Ever wonder why a SONY TV (for example) costs way more than a store brand? Quality of components.
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A TV is a collection of hundreds of components , all of which affect the picture/sound/reliability , a transistor for instance can have a 1%, 5% or 10% variance from the stated value, a capacitor can be cheaply made and fail quicker than a better made one, a circuit board can be poorly designed and require jumper cables to connect/fix circuit problems that should have been fixed by adding another layer to the board design or by re-arranging components, a cable is very simple ... I live near to the (now defunct) RECOTON tranship and repackaging warehouse , that company had built for it electronic doo-dads of every description , they were THE supplier to BEST BUY (note relevance) , they OWNED the name “Monster Cable” and at least a dozen other names you would recognize... I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that ALL their HDMI cables were IDENTICAL in quality when talking about actual performance... some sold (retail) for $5 , some sold for $60 ,, the more expensive the cable the better (softer/flexible) the insulation , the more “luxurious” the colors used (soft thick grey insulation instead of hard black thin insulation) , the BOXES had prettier graphics and printing in GOLD letters .. things like that ...
BUT THEY ALL WORKED THE SAME ..
GROW UP AND SMELL THE RETAIL TRICKERY.
I understand TRUE QUALITY, unlike you I’m not fooled by a fancy box or assume a higher price means a better product no matter what you might “learn” from that high school dropout “salesman” and stereo expert.. I actually know and understand what I am buying. I have Sony and Panasonic TV’s , drive a Benz and use the cheapest gasoline I can find because I KNOW that despite whatever name brand is on the pump it is all trucked out of the port of Tampa and pumped FROM THE SAME TANKS after the “special” detergent and additive packages are blended in.