TheShaun
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Where is the best place to buy these types of things online? I know I don't need to be spending lots on this stuff. Anyone buy from Deal Extreme?
HDMI Cables and the like
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Don't know about Deal Extreme but you can also check at monoprice.com
+1 on Monoprice.
I've bought from them quiet a few times and I've always bee happy with their products.
The products that I've purchased from DX have always shipped from overseas and they
can take a couple of weeks to arrive.
Monoprice is located close to me in California and I usually get my products in a day.
I've bought from them quiet a few times and I've always bee happy with their products.
The products that I've purchased from DX have always shipped from overseas and they
can take a couple of weeks to arrive.
Monoprice is located close to me in California and I usually get my products in a day.
I buy all I mine on amazon. I never pay more than $5 a cable, free shipping. Always remember that an hdmi cable is digital so a $50 cable and a $5 perform the same. They either work or they don't.
Monoprice
Monoprice
Monoprice
I have had great luck with them.
Monoprice
Monoprice
I have had great luck with them.
I ordered mine recently from Newegg. Bought the Rosewill cables for $5.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882021128
I also like these $10.00 Cords from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Mediabridge-U...UTF8&qid=1343613646&sr=1-5&keywords=hdmi+cord
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882021128
I also like these $10.00 Cords from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Mediabridge-U...UTF8&qid=1343613646&sr=1-5&keywords=hdmi+cord
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online would be the best, stores like best buy have such a huge markup on items like that its just sick.
from time to time my wife hoiks her smartphone hdmi cable to bedroom tv...works great..ebay was really cheap..shipped within the USA NIB
Same here. I purchase them for my small business and I've always had great results.
Monoprice.....
As others have pointed out, MONOPRICE.
Hmm... Looks like I need to learn how to hoik.
Meritline. Comes from China and takes a week, but free ship and ridiculously cheap cables. All the cables I've order are all still in working condition. www.meritline.com
Another chorus member here. Monoprice. What I like about Monoprice aside from the great pricing is the selection of cable adaptersxand gender changers. Another thing I like is that for commonly used items like 1/8" stereo connector cables for connecting mp3 players to your car head unit can be had in a ruggedised version tor only a bit more than the lower priced stuff. I doubt it is heavier gauge wire but the plugs and strain reliefs are much better quality
I too have heard there is no need forcpremium digital cables. They either make the connection or they don't. Does this hold true for iEEE1394/iLink/Firewire cables as well? Monoprice has nice pricing on them.
Cheers, Todd
I too have heard there is no need forcpremium digital cables. They either make the connection or they don't. Does this hold true for iEEE1394/iLink/Firewire cables as well? Monoprice has nice pricing on them.
Cheers, Todd
While I generally agree with the above statement, there is something to be said about the quality of manufacturing. I usually recommend getting a medium priced cable. I used to work for an electronics store (small locally owned, not Best Buy) and have sold and/or installed dozens, if not hundreds, of digital and HDMI cables, and I have seen a lot of the really cheap ones break and/or stop working because they use very inexpensive materials and don't have as much QC. Also, I have seen some of the cheap connectors not stay put. I am certainly not saying you should buy an expensive one, maybe just the second cheapest! You may be hard pressed to see a difference in performance under normal circumstances, but there are noticeable differences in build quality. I suppose it also matters what the cables are being used for.
I bought two HDMI cables a few months ago from http://www.cablestogo.com/
They seem to be working fine.
They seem to be working fine.
Anywhere but your local retailer. Unless the HDMI cable goblin comes blowing through my house an hour before the Packers play in a Super Bowl I will never pay "retail" for an HDMI cable.
Same situation with ethernet cables, phone chargers, etc etc...
Same situation with ethernet cables, phone chargers, etc etc...
I usually buy from newegg, but I'm open to buy from just about anyone that will give me a deal. I've also had good luck with meritline and tiger direct. I've never tried monoprice though.
But definitely go with an online store and not a brick & mortar one. I worked at radio shack and most of our cables were a 200% - 300% markup over cost.
But definitely go with an online store and not a brick & mortar one. I worked at radio shack and most of our cables were a 200% - 300% markup over cost.
I like Blue Jeans Cable because they have a ton of great articles about what actually matters and doesn't, offer a great selection of AV cables, and most of all because they took on the trolls over at Monster and won.
