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HBO is a premium programming subsidiary of Time Warner that offers two 24-hour pay television services, HBO and Cinemax. More than 150 countries around the world can access HBO and it has upwards of 40 million subscribers in the Unites States.

The Green Channel Beginnings

HBO came into infancy under the name “The Green Channel”. It was the brain child of cable pioneer, Charles Dolan who won the franchise to build the very first cable system for TV in lower Manhattan. With Time Life Management at his back, The Green Channel became Home Box Office in 1972. Sometimes a Great Notion, starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda was the first film to be seen on HBO using a complex of microwave towers to feed the programming.

Time Life gained complete control of HBO on 1973 and it soon became one of the fastest growing subscription services in America. Unfortunately, it also had a very high “churn” rate, which meant that subscribers would try it for a while and then dump it by cancelling their subscription.

Free Previews Save the Day

The daring “free preview” concept was tested in Lawrence, Massachusetts where people were given a free trial for 3 months before they had to start paying for it. The promotion proved itself by the fact that many chose to sign onto the program. The concept enabled HBO subscriptions to stick in other areas of the country and it eventually gained a firm foothold.

HBO Goes High Definition

In 1975 HBO with the broadcast of the Thrilla in Manilla boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, it became the first network to deliver continuous signals via satellite. (Sattelite Tv subscribers now have the option of purchasing HBO as part of their service package.) Continuing advances in technology permitted HBO to eventually offer a high definition (high resolution) version of its channel.

HBO has been the subject of criticism over the years because of the fact that it offers restricted content to its viewers, but it also has the reputation for offering exceptionally high quality original programming. Approximately one third of the households in the United States that subscribe to a television serve are set up to receive HBO. HBO has spun in several different directions in the broadcast industry making it a leader in telecommunications.

Your home cinema system or audio visual system will require a certain level of cabling to maximise the available sound quality of your system. Therefore you will want to maximise your equipment with digital connections to each audio visual component to achieve the best listening experience. The very good news is that you can obtain noticeable sound quality improvements from your home cinema system through using suitable digital HDMI interconnects (High Definition Multimedia Interface).

In this article we explode the industry biased HDMI Cable Reviews and show you how with inexpensive standard HDMI cable you can achieve excellent results and enhance your home cinema listening experience and get noticeable sound quality improvement through your audio visual system utilising the available digital connections.

Choosing the best HDMI cables for your own system is a fairly straightforward process and there are a few things to be considered before you buy. Firstly, do not get brainwashed by retail shops that try to sell you the most expensive cables because they want you to spend as much as possible rather than understanding the needs or requirements of your home cinema setup – don’t be fooled.

So what HDMI Cable would be best suited for my home cinema system?

Firstly, the basic principle behind HDMI is to transmit uncompressed digital data via 2 interfaces and digital data cables should be mainly compared by the quality of the components and manufacture. The HDMI Cable Reviews available seem to focus on the more you spend the more you achieve – well stop and think again. Good quality manufacture of an inexpensive HDMI connector cable gives the same results as spending 10x or 20x more.

Generally you will find that many of the available HDMI Cable Reviews do not explain the importance of the usages in differing applications of the standard home used HDMI interface. It is very useful to understand the importance of the different HDMI specifications, whereby, a Cat 1 cable is capable of sending an audio visual signal to achieve maximum results on a 720p or 1080i TV/LCD screen and a Cat 2 HDMI Cable is capable of delivering an audio visual signal to achieve best results on 720p, 1080i, 1080p & the new 1600p TV/LCD devices. The standard specifications for HDMI are a number ranging from 1.0 to 1.4 which represents the new HDMI specification and interface versions being made available right now, 1.4 being the latest DHMI interface specification. However, don’t worry about these numbers as any new HDMI equipped devices are backwards compatible for cabling purposes.

It is important that you choose the minimum length of cable for connecting your equipment and getting an HDMI interconnect that has top manufacture quality. In order to achieve the best sound and video quality from your equipment the digital cabling plays a big part.