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Reading this today reminded me with a commen mistake people make in spending £60 on a cable when you can get them for £15..

Monster cable rip off:
Consumers need to get the concept of “monster cables” out of their minds since they DO NOT apply to the digital world.  There is zero difference in quality between the cheapest $12 HDMI to DVI cable versus the $100 gold plated “monster cable”.  Monster cables are a hold over from the analog era where signal leakage results in a degraded image or sound.  In the digital world, a data cable either works 100% or it doesn’t work at all and there is no degraded middle ground.  Since nearly all digital cables work (return the rare ones that don’t), there isn’t a shred of difference between the cheap cable or the expensive monster cable.  If you can’t find an HDMI to DVI cable for less than $30 in a retail store, you can google “HDMI to DVI cable” and there will be plenty online vendors selling them for $12-$16 plus shipping.  Don’t be shocked to find HDMI cables that cost $60 to $150 in a typical retail outlet; just don’t fall for it.  The only place monster cables have any use is for the transmission of analog signals such as the connection between your amplifier and your speakers.

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