Digital AV cables rip-off
 

On Mar 30, 1:40=A0pm, UCLAN wrote:
JBDragon wrote:
I use $15 Beldon HDMI cables in my installations. Never a problem.
Can't say =A0the same about $3-$5 "monoprice" type cables. Yeah, they
work...most of the time.
That high price your paying for that MONSTER cables, well most of it is
markup.

[you're]

Why is it I write that I use $15 Belden cables, and you reply that I'm
paying a high price for MONSTER cables?

As far as your "they are all the same" mantra, I suggest you educate
yourself with HDMI specifications and about some of the things that
might go wrong with cheaply made HDMI cables. I read the horror stories
in various forums.

For starters, read *all* of:

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articl...o.htm?hdmiinfo

Pay careful attention to the "eye-pattern" testing sections.

Please don't cut out a sentence or two that looks like it supports your
position and paste it here. That's quite transparent.

I see nothing in that article that justifies buying a Belden cables for say 3-15 feet and I
have had no failures with cables of these lengts from monoprice.

Digital AV cables rip-off
 

"Fred" wrote in message
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On Mar 30, 1:40=A0pm, UCLAN wrote:
JBDragon wrote:
I use $15 Beldon HDMI cables in my installations. Never a problem.
Can't say =A0the same about $3-$5 "monoprice" type cables. Yeah, they
work...most of the time.
That high price your paying for that MONSTER cables, well most of it is
markup.

[you're]

Why is it I write that I use $15 Belden cables, and you reply that I'm
paying a high price for MONSTER cables?

As far as your "they are all the same" mantra, I suggest you educate
yourself with HDMI specifications and about some of the things that
might go wrong with cheaply made HDMI cables. I read the horror stories
in various forums.

For starters, read *all* of:

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articl...o.htm?hdmiinfo

Pay careful attention to the "eye-pattern" testing sections.

Please don't cut out a sentence or two that looks like it supports your
position and paste it here. That's quite transparent.

I see nothing in that article that justifies buying a Belden cables for
say 3-15 feet and I
have had no failures with cables of these lengts from monoprice.


There's nothing wrong with paying $15 for a Belden cable. If you want to
pay that great. Much better then $100+ for a Monster cable. Most people
don't need a HDMI cable over 6 feet. That's pretty long. The cable would
have to be pretty badly made to fail. You read the Ratings of people over
at monoprice.com and they're HIGH. Even the longer cables. The Error
rate for HDMI is rated so high, it would have to be, really, really, really
BAD before your going to notice it. Check out this link and watch the Video
just to prove my point.

http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2008/0...king_the_deal/