At last – Cheap and Good Cables!!
In case you haven’t noticed, the price of some cables – especially those for home theater hookups – are just getting downright insane. You walk into your local ‘big box retailer’ and even their cheapest, shortest HDMI cable is going for over $50. Ouch!
Come on, you say to yourself, this is just some pieces of copper with some connections on each end. Well, you’re right. Back in the day of analog signals, quality cables could actually make a big difference by helping to avoid signal noise and drop-off. Well, we’re in the digital age now (some of us are, anyway) and now these cables are just expected to carry 1′s and 0′s across the wire to their destination. Point being, if the digital information gets there, it gets there – plain and simple.
So the days of ‘premium’ cabling needs are behind us, but the cable manufacturers haven’t bothered to let you in on the secret. Cable makers like Monster Cable are still there to happily take away your money. I’ve come across an excellent online source for discriminating cable buyers that prefer to keep money in their wallet, instead of wasted…