Where's the best place to buy HDMI cables and other cables like optical, digital coax, RGB, RCA, etc? Best Buy. Circuit City and Radio Shack are all rip offs for cables. I know a system is only as good as it's weakest link and cables can make a difference but the price they charge for an HDMI cable is just plain crazy.

I did a TWW search, which I should have done first, and came up with http://www.monoprice.com and newegg.

DIE

[Edited on November 9, 2007 at 11:59 AM. Reason : sorry]

11/9/2007 11:56:23 AM

if you wanted them in the now, tiger direct on capital

11/9/2007 12:10:23 PM

so you searched, found your answer, and made a thread to confirm your search? kinda defeats the purpose of a search

11/9/2007 12:46:27 PM

so you searched, found your answer, and made a thread to confirm your search? kinda defeats the purpose of a search

11/9/2007 12:57:52 PM

newegg is your best bet

with HDMI and optical or coaxial audio cables, the cable makes no difference whatsoever. the signal is digital. it's either all or nothing.

11/9/2007 1:21:34 PM

monoprice.

11/9/2007 1:24:13 PM

I got three 6' HDMI cables for $15 total on monoprice. One of these cost like $80 at Best Buy.

11/9/2007 1:42:58 PM

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"so you searched, found your answer, and made a thread to confirm your search? kinda defeats the purpose of a search"

Here's how it went down. I had question, asked question on TWW, after posting thought "geez I really should have done a search on that", so I did a search, found what I was looking for, edited my post to say that I found it and told the thread to DIE. I would have deleted that thread but I'm no MOD.

11/9/2007 2:02:33 PM

I have an HDMI cable I will sell you for 10$

11/9/2007 2:24:53 PM

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"monoprice."

11/9/2007 2:28:20 PM

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"with HDMI and optical or coaxial audio cables, the cable makes no difference whatsoever. the signal is digital. it's either all or nothing."

not completely true:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/hdmi-cable-battlemodo/the-truth-about-monster-cable-part-2-268788.php

11/10/2007 1:39:09 AM

^It is for anything he is doing


The quality of the digital cable doesnt really matter till about 50+ feet.

11/10/2007 7:42:34 AM

http://www.firefold.com/

This place is based in Charlotte (or right outside of Charlotte) - they offer great prices and extremely fast shipping!

11/10/2007 10:50:43 AM

uh big lots has some for like $12

11/10/2007 12:17:20 PM

sellout.woot.com has them for $3 plus $5 shipping. You can get 3 for $14.

http://shopping.yahoo.com/?name=woot#woot

11/27/2007 9:49:08 AM

to sound like a noob - how do you determine what would be the best type of HDMI (1.0 vs. 1.3a)

11/27/2007 11:44:43 AM

thanks nacho, I got 3

11/27/2007 12:07:28 PM

So does anyone know why they are so much more expensive at BB/CC/etc?

11/27/2007 12:37:40 PM

profit$

also because they can, and some people gladly pay for convenience

11/27/2007 12:55:17 PM

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"profit$ also because they can, and some people gladly pay for convenience"

And because they have no clue as to how to shop for things via the big bad scary internet....ebay has them cheap as well, I got 3 6 footers for 16 shipped.

11/27/2007 4:13:39 PM

I ordered 3 also, thanks nacho.

3 HDMI cables for a whopping $13.97, wow.

11/27/2007 4:20:00 PM

someone just dropped 3k on a tv so it suddenly becomes reasonable for them to drop a measly $80 on cables that will "get the most" out of their wallet display

11/27/2007 4:31:49 PM

anyone received shipping info from woot yet??

11/30/2007 4:38:12 PM

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"http://www.firefold.com/ This place is based in Charlotte (or right outside of Charlotte) - they offer great prices and extremely fast shipping!"

I second that, they ship hella fast.

11/30/2007 6:14:42 PM

^ and its 10x more expensive than it was on woot, wow.

11/30/2007 9:29:53 PM

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"anyone received shipping info from woot yet??"

No, and neither did my roommate who also ordered 3. But I wouldn't worry about it too much. Often times I've actually received my package from woot before I get the email with the shipping details.

Although I did order a shirt from them the same day and I got that shipping email. But still, I wouldn't worry about it.

11/30/2007 10:57:48 PM

got it today, thanks though!

12/1/2007 12:01:34 PM