Cable Foolery Scam Daveland to the Rescue

[Sionyn]

here on retailers bluff on £100 hdmi cables and a Australian electronics firm none the less

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/368461/retailer-calls-rivals-bluff-on-hdmi-scam

[saturation]

This is similar to the Monster Cable vs Blue Jeans Cable conflict.

HDMI cables are more involved, but of similar tech in USB cables; I use $0.50 types on my rig, cost more to ship it to me!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Cable_Products#Trademark_and_patent

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/index.htm

[Sionyn]

indeed no need to specifics here you all up on that, interesting though a guess its like a  tax on scientific ignorance

[Chet T16]

I've seen gold plated toslink/optical cables for sale, made me laugh

I do have one "expensive" hdmi cable, they included it with my PS3 when my wife was buying it

[timbert]

£100 for a cable? I thought that was hideous until I looked here in the U.S. Then I actually looked for the 'best buy' I could make on a cable--$1090!   

So, methinks those cheap £100 must be absolute crap. They probably don't have techno-babble features like "Critical Stable Geometry for high-quality audio and video signal transfer" or "solid long-grain copper for a strong signal."

The last thing you need is for your short-grained copper cable's critical geometry to go all unstable.

[Sionyn]

case in point

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/AudioQuest+-+Coffee+6.6%27+HDMI+Cable+-+Brown/Black/1267646.p?skuId=1267646&id=1218245470758#tabbed-customerreviews