A:AnswerThat's because Ocean and Sky are exclusive to Best Buy. They use the exact same design principles as the rest of the line. If Ocean and Sky were part of the regular line up, Ocean would be in between Pearl and Forest, and Sky would be in between Forest and Cinnamon.
A:AnswerFor the best sound quality, the arrows should point in the same direction as the signal flow, i.e. from your cable box (or BluRay player, Play Station, etc.) to the TV.
A:AnswerThe names Category 1 and 2 have not been used in many years. Officially there are four types of HDMI cable: Standard Speed (with or without Ethernet) and High Speed (with or without Ethernet). Sky is a High Speed with Ethernet HDMI cable, and is fully compatible with 4K/60, HDR and HDCP 2.2.
A:AnswerNo. Any AudioQuest HDMI cable with a braided jacket will not be in-wall rated. If that's what you need, take a look at Ocean. All lengths use an in-wall rated PVC jacket.
A:AnswerI am currently using this as an arc hdmi on my Bose soundbar. No issues at all with it, in fact the Bose hdmi cable was giving me intermittent issues that were corrected by this cable.
A:AnswerWhen it comes to choosing cables, there's no one "right" cable - it's a case of going with the best cable you can. This is because cables cannot improve the signal they carry, they can only make improvements by introducing less distortion into the system and doing less harm to the signal. The less distortion, the better. The best cable therefore is the one that introduces the least distortion and affects the signal as little as possible. And this is true for all cables. And the further up the line you go, the better it gets.
Sky will make your TV sound much better compared to the supplied HDMI cable.
A:AnswerIn principle it's always best to avoid any unnecessary connections in the signal path, however with two short HDMI cables the compromise would be very small.
A:AnswerMine does this often. Sometimes it comes on with the TV sometimes it does not. After my two year old Samsung 4k Smart TV bit the dust (stopped emitting any sound at all) and was replaced under the extended warranty I was hopeful the issue would go away. It did not. Now I have an LG 4K Smart TV and it does the same thing. When I called Polk the rep suggested I use HDMI ARC rather than optical but that did not solve the problem. The next time I spoke with them they told me I could return it. I have not done that yet, but I bought the extended warranty on it, so I will probably do it some day before it expires.
A:AnswerHdmi is high speed video and audio all in one simple connection cable. Internet comes through an ethernet cable, a completely different type of cable
A:AnswerThese cables are polarized,meaning looking at your plugs, you will see a white directional arrow, the plug with the arrow pointing at the plug, plugs into the tv. The other plug with the arrow pointing away from plug goes to your receiver. Hope this helps!
A:AnswerThe in-wall version uses Solid Long-Grain Copper (2.0 meters, $43.95) while the cinnamon cable uses Solid 1.25% Silver (2.0 meters, $109.95), different price-point for the upgraded metal and metal-layer noise-dissipation system on the cinnamon.
A:AnswerI just purchased a Sony OLED and I can say there was a HUGE difference from my older HDMI cables. I would recommend trying one or the cheaper ocean line from audioquest and going from there.