SHIFT: The Great HDMI Swindle |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 8:25 pm |
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When it comes to the quality of audio and video, there are those who claim they can see and hear angels dancing on the heads of pins when higher-priced cables are used. Instead of balletic angels, others more skeptical see and hear A/V geeks showing off how much more they think they see and hear — and how much they spent for the privilege. The two sides view each other with squinty-eyed contempt. HDMI cables — the ones that let you hook up your HD cable box to your HDTV with just one wire — are the latest battleground between those who insist they can see and hear heavenly soft-shoe shuffling and those who smell bull manure. But no matter which side of the "high-end HDMI cables are better"/"all HDMI cables are the same" divide, there's one thing we all agree on: better HDMI cables are too damned expensive. Worse, there's no reason for them to be so expensive. Here's why. Monster Cable, a company I have great respect and admiration for, has been holding a series of [ Full article ] |
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