Question about MAJOR differnce in cost of HDMI cables...

Yeah, I bought mine (HDMI)for $30 at Wal-Mart and it seems to hold up very well.

HDMI cables are digital, and digital cables dont degrade based upon the quality of the wires or whatnot. Basically, for the digital signal transferred over HDMI, you either get a picture and sound, or you dont. Any cheap HDMI cables are going to work just as good as the expensive ones. I own one I purchased on Amazon for around $4 myself, and it works fine. Dont be suckered in by Monsters cables...they're a rip-off! If it was a component cable than I could say, yeah, maybe you'd see a difference with a $100 cable compared to $25, theoretically, it could happen. But, not with HDMI.abeautifullmind

So virtually with this HDMI cable it would look just as good as the monster cable?

[QUOTE="abeautifullmind"]HDMI cables are digital, and digital cables dont degrade based upon the quality of the wires or whatnot. Basically, for the digital signal transferred over HDMI, you either get a picture and sound, or you dont. Any cheap HDMI cables are going to work just as good as the expensive ones. I own one I purchased on Amazon for around $4 myself, and it works fine. Dont be suckered in by Monsters cables...they're a rip-off! If it was a component cable than I could say, yeah, maybe you'd see a difference with a $100 cable compared to $25, theoretically, it could happen. But, not with HDMI.Tech-Man08

So virtually with this HDMI cable it would look just as good as the monster cable?

I think literally is a better word, they look the same

Yeah, I bought mine (HDMI)for $30 at Wal-Mart and it seems to hold up very well.

Prinze

Same here and it works great!!!

they look the same thru general application (cable box, DVD , etc.) but lets say your running 1080p with linear pcm sound and the bandwitch exceeds 4.5 gbps (average speed of cheap cables) (bluray can require more) then you will run into screen tearing and macroblocking (bandwith overload) so depending on your use of an hdmi cable is howyou would choose which kind are suited for you. Much like a tv....why would you buy a top of the line 1080p tv with all the bells and whistles if you barely watch tv.TrillHeat954

The cheap HDMI cables have been discussed for years and it goes like this. People that knows what they talk about - buy the cheapest one. People that got ripped off and don't want to admit it - the cheap HDMI cable can't handle a quality product....

Cheap will give you the exact same product - the issues that others are having are due to tv etc not because of the cable. Just go monoprice.com / bluejeans cable - those guys have a good product. I bought monster myself five years ago when people didn't know much about this stuff - talk about scammed...

By HDMI.org - reliable source enough???

http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/faq.aspx#connectors_cables

Although a Standard HDMI cable may not have been tested to support the higher bandwidth requirements of cables rated to support high speeds, existing cables, especially ones of shorter lengths (i.e., less than 2 meters), will generally perform adequately in higher speed situations. The quality of the HDMI receiver chip (in the TV, for example) has a large effect on the ability to cleanly recover and display the HDMI signal. A significant majority, perhaps all, of the HDMI TVs and projectors that support 1080p on the HDMI inputs are designed with quality receiver chips that may cleanly recover the 1080p HDMI signal using a Standard-rated HDMI cable.

So 6ft or less - absolutely no reason to worry. Have a 1080p tv and need longer lenght - as they say pretty much no worries since the tv will handle any loss without a problem. That answers the question about any major difference.

In regards to the bigger argument - people often say I have this supergreat tv so why not buy an expensive cable - well according to above because your great tv takes care of any POSSIBLE issue (might not even exist as an issue....

end of story?

Moses - if you can ship vodka through your hdmi cable does that matter if there is no store hooked up to it?

Point being - read my link above HDMI.org explains the procedure apparently there are two differences one that guarantees 1080p picture and one that most likely will give it to you - if you can get 6000p through something else does that matter - no cause it doesnt' exist. That is the point that matters

Not all cables are created equil. Some HDMI cables can cost as much as $300. The reason they cost more is because their wiriring is pure gold. Gold has the lowest electrical resistance of any element, so it's as good a quality as you can get. Any HDMI cable that is cheap isn't pure gold, and will not be as good a quality as the high end ones. That being said, any HDMI cable will still produce great HD output.mosespippy

I take it that you cant read?

Not all cables are created equil. Some HDMI cables can cost as much as $300. The reason they cost more is because their wiriring is pure gold. Gold has the lowest electrical resistance of any element, so it's as good a quality as you can get. Any HDMI cable that is cheap isn't pure gold, and will not be as good a quality as the high end ones. That being said, any HDMI cable will still produce great HD output.mosespippy

If you really want you can get $7200 Pear cables but those too are basically as good as the $3 cables you can buy off monoprice. HDMI either works or it doesn't. You can see better picture quality from one cable or another. If you're using gold, copper or whatever, it will still easily push 1080p content without and problems so it makes a lot more sense to get the cheap cables.

anything under 6 feet and the brand doesn't really matter, monster cables are a rip off for almost every length and price. that HDMI cable will do perfectly fine, i got a 3 dollar cable off ebay, and then i bought a 60 dollar Monster cable, and there was no difference whatsoever. americahellyeah

You don't know how happy it makes me to see people actually knowledgable in this subject, thanks.