Originally posted by: Matthias99
the mono price cables are great. it is all digital , all that stuff doesnt matter , plus there is probably error corection.
the mono price cables are actually gold plated. even the radioshack brand 6' cable is $50. believe me i looked. monoprice is like $4.60
Being 'gold-plated' doesn't really improve signal integrity (though it does prevent oxidation or reactions between dissimilar metals). It's not a bad thing, but it's not worth paying a whole lot extra for.
Cables are marked WAY up in retail stores. While there is some value in not getting super-duper-low-quality cables, especially if they're on the long side, buying $100 Monster cables is a bad deal all around. How do
you think they paid for the naming rights to that stadium?
I've also bought cables from
http://www.cablesforless.com/ several times. They do have some overpriced stuff, though, so double-check what you're ordering.
Also note that if you don't care about sending audio in the same cable (like you're sending video to a TV and using an optical out for a receiver), it might be cheaper to go HDMI->DVI->HDMI. HDMI is just DVI+digital audio in one feed, so you can get cheap adapter plugs or cables to go back and forth with no quality loss.