of Red, Green, and Blue primary colors. Deep Color defines colors by means of an algorithm that can specify any color in nature.
This improvement in color performance is significant only in specifications. Current HDTV broadcasts (and the current HDMI standard) uses 8-bit color depth. The new HDMI 1.3a standard with Deep Color capability expands the number of colors viewable on an HDTV from millions to billions, while eliminating color banding and subtle gradations between colors through the use of 10-bit, 12-bit, and 16-bit color depths. It is vitally important to understand that every movie ever transferred to DVD or any other digital format has been done using 8-bit color depth. While the new Deep Color format could provide an improvement in picture quality, there currently is no content (no movies, TV shows or archived material) available that can be easily trans-coded into the new system. With the existing issues of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) just beginning to be worked out it is highly unlikely that Hollywood and the entertainment industry will rush to provide software that is a clone of the original movie quality. The first place Deep Color is likely to be used is in advanced gaming systems, but even that milestone seems beyond the immediate future.
HDMI 1.3a incorporates automatic audio syncing (lip sync) capability. This is a system that will automatically adjust for the difference in electronic latency between the processing circuits of the sound and image. This discrepancy sometimes manifests itself as a slight delay in the sound compared to the image.
HDMI 1.3a supports output of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio streams for external decoding by AV receivers. TrueHD and DTS-HD are lossless audio codec formats used on HD DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. If the disc player can decode these streams into uncompressed audio, then HDMI 1.3 is not necessary, as all versions of HDMI can transport uncompressed audio.
HDMI 1.3a provides for a new mini connector for devices such as camcorders.
