Audio/Video Cable

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Wolfehunter

I agree with your about radioshack. They do overprice their components. I think they gear themselves to the hard core fan groups that don't like to change. I use to build my own speakers system and bought many components from them. Now I'm too lazy to do it.

Worse then that, last time I was shopping there I noticed that the VGA cable I was looking for was about $40 more than it should have been (apparantly because it had gold tips which help prevent corrosion, as if my computer is on a submarine). I asked the associate for the cheaper version, and he said that he could order it for me but that they didn't carry it in store.

I assume the strategy here is to get people like me to just buy the damned expensive cable because I want it now. Instead, I went to OfficeMax and found it for $40 less.

I won't be sad to see them go out of business.

[Hylander_1314]

That is a nice cable set. Looks quite sturdy too.

[Frame57]

What's the deal with HDMI cables. I bought two that were bad right out of the box...

[VipertheSniper]

Yeah the cable prizes you get in stores are insane... 1 meter HDMI cable I think 89€ last time I've looked at them in a shop... we needed something to connect a sat-reciever to a beamer mounted to the ceiling. I think we got the 15 or 20 meter cable we needed for that for 100€ over the net.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by VipertheSniper

Yeah the cable prizes you get in stores are insane... 1 meter HDMI cable I think 89€ last time I've looked at them in a shop... we needed something to connect a sat-reciever to a beamer mounted to the ceiling. I think we got the 15 or 20 meter cable we needed for that for 100€ over the net.

50' (somewhere between 15 and 20 meters) would from you 20 lbs here.

-S

[VipertheSniper]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

50' (somewhere between 15 and 20 meters) would from you 20 lbs here.

-S

Eh what? sorry I don't know, but could it be you made a typo and omitted some words? Because I can't make any sense of what you've written.

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by VipertheSniper

Yeah the cable prizes you get in stores are insane... 1 meter HDMI cable I think 89€ last time I've looked at them in a shop... we needed something to connect a sat-reciever to a beamer mounted to the ceiling. I think we got the 15 or 20 meter cable we needed for that for 100€ over the net.

Some of the prices they ask for HDMI cables is scary! My dad bought a new LCD tv and DVD recorder and the salesperson tried to sell him a HDMI cable (1 to 1.5 meters) worth over $150!. He didn't buy it as he thought it was a rip off. if you need some good HDMI cables this is a good place that I've heard of and has got some good feedback for some electronic geeks that I know.

http://www.ezyhd.com.au/