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Review on Monoprice Certified Premium HDMI Cable - 3ft White - 4K@60Hz, HDR, 18Gbps, 28AWG, YUV 4:4:4 by Brent Ayyagari

Revainrating 5 out of 5

OMG it worked! Best in Cables & Interconnects

Works! Oh my god, I guess only those trying to drive a long HDMI cable at 4K@60Hz will understand. Let's start with the verification. I have a Denon AVR-S730H connected to a LG 65C7P with an Oppo UDP-203 capable of 4K playback. I put my AVR on the wall opposite the TV (I wanted it to be very clean under my TV). I have a basement under the house where I currently run my front left, right and center speakers. I was looking for a really long copper cable that supports 4K @ 60Hz with HDR enabled. It also requires Deep Color support (I won't settle for less, lol). I knew a 25 foot cable would be the shortest cable I would need and I cut it very short. I have very little play on either end but it works! I enabled HDR and Deep Color on TV and 4K @ 60Hz 4:2:2 on Oppo (4:2:0 is supposedly experimental). I also have the 4:4:4 option but I didn't enable it on Oppo. I doubt I'll see a difference lol. After setting 4K60Hz 4:2:2 for a while, I switched Oppo back to Auto. If anyone needs me to test 4K60Hz 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 let me know and I'll watch the full movie. 4:2:0 is given lol. I'm testing with John Wick 2 and don't see any dropouts or twinkles! A NOTICE. I can't tell you the number of bits per channel (bpc) yet. 4:4:4 is likely 8-channel while 4:2:0 is 10-bit and 4:2:2 is 12-bit. Getting a long HDMI cable that actually works in my setup was a real hassle. Yes I could use an HDMI fiber optic cable but look at the huge price difference. Always use the cheapest solution that works! Also of note is that I also tried the 35ft Monoprice Lux cable. That does not work. I had glitter before turning on the deep color. Turning on saturated colors resulted in signal loss. It should also be noted that the number of connections matters. Oh yes, it's important. I'd like to use the HDMI keystone jack for a really clean look, but I'm pretty sure that won't work.

Pros
  • Audio & Video Accessories
Cons
  • Could have chosen a newer model