Why are HDMI cables so expensive?
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From: DubDriver on 1 Apr 2010 13:00 "Slartibartfast" <Slartibartfast(a)Norway-Coastline.net> wrote in message news:hmok5n$r0c$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "Trust No One�" <dana.scully(a)usa.xnet> wrote in message > news:7v7b76Ft8iU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> While in my local high street I was hoping to pickup an HDMI cable for my >> new monitor. >> >> Maplins wanted northwards of 30 quid for a "gold plated premium cable" >> and around 17 quid for a standard one. I fail to see the point of >> coughing up extra for a gold plated cable when the signal is digital. >> What earthly difference would gold plating make to the 1s and 0s? >> >> I didn't even bother visiting PC World as I didn't want to suffer a heart >> attack :) >> >> I popped by Tesco and they were doing a "premium" cable for just over >> �20. Still overpriced IMHO. >> >> So I've returned home cable-less. >> >> Any recommendations as to cheaper sources for HDMI cables? > Some have a much higher data transfer rate, if you are expecting to use > Blu Ray @1080 you might not have enough bandwidth with a cheap one. http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-rip1/ |