Reddit reviews AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable 2-Pack - 6.5 Feet (2 Meters) Supports Ethernet, 3D, 4K and Audio Return

No idea why you got downvoted as this was a perfectly reasonable answer and suggestion for OP.

OP, try here.

Edit: Fuck all of you.

Red_Spork is refering to these. Very good quality for the price.

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-High-Speed-Supports-Ethernet-Standard/dp/B0052SCU8U/ref=pd_ys_iyr2

This is the cheapest I could find with prime shipping (2 for $8). Monoprice is a little cheaper ($3.61 each).

Just find the cheapest one you can. Quality doesn't matter with short digital cables like this, either they work or they just don't.

If this is for the living room/main TV area setup a 2.0 system. You'll be able to expand and upgrade it over time where the soundbar is a throwaway item.

AVR - Denon AVR-E200 $130

Speakers - Yamaha NS-BP101 $50+shipping

Don't forget speaker wire $10, optical audio cable $6, and maybe a few HDMI cables $8

Later down the road add in a powered subwoofer for $100 and you're really in business.

Right? I couldn't believe they packaged a standard HDMI cable with a console which only outputs video from a standard HDMI port!

Too bad the HDMI Forum hasn't gotten off their lazy butts and finished that next spec, what with its 4:2:0 chroma subsampling and all.

Do you have prime?

I sure hope you do!

Also, It's too quiet in here! In fact, so quiet that I might launch a contest later, it's still undecided.

Just standard HDMI cables, just made sure they supported ARC. The wall plates are basically just a female to female adapter. These are the parts I used.

HDMI wall plate adapters x 2

HDMI cables

Double gang wall plate kit

Speaker wall mounts

Generally everything else was just off the shelf at Home Depot.

I have soft restarted it from the menu. I have not powered it off by unplugging. As I menteiond, when I had the switchbox between the fire and the TV the resolution menu in the fire would tell me the display was not HDCP2.2 compliant. Once I removed the switch I replaced the hdmi cable with https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052SCU8U/ So there are only 4 devices hooked to the TV, HDMI 1 is the DirectvDVR which feeds through an Xbox one. HDMI 2 is the FireTV. and the Optical audio output is connected to a Vizio soundbar. Near as I can tell everything is correct, the FireTv just wont enable its menus.

From the manual;

> HDMI 2 (ver.2.0) – HDMI 2 houses a HDMI version 2.0 connection. Under
ultra HD 4K x 2K resolution this connection supports 60 Hz refresh rate and
HDCP 2.2. This HDMI also supports CEC (consumer electronics control)
function. HDMI connects to devices that use HDMI cable, such as Blu-ray or
HD DVD player, or HD cable / satellite set-top box. This connection port
receives pure digital audio and high definition signal through one single cable.
This port also can accept a HDCP video device for video.

>HDMI 1 (ver. 2.0 / MHL) – HDMI 1 houses a HDMI version 2.0 connection.
Under ultra HD 4K x 2K resolution this connection supports 60 Hz refresh
rate and HDCP 2.2. This HDMI also supports CEC (consumer electronics
control) functions. HDMI connects to devices that use HDMI cable, such as
Blu-ray or HD DVD player, or HD cable / satellite set-top box. This
connection port receives pure digital audio and high definition signal through
one single cable. This port also can accept a HDCP video device for video.

I already have all of this set up except for the XB1. Right now the switcher just goes into the TV. I've had it for about a month so I'll tell you my experience so far.

First off, here's the switcher I got. It's $87 but it's on sale for $34.99. That's why I got it all now, I couldn't pass that price up. Installation is really easy. In the picture you can see there are 5 numbered ports that you plug the devices into. There's one port for output. And, of course, a power input. The front has 5 LED's, one for each input. Whichever input you use is the LED that is currently lit. Also there's an LED to indicate that it's on. What isn't shown is the remote (I don't know why). It's very small. I'd say about 3"x2"x1/4". It takes one of those round watch batteries. It only has 8 buttons- 1 for power, 5 for inputs, 1 with a left arrow, 1 with a right arrow (for quick input switching). The IR detector is on the front next to the LED's. The switcher is black, so it blends in. It was very easy to set up and use, this coming from a guy that knows nothing about wiring things or any of that. If you can install a game console into a TV, you can install this thing. Basically, plug all your devices into the inputs via HDMI cable (if your device doesn't have one, look for an HDMI out port on it or a converter for the device). Then, plug an HDMI cable from the output of the switcher to the input of your TV and you're done. Just turn on your cable box, for example. Let's say it goes to input 1 on the switcher. Put the switcher on input 1, and the TV will show the picture. What I've been finding is if I have my cable box on in input 1, and I turn my xbox 360 on (in input 2), the switcher will automatically switch to input 2. However, when I turn the xbox off, it doesn't automatically go back to input 1 which is weird. Also, the LED's on the front are bright. I'm not kidding, it was somewhat blinding. Especially since the remote has to be pointed directly at the box, so you can't exactly hide it. I put a piece of black paper over it. It's dark enough to dim the light, but thin enough to still show what input I'm on. These are just some things to consider.

All in all, I love it, and I can't wait to use in on the XB1. It'll be great.

TL;DR: Mine was on sale for $35, but regularly is $87. No, setup is a breeze, even for a guy like me who knows nothing about wiring. If you can hookup your game console to your TV, you can hook up one of these.

EDIT: I'd also like to point out to anyone wondering, there's no lag caused by this at all. It's just like the XB1 passthrough. It doesn't do any upscaling of definition or anything like that.

Well, unless you have a 4K display and 4k source, just get the cheapest version 1.4 you can find.

Amazonbasics for example

The only thing I can think of is an HDMI cable, if you need one. Not too many monitors come with those just yet. AmazonBasics has a nice cheap 2-pack.

this is the cable im using for hdmi, it says 1.4 but research says theres no such thing as 1.4 vs 2.0 cables? confused

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052SCU8U/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The amazon basics cable (at least in my country) only supports hdmi v1.4 which tops out at 4k 30fps, meaning that any higher frame rate content presumably isn't being played above 30fps? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_1.4