Comments on: HDMI cable Mystery – Why are HDMI cables so expensive?

By: interista7878

interista7878 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:24:40 +0000

Wow. You’ve just redefined the concept of digital.

Maybe you should get some real expensive USB cables too, I hear the picture is friggin awesome when you connect a hdd with a Supra USB to your bloody Xbox.

It’s only $200 and it ships with a laser beam picture enhancement thingy and 16 shields.

Works on iPods too (!).

Duh.

By: dtsmucker

dtsmucker — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:33:37 +0000

Shush now. There is no need for you to loose yer temper. You say you “work with hdtv’s all the time”. I’m guessing you work for Dixons or Argos or some other “shop”. If I threw a few issues at you, regarding the differences between interlaced and progressive images, and their shortcomings/benefits. Veiwing distances regarding screen size and chroma/luminance cross talk/ jitter with DVD>blu-ray..

By: ragescene

ragescene — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:47:36 +0000

this is true. i hate everytime a friend buys some expensive cable, cuz he didn’t know and it’s to late to return

By: docwisdom

docwisdom — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:20:45 +0000

I will agree that cheap cables work just as well as the expensive ones, but if you run into a situation where your content demands a high bandwidth HDMI 1.3 to transmit all of its data completely and your cable is inferior, you will run into blocking and breakup issues.

If you plug it in and it works, great. If its blocking and freezing all over the place, you need a better cable.

By: lilsuprano

lilsuprano — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:32:55 +0000

I work with HDTVs all the time too, and you’re way off. An LED TV would not need any different HDMI cable than an LCD TV because they are effectively the same, the only thing that is different is the backlighting.

Secondly, for an HDMI cable to be made, as long as it is certified, it will perform as good as any other. So they’re all the same. Monster is made better and has a lifetime warranty, but the picture wont be any different at all.

By: ray558000

ray558000 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:47:32 +0000

i don’t get it what he means by some hdmi cables might not work why the hell is that ?

By: rpm2004

rpm2004 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:10:04 +0000

@lilsuprano I agree, I’d also like to just say that a lifetime warranty on a cable is just ridiculous, by the time it wears out it will be obsolete anyways.

By: kbi35

kbi35 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:36:24 +0000

HDMI cables are expensive because people that don’t look outside the box buy them from electronic stores.. If people looked online & bought cheaper hdmi cables the prices in stores would come down..

By: TheNextTorres9

TheNextTorres9 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:17:15 +0000

haha i could get 1 for free no problem.!

By: robertlewisvazquez

robertlewisvazquez — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:15:37 +0000

they should sell them included with the price of the tv and then there wouldn’t be should a problem.