Comments on: Why HDMI Cables Should Be Cheap

By: John Bachir

John Bachir — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:09:35 +0000

I don’t think it’s the extra shielding or any other construction that’s increasing the price– it’s just artificially increased because the consumers don’t know any better.

Allan W.’s suggestion for http://monoprice.com is a good one– they have loads of cheap cables that do the job.

For those who need perhaps more attention to construction, or analog cables that are within spec and reasonably priced, also check out Blue Jeans cable– look at their HDMI selection– a 7 foot hand-constructed cable for $21!

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/dvi/index.htm

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Why HDMI Cables Are Way Too Expensive - Digital Camcorder News — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:17:02 +0000

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By: Allan W.

Allan W. — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:50:46 +0000

Check out monoprice.com; I just picked up two nice, thick HDMI 2m cables there for only $12! Sounds crazy, I know. Got there from HD4NDs, and mine work great.

By: JeffDM

JeffDM — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:34:31 +0000

I agree. There’s little sense in paying $60 for a 2m HDMI cable, when in most cases, $6 will do fine for most people, for now. Just about any 2m HDMI will properly pass 1080p without issue.

Now, there are standards that are supposedly coming, 1440p and 1080p with deep color, but paying $60 now for cable quality that you don’t need until maybe three to five years from now is silly. By then, the cheap $6 cable probably would have been improved beyond that, so rather than spend $60 now, you spend $10 ($6 shipping) now, and $10 later. That’s a lot less money out the window. We don’t even know if the industry won’t try to force a different connector standard on us by then anyway.