I went with my girlfriend yesterday to help her pick out a new TV at Best Buy and when I went to pick up some HDMI cables for her I noticed all Best Buy had were the Monster Cables which were $79.99 or $129.99, for the gold plated. She was ready to purchase them but I told her that was a rip off and could probably find them elsewhere for a reasonable price. I mean it is an HDMI cable so how can one be so much better than the other? So does anybody know a good website or store to get HDMI cables?
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I went with my girlfriend yesterday to help her pick out a new TV at Best Buy and when I went to pick up some HDMI cables for her I noticed all Best Buy had were the Monster Cables which were $79.99 or $129.99, for the gold plated. She was ready to purchase them but I told her that was a rip off and could probably find them elsewhere for a reasonable price. I mean it is an HDMI cable so how can one be so much better than the other? So does anybody know a good website or store to get HDMI cables?
your exactly right, one brand is no better than the next. Here is a good site where you can find everything your looking for. Just pick the lenght you need. Also, check out ebay. I think I got two 15ft cables for like 10 bucks with shipping
Monoprice
your exactly right, one brand is no better than the next. Here is a good site where you can find everything your looking for. Just pick the lenght you need. Also, check out ebay. I think I got two 15ft cables for like 10 bucks with shipping
yuice is right, great site. If you can't wait, they are probably 25-30 bucks at Walmart. Also, the company that provides your HD (Comcast, Direct TV, etc...) should give you one free cable that goes with their HD Box.
yuice is right, great site. If you can't wait, they are probably 25-30 bucks at Walmart. Also, the company that provides your HD (Comcast, Direct TV, etc...) should give you one free cable that goes with their HD Box.
HDMI cables are a 'standard' which means that everyone of them are exactly the same from manufacturer to manufacturer. The difference in price may be due to cable length, a 4 foot cable should cost less than an 8 foot cable. I don't know if there is any difference between a gold plated connector vs another connector, one that you can distinguish visually or audibly. The other factor that needs to be factored in is advertising/marketing. In my opinion Bose makes an average speaker and their price is way over inflated but they get their price because they market their products exceptionally well. I have rocket fish HDMI cables and I have no complaints and I think I paid less than $30 per cable.
HDMI cables are a 'standard' which means that everyone of them are exactly the same from manufacturer to manufacturer. The difference in price may be due to cable length, a 4 foot cable should cost less than an 8 foot cable. I don't know if there is any difference between a gold plated connector vs another connector, one that you can distinguish visually or audibly. The other factor that needs to be factored in is advertising/marketing. In my opinion Bose makes an average speaker and their price is way over inflated but they get their price because they market their products exceptionally well. I have rocket fish HDMI cables and I have no complaints and I think I paid less than $30 per cable.
Good move dperr............Chilitokid is right on about Bose products. They've been doing that for years (making crap & hyping the hell out of it) & the public bought into it. Monster just followed in their footsteps, although, unlike Bose, Monster actually makes a quality product. Their cables are good......look real nice. But performance-wise you'll see no difference between Monster & something that costs $10-$15 from monoprice or Blue Jeans cable. Monster is not even the worst offender.......not by far. Look at stuff from Kimber, Cardas, Morrow, Audience........these companies found out there are a lot of suckers out there with money to burn.
Good move dperr............Chilitokid is right on about Bose products. They've been doing that for years (making crap & hyping the hell out of it) & the public bought into it. Monster just followed in their footsteps, although, unlike Bose, Monster actually makes a quality product. Their cables are good......look real nice. But performance-wise you'll see no difference between Monster & something that costs $10-$15 from monoprice or Blue Jeans cable. Monster is not even the worst offender.......not by far. Look at stuff from Kimber, Cardas, Morrow, Audience........these companies found out there are a lot of suckers out there with money to burn.
I bought HD cables off of EBay for like $6. You can't go wrong with EBay, anything you get in the stores you can find there for less. That is if you can wait the 6 or 7 days for S/H
I bought HD cables off of EBay for like $6. You can't go wrong with EBay, anything you get in the stores you can find there for less. That is if you can wait the 6 or 7 days for S/H
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