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Title: Quick question...looking for a cheap HDMI cable
Post by: BanditVol on April 07, 2012, 11:14:59 EDT
Is there one on Amazon someone uses or would recommend? 


Title: Re: Quick question...looking for a cheap HDMI cable
Post by: Black Diamond Vol on April 07, 2012, 11:43:05 EDT
HDMI is HDMI.  There's no difference in quality.  However, the cheaper you go, the more likely you are to get a defective one.  I once bought a couple $2 cables on Amazon, and one of them produced a vertical line down the right side of my screen.  The other was fine, and I still use it to this day.  Also, if you don't want to wait for shipping, Big Lots has a pack of three for $25.


Title: Re: Quick question...looking for a cheap HDMI cable
Post by: VinnieVOL on April 08, 2012, 12:07:20 EDT
I've always bought the cheapest ones I could find, and never had a problem.  Monoprice is a great site to order stuff like that from, too.


Title: Re: Quick question...looking for a cheap HDMI cable
Post by: Black Diamond Vol on April 08, 2012, 12:17:35 EDT
I've always bought the cheapest ones I could find, and never had a problem.  Monoprice is a great site to order stuff like that from, too.

Since I got burned on that $2 cable, I'll no longer get the cheapest I can find, but I won't go over 10 bucks for one, either.  The high-end, $100+ cables might be the biggest ripoff in the world.  I used to sell them, and the markup was sometimes over 1000%.  Seriously, we would make more in commission from one Monster HDMI cable than we would for some TVs. :frown:


Title: Re: Quick question...looking for a cheap HDMI cable
Post by: BanditVol on April 08, 2012, 01:05:41 EDT
Best buy sounds like a decent option, since I have to head that way anyway.  Factoring in shipping, it won't be much more and I wont have to wait. 

Thanks for the replies.


Title: Re: Quick question...looking for a cheap HDMI cable
Post by: volmeister on April 08, 2012, 01:37:19 EDT
Best buy sounds like a decent option, since I have to head that way anyway.  Factoring in shipping, it won't be much more and I wont have to wait. 

Thanks for the replies.

I bought mine at Walmart.