Why All HDMI Cables Are The Same
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 6:47 pm
Had a lovely argument with a co-worker the other day over HDMI cables. He was putting together a new home theater system and was asking my opinion about some stuff on it. What he wasn't asking my opinion on was HDMI cables. Knowing full well he was buying his equipment from Best Buy, I made sure to make a point of suggesting he pick up his cables off of Monoprice or Amazon, because of the price difference between cables (and BB trying to screw the customer out of as much money as they can.) Of course, he'd already been talking to the BB guys and had been convinced he had to buy the latest and greatest Monster cables to get his set-up to work correctly.
I found these great and very informative articles on Cnet discussing exactly why those cheapy $5 cables from Amazon will work just as well as the $100 cables from Monster and sent them to him. Unfortunately, his brain had been corrupted past the point of reason, but hopefully, if any of you ever run into anyone in a similar situation, or if you even have any doubts yourself, these will help you out!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-200 ... -the-same/
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57 ... me-part-2/
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57 ... -the-same/
Now please excuse me while I go and order a few cheap HDMI cables off of Amazon. I love Monoprice, but $8 to ship $5 worth of cables is just not worth it to me.
I found these great and very informative articles on Cnet discussing exactly why those cheapy $5 cables from Amazon will work just as well as the $100 cables from Monster and sent them to him. Unfortunately, his brain had been corrupted past the point of reason, but hopefully, if any of you ever run into anyone in a similar situation, or if you even have any doubts yourself, these will help you out!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-200 ... -the-same/
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57 ... me-part-2/
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57 ... -the-same/
Now please excuse me while I go and order a few cheap HDMI cables off of Amazon. I love Monoprice, but $8 to ship $5 worth of cables is just not worth it to me.