HDMI Cables

[tesco]

I can't believe the prices some stores are charging for HDMI cables. :lol:

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10089406&catid=25326
$600 for a 75m cable... :lol:

Even a 1m cable from monster costs over $100.


I got a free cable with my sister's cheapo lcd tv which probably costs the company about $2.
It's a major selling point for the tv since buying a cable in the same store would cost a minimum of $50 anyway. :frusty:

Home Depot, which doesn't specialize in electronics at all, carrys cables that cost $36.99, that's the best price i've found so far in canadian stores.

[Broken]

The local Big Lots (a US close out store) has HDMI cables for under $10.
Even at that price, it's a hard sell for me. From what I've read the improvement over regular wiring is so slight, it' just not worth it. At least not to me.

[tesco]

I compared component with HDMI and could see 0 difference.
IMO the only advantage to hdmi is that it combines all those wires into one (2 audio, 3 video).

[Smith]

I was doing a job and the Audio Visual guys were in and I had a conversation with them about Monster. Apparently the idea that everyone has about them being the superior quality cable is wrong, there just as good as anything else out there. Nation Audio I think they were called.

I always look on www.redflagdeals.com, for people selling those cables.

[Skiz]

Have you tried eBay?

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=hdmi+cables&category0=

[Detale]

Newegg is always good also HDMI cables search (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=HDMI+cables&x=8&y=26)
They have a bunch for $6 bucks USD

Also I had noticed the same thing about printer USB cables a while back. When you buy a printer in Best Buy it never comes with the cables and they charge OUTRAGEOUS prices for them. Evenstill they do this

BB:Geek Squad® - 10' USB 2.0 A/B Cable (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6801133&productCategoryId=abcat0515013&type=product&tab=2&id=1091099783522#productdetail)--$40.99

Newegg:GENERIC 10 ft. USB 2.0 AM/BM Silver Cable Model 10U2-02210-C - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812116113)-$2.39!

THATS OUTRAGEOUS!!

[clocker]

Also I had noticed the same thing about printer USB cables a while back. When you buy a printer in Best Buy it never comes with the cables and they charge OUTRAGEOUS prices for them. Evenstill they do this

BB:Geek Squad® - 10' USB 2.0 A/B Cable (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6801133&productCategoryId=abcat0515013&type=product&tab=2&id=1091099783522#productdetail)--$40.99

Newegg:GENERIC 10 ft. USB 2.0 AM/BM Silver Cable Model 10U2-02210-C - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812116113)[SIZE=4]-$2.39!

[SIZE=2]THATS OUTRAGEOUS!!

One of the focal points of the shop where I used to work was the cable selection.
We had a whole wall full (much to my chagrin...PITA to inventory and keep dusted, not to mention a boring use of valuable retail space, but...) and sold a ton of USB cables for new printers (even at $2.39 Newegg is more than doubling their cost, BTW).

Anyway, one day a guy walks in, bitches about needing a cable- most folks just assume there will be one in the box- and I show him our selection...the most expensive of which is $2.99.

He stares at them for a moment, turns to me and asks...
"Got any used ones?"

Retail is a bitch.

[porscha]

I can't believe the prices some stores are charging for HDMI cables. :lol:

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10089406&catid=25326
$600 for a 75m cable... :lol:

Even a 1m cable from monster costs over $100.


I got a free cable with my sister's cheapo lcd tv which probably costs the company about $2.
It's a major selling point for the tv since buying a cable in the same store would cost a minimum of $50 anyway. :frusty:

Home Depot, which doesn't specialize in electronics at all, carrys cables that cost $36.99, that's the best price i've found so far in canadian stores.

Thanks for the tip, I was looking for HDMI but refused to pay the outrageous prices. At Leon's in Ontario, Canada they wanted 100.00$. What a rip off these companies are charging. I do believe that components are just as good as someone else stated here. The advantage for HDMI is one cable instead of three, I like the idea of less wires hanging around. And now that the prices are consumer friendly I will buy one.

[fsephie]

Yeah, I'm amazed at what people will pay for "superior" quality gold-plated anti-ghoul yadda yadda cables. I just always try and buy things that come with the cables, unless I have to shell out a pretty hefty percentage of the original purchase.

I hate peripherals.

[Nickthestick91]

I always get my HDMI cables from http://monoprice.com (http://monoprice.com/). Haven't checked in a while, but back when I would buy them, they were around $4 for 3ft. Pretty good deal imo. :)

[Busyman™]

I always get my HDMI cables from http://monoprice.com (http://monoprice.com/). Haven't checked in a while, but back when I would buy them, they were around $4 for 3ft. Pretty good deal imo. :)

Eggzacklee. I've been shopping there for awhile now.

