Re: > Canadian Broadcasting Corp Confirms HDMI Cable Scam!

Hendrix which HDMI cable are you getting from Monoprice? I noticed this one...

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=1024004&p_id=3661&seq=1&format=4#feedback

Kuco, which cable are you getting from egg?

That's a good choice^ Falcon - but when I ordered last (several months back - Dec/Jan?), I chose an even cheaper model <but the black color was out/stock, so I picked it up (two of 'em) in green and orange.

Hey, they're all good!

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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186013

i have tried the syba cables. link depot and also rosewill I believe. among others.

Wow I just watched the video and I'm blown away. I'm so glad they actually compared the cables to professional equipment to prove it 100%.

I'm buying cables from Monoprice now Great find Hendrix!

I just emailed a whole bunch of people with this article. Start spreading the newsssss...

Well lucky for me i never thought an extra 200 dollars or so would improve my video and audio. I just got a couple of hdmi cables from Buy Extras for cheap. Though i went to the site to get receiver fans for my new onkyo 605 since they run hot, but since they had hdmi cables cheaper than the stores around here i thought i could get some so i could have audio and video all in on cable. But its nice to "officially" know that expensive cables don't make a difference.

Well with some cables you can see/hear a difference if the signal is analog...but usually it's a waste of money...especially for anything carrying a digital signal.

I remember being in a high end A/V store once and laughing at a guy who tried to sell me on $600 speaker cables that were 'oxygen free copper, yada yada blah blah Ginger'. Anyway, they looked cool but no way were they any better than the 12 gauge Costco stuff I ended up buying.

Speaking of the overrated and overhyped BOSE Audio products, I remember visiting their website a few years ago (during 2006), and NONE of their "Lifestyle" systems featured an HDMI output from the DVD player. (they've now changed that - 2007? - as I just visited the BOSE website again, and they either have HDMI, or you can buy a separate adapter box that provides HDMI - all overpriced per the usual Bose marketing. I'm amazed that anyone buys these products (such high MSRP), and you hardly ever see a decent discount from Bose dealers either (maybe $50 to $100 off - big deal).

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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)

I have BOSE products and have nothing to complain about. You want overpriced and overhyped, leave that to SONY. Every SONY product I've had is either hit or miss, much like owning a FORD. The BOSE products I've owned, though, have been worth every dime spent.

[Post edited by Tim Raynor on May 13, 2008]

Tim Raynor:

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I have BOSE products and have nothing to complain about. You want overpriced and overhyped, leave that to SONY. Every SONY product I've had is either hit or miss, much like owning a FORD. The BOSE products I've owned, though, have bee worth every dime spent.

I'd say Sony and Bose are just about on par with overhyped and overpriced crap. The only real difference between the two would be that with Sony, you've got a small chance at getting a good product that's reasonably priced. With Bose, you don't even have the opportunity to take a chance on reasonably priced products.

Don't get me wrong, Bose does make a quality product, it's just that you can get the same quality elsewhere for a lot less. Oh yeah, and most reputable audio companies post the specs of their products.

Bose makes good products but they are WAY overpriced.

Sony is overpriced also but not as bad.