1 posted on
02/20/2007 8:38:55 AM PST by
george76
To: Las Vegas Dave
2 posted on
02/20/2007 8:39:53 AM PST by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Pure ripoff... I paid $29 for an 8 foot HDMI cable.
3 posted on
02/20/2007 8:41:49 AM PST by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: george76
I bought an upverter DVD and one of these cables for my new LCD TV -- quite a difference. I even tried the old DVD with the old cable to see the difference, and I certainly could! I got a "preopened" cable package--they knocked off some of the price because the package had been opned.
4 posted on
02/20/2007 8:42:51 AM PST by
Mamzelle
To: george76
Thanks for the info. I am looking for a 30' cable. Did they have ones that long at Meiers? Where would they have one that long?
5 posted on
02/20/2007 8:43:00 AM PST by
stockstrader
("Where government advances--and it advances relentlessly--freedom is imperiled"-Janice Rogers Brown)
To: george76
7 posted on
02/20/2007 8:46:19 AM PST by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: george76
12 posted on
02/20/2007 8:49:21 AM PST by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: george76
Yes, pure markup.
And Monster is a despicable company, beyond their pricing.
As for signal quality - if you're dealing with a digital cable (HDMI, DVI, etc.) the data is either passing or not.
We recently bought a new DVD to hook up to our new Plasma TV. Circuit City didn't have and HDMI cable under $70. Thankfully, they were next door to a Walmart...
13 posted on
02/20/2007 8:50:03 AM PST by
whatexit
To: george76
Absolutely. I used to work for Best Buy. Their discount is cost +5%. We could buy cables at about 1/3 the price with that discount. All accessories are mark-up. That's where they make all their money.
To: george76
If you buy anything electronic-related without checking newegg.com first, you are screwing yourself.
19 posted on
02/20/2007 10:56:26 AM PST by
Niteranger68
(Point your toilets towards Mecca!)
To: george76
To: george76
Thanks for the ping! Good to know.
25 posted on
02/20/2007 2:30:32 PM PST by
paulat
To: george76
Wow, I see the price went way up, its now $6.99. I paid $4.70. Works great.....
And yes, cables are a rip off. I was looking at a low end upconverting DVD, Sony, and Panasonic. The stupid Monster cables were more than the player at Circuit City and Best Buy..... total ripoff...
HDMI at Amazon>
30 posted on
02/20/2007 5:01:26 PM PST by
machman
To: george76
Did I click on the wrong link and wind up at DU?
What's wrong with "profit"?
To: george76
Sounds like Hillary Clinton should be proposing a Cables Profit Tax. And another to drain those profits from the gouging that customers pay in printer cartridge refills. What IS the price of a barrel of ink today to the wholesaler and to the customer?
40 posted on
02/20/2007 10:14:29 PM PST by
weegee
(No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
To: george76
Got great prices at cables for less.
www.cablesforless.com/
42 posted on
02/21/2007 4:18:15 AM PST by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom! Non-Sequitur = Pee Wee Herman.)
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
43 posted on
03/11/2007 7:01:56 PM PDT by
cgk
(I am emboldened by my looks to say things Republican men wouldn’t. - Ann Coulter)
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