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The different parts of our home cinema setup are connected to each other with cables.

Several years ago there were different video and audio cables available:

  • Composite video cables
  • DVI cables
  • Coaxial video cables
  • Component video cables
  • Stereo RCA cables
  • Coax digital S/PDIF cables
  • Optical cables
  • HDMI
  • Speaker cable.

Today a home cinema setup needs only HDMI 2.1 cables, speaker wire for connecting the speakers to the AV receiver and stereo RCA cable for connecting the subwoofers to the AV receiver.

 

 

 

 

 

There are many different brands of all these three types of cables and their price ranges considerably, from cheap to very expensive. For instance HDMI and speaker cables can be as expensive as several thousands of euros/dollars.

 

 

 

Do not spend a lot of money on cables. Never spend more than 5% of the value of the home cinema system. Just search the internet, read the reviews and find the best offers. Keep in mind that:

  • HDMI cables must be capable of transmitting 8K
  • thicker speaker wires (gauge 12, 14) are better for longer setups, and high power usage, and low impedance systems and thinner wires (16 or 18 gauge) are better for distances less than 50ft.

 

 


 

 

 


Kostas Stergiou

Kostas Stergiou is a Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was the former Director of the Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters of HCMR (2013-2021).He has research interests on fish and fisheries ecology, modeling and forecasting, ecosystem management, and bibliometrics. He has contributed more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and several other publications (see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k8hb4pIAAAAJ).Since 2008 and 2015 he developed the home cinema and smart home hobbies and has installed different home cinema setups in two different houses which have lately been transformed to smart ones.

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