Any local place sell cheap HDMI cables?

[leemajors]

CNET strongly recommends cheap HDMI cables widely available from online retailers instead of the expensive counterparts sold in your local electronics store.

Here's why:

Expensive cables aren't worth it
If you walk into your typical electronics store to buy an HDMI cable, you're likely to see prices upward of $50 with promises of better performance and faster speeds. Do you really need to spend that much money on a single HDMI cable?

Absolutely not--those cables are a rip-off. You should never pay more than $10 for a standard six-foot HDMI cable. And despite what salesmen and manufacturers might tell you, there's no meaningful difference between the $10 cable and the $50 cable. Unless you see something obvious, such as dropouts or a flashing screen, the digital information transmitted by both cables is exactly the same--no cable can make the picture any better or any worse. We've used cables from many different companies in the past--such as Belkin, Accell, Monoprice, Monster, and SimplayHD--and have not run into any consistent issues with any brand of cable. With working cables and solid connections, we've seen no dropouts and "sparklies"--just consistent, dependable, high-quality audio and video. It's that simple.



You are correct......... my bad. Well, I didnt pay much for my HDMI cable anyhow. They were on closeout.

Monster's had quite a racket going on for a while now. I can't imagine what places like Best Buy charge to "install" your tv and dvd player.

[Slomo]

Monster's had quite a racket going on for a while now. I can't imagine what places like Best Buy charge to "install" your tv and dvd player.

To be fair, cable quality did play a role in the analogue world.

[manustarting2gd]

Monoprice.com

2nd this. Monoprice is the shiiiiit. If your looking for a tv mounting bracket, this is the spot to go to as well. Take notice!

[phyzik]

I *THINK* if you go to a Time Warner Cable store and tell them you need one for your cable box, they might just give you one. Assuming you have an account with them. They ship them with their cable boxes for free I think.

[Bender]

last time I bought something (DVD player) at Bjorn's in San antonio, they were pushing Monster component cables for $69.95.

now that I just got a blu-ray player and a sony HDTV, I need cheap HDMI cables. I was planning to go with monoprice...