Customer Reviews Mock $1,000 AudioQuest HDMI Cable

Rob Williams · 12-27-2011, 02:36 PM

We've talked quite a bit in the past about overpriced cables that are just needless. Most often, a $100 cable will work just as well as a $3 one, quite literally, yet many people with padded pockets continue to get suckered in. There are of course certain scenarios where a more expensive cable might be required, but that's often related to the distance between the TV and a receiver - a problem most people don't have.

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TheCrimsonStar · 12-27-2011, 10:33 PM

These people are geniuses. *applauds*

Rob Williams · 12-27-2011, 11:48 PM

What I find humorous is that these cables come in a variety of colors - as if people look behind their TVs all the time to take a gander at their cables.

RainMotorsports · 12-28-2011, 12:45 AM

Thats awesome lol.

Bottom line if the cable meets the HDMI spec its advertised or used for the image will be 100% the same as it would otherwise. Welcome to digital transmission. It either works, sorta works, or doesn't work at all. Not much in between, guess you can thank the analog era for the new found dumbness. As said the only complications come in at extreme length.

12-27-2011, 02:36 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,242	Customer Reviews Mock $1,000 AudioQuest HDMI Cable We've talked quite a bit in the past about overpriced cables that are just needless. Most often, a $100 cable will work just as well as a $3 one, quite literally, yet many people with padded pockets continue to get suckered in. There are of course certain scenarios where a more expensive cable might be required, but that's often related to the distance between the TV and a receiver - a problem most people don't have. Read the rest of our post and then discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

12-27-2011, 10:33 PM	#2
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12-27-2011, 11:48 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,242	What I find humorous is that these cables come in a variety of colors - as if people look behind their TVs all the time to take a gander at their cables. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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12-28-2011, 12:45 AM	#4
RainMotorsports Partition Master Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 350	Thats awesome lol. Bottom line if the cable meets the HDMI spec its advertised or used for the image will be 100% the same as it would otherwise. Welcome to digital transmission. It either works, sorta works, or doesn't work at all. Not much in between, guess you can thank the analog era for the new found dumbness. As said the only complications come in at extreme length.