50 ft HDMI cable, what to look out for?

[Destiny]

1.4a is recognized but the problem is its still in a state of flux. They only released the certification test in march so anything made before then was not allowed to be marked at 1.4a. After march any device bearing the 1.4a labeling had 90 days to comply with the test or remove the 1.4a labeling.

It really made a mess of things because it takes 6-9 months for an electronics company to bring something like a dvd player to the production stage and another 3-4 months to actually ship it. Some of them gambled that what they had in production would pass the final testing and went ahead and started making product with the 1.4a labeling. So there could be products out there made in the early part of this year marked 1.4a but are not actually 1.4a compliant which is what the HDMI licensing was trying to prevent by sending out cease and desist orders. The consumer electronics market is so competitive that some companies couldn't wait and tried to get the jump on having 1.4a products before they were supposed to.

Wow... thanks Modelworks - for some reason I knew I can count on you to clarify this... :biggrin:

I know they are trying to move away from this numbering system and start describing cables ast to what they are capable of. For example, theyll sell you an HDMI cable with 3D capability and network connectivity. Much simpler for the consumers in theory.

That makes a lot of sense... I also noticed big brand name cable companies have recently stopped marketing HDMI 1.4 and lists them as high speed HDMI and 3D ready...:ninja: They probably received cease and desist letters from HDMI too!