Holiday season reminder: Buy cheap HDMI cables

Matthew Moskovciak | Dec 11, 2008

In the bustle of holiday shopping, it's easy to be persuaded by the salesperson at your local retailer that you need to buy a S$100 (US$72.21) HDMI cable to make your new gear work. They might say the expensive cable "supports faster speeds," "has better video quality," or that "cheap cables don't support 1080p"--pretty much anything to get you to throw that high-margin HDMI cable in your shopping cart. But the truth is that expensive HDMI cables aren't worth it and the cheap cables available online are just as good.

The full guide explains all the reasons in detail, but the main takeaway is that you should never pay more than S$50 (US$36.11) for a standard 2m HDMI cable. Cheap HDMI cables can be found all over the Web--we've had good experiences with both US Monoprice and Amazon.

Read CNET's Quick Guide to HDMI cables.

Via CNET Crave

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