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In what is yet another example of big-box stores (*cough*BestBuy*cough*) preying on uneducated consumers, a shopper recently snapped a few photos from behind the display allegedly showing the difference between high-priced Monster brand HDMI cables and cheaper generic HDMI cables. There was a difference all right! The “cheap HDMI cable” HDTV was in fact fed by plain old vanilla composite cables. As you can imagine, ANY real HDMI cable would perform better than RCA cables, Monster or not! Whoops. As the late Chris Farley would have said, “Big Mistake. BIG Mistake.”
If this is also happening in YOUR local big box store, please throw a fit. A loud, messy fit. The kind embarrassing scene that requires a manager to deal with. Because this sort of blatant corporate dishonesty is simple unacceptable. And then go buy your HDMI cables at Amazon instead.
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Want even cheaper? Check out Monoprice.com. I got a pair of 10′ HDMI cables for $12 there. They work great, gold plated and all.
Best Buy. Cheatin’ Sunza Beaches. This is why I have a moratorium imposed against Best Buy. I recommend to EVERYONE I know (and even some I don’t - like you guys) NOT to buy from this rip off store. Overpriced and under responsive is the history that I have with this chain. I think I’ve successfully steered about $4200 in business away from them so far. I’m thinking their feeling this pinch pretty severely. It won’t be long before they close every store in Las Vegas due to my sanctions.
I usually go to pricewatch.com for whatever computer peripherals I need and I think the last time I bought HDMI cables, I wound up getting them from CGX Cables or something like that. It was good, they were inexpensive and are working fine. Byebye Bestbye.
Andrew Hamilton
Video Production Las Vegas
http://www.hiproductions.com