I see people buying these expensive cables and laugh.

I see an 11 ft USB cable at a retail shop for $25-$30 and the go to monoprice and get a longer cable for a 5th of that.

If you don't see much or no difference between component and HDMI, imagine the difference between Monster HDMI and monoprice HDMI.

[whitmar]

I am not an expert, but my understanding is that store-bought DVDs with copy protection may be limited to a lower resolution on component cables because of some kind of handshake issue. This would be avoided with HDMI. However, a shared release should play fine on either.

[Busyman™]

I am not an expert, but my understanding is that store-bought DVDs with copy protection may be limited to a lower resolution on component cables because of some kind of handshake issue. This would be avoided with HDMI. However, a shared release should play fine on either.

HDMI has nothing to do with DVD. You might be thinking hi-def discs.

[whitmar]

You're right, I meant to say HD DVDs. (I shouldn't post right after I wake up!) :lol:

[colt45joe]

store-bought DVDs with copy protection may be limited to a lower resolution on component cables because of some kind of handshake issue. This would be avoided with HDMI.


this is true. with my ps3 all my DVDs are limited to 480p because i am using component.

my blu-rays play in 1080i.

[whitmar]

This is quoted from the Toshiba HD-A1 manual: “HD DVD and DVD video disc creators have the option to include copy protection instructions in their discs that prohibit the output of some standard video or high definition video (original 720p or 1080i or up-converted 480i or 480p) from the COMPONENT OUTPUT jacks. If such instructions are present in the disc you are playing, you must use the HDMI OUTPUT jack to view the disc in a high definition format and the COMPONENT OUTPUT jacks, if activated, will output video only in 480i or 480p resolution.”

I hope this clarifies what I was trying to say earlier.

[Busyman™]

store-bought DVDs with copy protection may be limited to a lower resolution on component cables because of some kind of handshake issue. This would be avoided with HDMI.


this is true. with my ps3 all my DVDs are limited to 480p because i am using component.

my blu-rays play in 1080i.

DVDs were limited to 480p anyway unless upconverted to HD formats (720p/1080i/p).

The HDMI/component issue has to do with hi-def and nothing to do with content on the DVD.

I have an upconvert DVD player that won't show HD format unless using HDMI. This has to do with the DVD player showing anything hi-def and not the DVD itself.

If I try to upconvert an old DVD than predates HDMI (so it can't have the instructions on it), I still can't upconvert DVDs over component.

That is a hardware/firmware limitation of my particular upconvert player.

I've heard of other players that do upconvert over component.

edit: Also by what you are saying, your DVDs have this protection on it yet the Blu-Rays don't.

That is false.

Any digital medium can have the protection. That is called HDCP (ICT).

[DKre8ive1]

I just asked my cable guy when he came to install my boxes around the house for a few extra ones in case I buy some other components and he gave me like 2 sets. :) So that would be my advice or you could call your local cable/digital tv provider and ask if they could send you some just say that the one you have now is messing up your reception or that you bought another HDTV.

I also think that since signal is digital(a bunch of 1 & 0's) I really can't see how they could say that one cable is superior to another. Who knows maybe the build quality could be used as there selling point, but still I think these companies are charging way to much for them in my humble opinion.

[SaYiaN]

I always get my HDMI cables from http://monoprice.com (http://monoprice.com/). Haven't checked in a while, but back when I would buy them, they were around $4 for 3ft. Pretty good deal imo. :)

Eggzacklee. I've been shopping there for awhile now.

I see people buying these expensive cables and laugh.

I see an 11 ft USB cable at a retail shop for $25-$30 and the go to monoprice and get a longer cable for a 5th of that.

If you don't see much or no difference between component and HDMI, imagine the difference between Monster HDMI and monoprice HDMI.

+1 on monoprice site, Have my whole HT setup using their cables. I don't even notice a diff compared to some MONSTER cables :happy:

[Busyman™]

Eggzacklee. I've been shopping there for awhile now.

I see people buying these expensive cables and laugh.

I see an 11 ft USB cable at a retail shop for $25-$30 and the go to monoprice and get a longer cable for a 5th of that.

If you don't see much or no difference between component and HDMI, imagine the difference between Monster HDMI and monoprice HDMI.

+1 on monoprice site, Have my whole HT setup using their cables. I don't even notice a diff compared to some MONSTER cables :happy:

Yeah about order some component cable extenders for proprietary cables.

I can't just get longer Xbox 360 cables since the connector is proprietary. The same goes for the Vision camera so I need to extend the USB connector.

Actually I need to also extend my cable box power plug too

Monoprice has all of that.

[artsluver]

yup, monoprice is the best place to go, I get all my pc parts wholesale and I still go to monoprice for hdmi.