Comments on: How To View Superbowl XLII In HDTV

By: DavidB

DavidB — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:38:20 +0000

You supporters of overpriced cables are laughable! While I do not agree with HDGuru promoting buying something, using it, and then returning it for refund, I fully concur with his intent that his readers not get suckered into buying this overpriced crap. Come on, people, get a BRAIN! Monster cable and such is of value ONLY to people who have far more money than sense. Don’t believe me? For just a single example of the bunk behind their claims go visit: http://consumerist.com/362926/do-coat-hangers-sound-as-good-monster-cables
or any number of other sites out their debunking Monster (and the others) claims!

By: Arturo

Arturo — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:42:04 +0000

First of all, this is the best reason to plan ahead — to avoid double buying that is. But HD Guru makes his point. The Product Loss Margin a cable being returned is quite minimal, often times a cable maybe shrunk wrapped and re-sold at a discounted open-item price. If not then it may be sent back to the manufacture. Case-closed. Return Policies were created with the customer in mind. Why not take advantage of it? They have price-matching and other various methods just to get the customer adding to their profit and not the competitors’. I do agree that $50 and up for a 6 ft. HDMI cable is excessive. Smart-shopping is essential and consumers can control the market if they didn’t tend to be so ignorant.

By: steve

steve — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:33:53 +0000

What happened to the HDguru?

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:50:19 +0000

Ryan: Agreed. I sold Audio/Video/PC equipment at Best Buy for a while and there were many times when a customer was convinced that one cable was better than another simply because of the brand name. I would agree that on most occasions there is an increase in quality and workmanship but not enough to provoke me to spend two to three times the price. If anyone with human eyes can see the difference and tell me about it, I’d be surprised. Deliver video from point A to point B without degradation: done. $25

IMO of course…

–Joel

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:33:05 +0000

Three words for you Monster Cable loving fools…

Double-Blind-Test

Unless you are running cable more than 30 feet there is no need to spend more than 30 bucks for an HDMI cable.

By: DAROSE

DAROSE — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:54:15 +0000

BEFORE YOU GO BASHING THE RETAILERS FOR THE AMOUNT THAT A QUALITY HDMI CABLE MAY COST, PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT A LOW COST CABLE WILL OR WON’T DO!! WILL IT SUPPORT 1080P? IS IT 1.3 ?? SOME CABLE AND SATTELITE PROVIDERS ACTUALLY GIVE SUBSCRIBERS CABLES FOR FREE.HA!! I’VE HELD THESE IN MY HANDS. ONE END IN THE LEFT HAND AND ONE END IN MY RIGHT HAND. THEN I PULLED. GUESS WHAT HAPPENED??? IF I WERE BUILDING AN 600hp ENGINE FOR MY STREET ROD YOU THINK I’M GOING TO WALLYMART FOR SPARKPLUG WIRES? YES, I DO SELL AUDIO/VIDEO IN THE RETAIL MARKET. I ONLY INFORM AND EDUCATE MY CUSTOMER ON WHATS AVAILABLE. I DIDN’T SET THE PRICES,BUT I DO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GETTING.BY THE WAY PROFIT IS NOT A FOUR LETTER WORD!! CHECKED OUT ANY FURNITURE OR JEWELRY LATELY.COME ON LET US POOR COMMISIONED SALESPEOPLE MAKE A DOLLAR SOMEWHERE.

By: Larry Coleman

Larry Coleman — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:54:10 +0000

This is not a comment but a question. I didn’t get a box to convert to HD. They put a card in the back of my tv so i could get HD from the cable company. What is the difference in the card and the box. Larry Coleman

By: vince

vince — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:56:43 +0000

this i work at an electronics retailer… first off, we do not, i repeat, do not repackage them and then resell them… we send them back to monster and they ship out new ones to us… and second the easiest why to look at these exspensive cables is to think about it like this, would u go out and buy an expensive sports car, and use $20.00 tires on it, and also us regular gas, or got get better tires like $115.00 to $150.00 a tire and put super in it????

By: joe

joe — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:50:52 +0000

i uses to work for circut city. i know there is about 200-400% mark up on cables, easily. accessories are where they make most of their money. so i have no pitty on them.

By: carl taylor

carl taylor — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:32:45 +0000

A lot of ignorant people out there, even if they have great educations. I work for a independent retailer.
Sold a Panasonic plasma yesterday for $1650.00 I made about $26.00 on the deal. Sold the HDMI cables for $60.00. Probably cost my company $15.00 Did my customer a favor. Competitor was going to sell the same cables for $120.00. Has to be a profit somewhere. Many of my customers purchase their electronics for less on the internet then come to us & ask how to use them. Come on.