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tzhu07 · 06-13-2014, 02:53 AM

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midnight23 · 06-13-2014, 05:02 AM

it's amazing they are still in business

dem00n · 06-13-2014, 10:07 AM

Ever made one? It's a bitch. One of the cables I'd never want to DIY....

Though even ones you could buy from Best Buy or B&H can be pretty shity, open one up and you'll see some crappy construction. But a good quality HDMI cable shouldn't be expensive.

YMAA · 06-13-2014, 10:25 AM

They're in business because they can charge idiots $60 for less than $1 in raw materials.

Chattanooga FR-S · 06-13-2014, 10:26 AM

http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_i...seq=1&format=2

$5.15

$9 including shipping

kevman_101 · 06-13-2014, 10:31 AM

I got my 6 foot HDMI cables from Ebay. Constuction maybe not the best, but even with my cats walking around the back of the TV and over and under the cables, I have not had 1 fail yet and I could buy 10+ more then a single store bought cable.

Icing on the cake would be someone with Monster cables LOL. Now those are retarded.

fourvalleys · 06-13-2014, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by kevman_101

Icing on the cake would be someone with Monster cables LOL. Now those are retarded.

Monster... now that's a company. In case you didn't know, they negotiated themselves out of Beats, after basically creating them.

http://gizmodo.com/5981823/beat-by-d...lost-the-world

I don't feel bad for Monster at all because they made (and still make!) a lot of money. But considering LeBron James is apparently making $30m + stock from his 1% share in Beats, you have to laugh a little bit at how much they lost out on.

f0rge · 06-13-2014, 11:42 AM

Only $59? Surprised it's not $99.

There's a sucker born every minute.

Monoprice.com is where it's at, you can get 5 of the same cables for that same $60.

Nevermore · 06-13-2014, 12:12 PM

You guys will laugh at me. I paid like $80 for an HDMI cable, but that was also about 8 years ago. Even funnier, bluray players were still new and super expensive, so I bought an upconverting DVD player that actually cost less than the cable.

King Tut · 06-13-2014, 12:24 PM

I love my monoprice cables in rainbow colors. Makes it much easier when all your cables aren't the same color.

fooddude · 06-13-2014, 07:15 PM

Got a thunderbolt-to-hdmi 20' cable for $10 on ebay almost 4 years ago. Still works perfectly

retoocs · 06-13-2014, 07:32 PM

Our electronics engineer had an argument with a sales guy once, when he was trying to buy the cheapest cable and the sales guy kept trying to steer him towards the expensive ones because it will have better performance. Our EE than asked if he understood how digital signals work....silence.

The only reason to ever buy expensive high performance cables is if you need to run a really long length of cable.

Dave-ROR · 06-13-2014, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by YMAA

They're in business because they can charge idiots $60 for less than $1 in raw materials.

It's there to serve people who need it right away.

I've been there and had to buy overpriced cables to get something to work because I was impatient.

Otherwise.. yeah..

strat61caster · 06-13-2014, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

It's there to serve people who need it right away.

I've been there and had to buy overpriced cables to get something to work because I was impatient.

Otherwise.. yeah..

Huh, I guess I can think of a situation where I need a cable today... I also can't think of anyplace I would be further than an hour away from a Fry's.

Also, Amazon Prime yo, pretty happy with the quality, I'm sure mine will outlast the format even though you can find cheaper.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-2-Pack-High-Speed-Supports-Ethernet/dp/B0052SCU8U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1402700063&sr=8-2&keywords=hdmi+cable"]Amazon.com: AmazonBasics 2-Pack High-Speed HDMI Cables Supports Ethernet, 3D and Audio Return, 6.5 feet: Electronics[/ame]

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kevman_101 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Location: Bathurst New-Brunswick Posts: 222 Thanks: 3 Thanked 101 Times in 61 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I got my 6 foot HDMI cables from Ebay. Constuction maybe not the best, but even with my cats walking around the back of the TV and over and under the cables, I have not had 1 fail yet and I could buy 10+ more then a single store bought cable. Icing on the cake would be someone with Monster cables LOL. Now those are retarded.

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retoocs Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: BRZ Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 168 Thanks: 2 Thanked 63 Times in 43 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Our electronics engineer had an argument with a sales guy once, when he was trying to buy the cheapest cable and the sales guy kept trying to steer him towards the expensive ones because it will have better performance. Our EE than asked if he understood how digital signals work....silence. The only reason to ever buy expensive high performance cables is if you need to run a really long length of cable.

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