HUGE SALE on Gold HDMI cables

**retro asian** · 22nd September 2009, 12:17

In case anyone here wants to take advantage of this, we are having a sale at work on HDMI, DVI, USB cables...

They are a quality brand (Molex) but are at a super cheap price until all the stock is gone.

e.g a 1m HDMI cable is only $9.66+GST!!

link here

Note that delivery takes about a week. Minimum order is $15.00. GST not included.

**Swoop** · 22nd September 2009, 12:24

Eh?

HDMI cables?? We were looking at some recently and they were around $200- for a 1 metre cable. LCD tv to DVD connection.

What grade are these?

**retro asian** · 22nd September 2009, 12:27

Originally Posted by Swoop

Eh?

HDMI cables?? We were looking at some recently and they were around $200- for a 1 metre cable.

What grade are these?

They are Gold (so good conductivity and long lasting), and since data being transferred is digital you either have a signal or you don't.

I'm not sure why people really need the fancy $200 ones from retail shops??
If you're using them at home, I don't see there would be any difference in signal quality.

**Swoop** · 22nd September 2009, 12:31

Originally Posted by retro asian

If you're using them at home, I don't see there would be any difference in signal quality.

The picture quality coming through, on the cables purchased, is unbelievably good! Just the pricetag is substantially greater than yours. I am probably keen on getting some if they do the same job!

**Headbanger** · 22nd September 2009, 12:34

Its digital, as long as the data gets from one end of the cable to the other the quality is as perfect as the source. Expensive cables are a rip.

But then....so are ultra cheap ones, But that has more to do with build quality.....

**retro asian** · 22nd September 2009, 12:38

Originally Posted by Headbanger

Its digital, as long as the date gets from one end of the cable to the other the quality is as perfect as the source.

Exactly, you're either gonna get a perfect signal or a totally broken up signal (huge squares on the screen).

So unless a rat or child gnaws through the cable, I doubt you'll have any problems with a less "blinged out" cable.

**The Wop** · 22nd September 2009, 14:21

Yeah, I could never figure out how Sony PS3 3M HDMI was $40 when some other brand was over a hundy. I bought the Sony ones and they are perfect.

Wish I had known about these!

**psycho22** · 22nd September 2009, 14:43

Dammit I bought an optical and HDMI cable just over a week ago. Cost me about $100 all up. Could have saved myself some much needed money.

**AllanB** · 22nd September 2009, 15:11

Consumer did a report recently on HDMI cables - the fancy $200 ones the guy insists you need when you buy your new discounted TV test the same as a cheaper $40 one.

It appears to be marketing bullshit and I suspect driven by the sales companies who you screwed down on your LCD TV - they make the money on the cables and $40 bottles of screen cleaner.

**DidJit** · 22nd September 2009, 15:47

Over short lengths of HDMI cable (1–3m), quality of cable components and construction is not quite so important (as evidenced by those consumer report tests). However, once you get to longer lengths in excess of 5–10m, the quality of cable becomes more and more important.

People get very confused when it comes to HDMI — the common misconception is that because HDMI is a digital format, i.e. 1s & 0s, that those 1s & 0s aren't affected by conductor, insulation type, RFI & EMI in the same way that analogue signals are as they travel through the cable. Truth is that the further those 1s & 0s have to travel, the more likely they are to suffer from degradation in an electrical sense and are unable to be reconstituted accurately by the receiving device.

There's a pretty comprehensive article (for those that are interested) here.

In saying all that, retro asian's work has some real bona fide bargains in their sale!

**Lias** · 22nd September 2009, 16:45

Originally Posted by Swoop

Eh?

HDMI cables?? We were looking at some recently and they were around $200- for a 1 metre cable. LCD tv to DVD connection.

What grade are these?

Those $200 cables are a $5 cable with a $195 markup and places like noel leemings, bond and bond etc now consider them one of their best ways of making markup which is why they push them so hard.

**p.dath** · 22nd September 2009, 18:00

I had a friend who sold comsumer electronic devices. He told me that they sold the TV's at cost price, and made the money selling cables and extended warranties.

That's because when your looking at prices you only tend to look at the one expensive item (such as the TV), and once your in the store upselling is much easier.

**sunhuntin** · 22nd September 2009, 18:05

what are the advantages of having an HDMI cable between an lcd tv and a ps3? currently ive got the white/red/yellow cables and get a great picture from the ps3.

**Blackshear** · 22nd September 2009, 18:08

A digital signal is a digital signal, but make sure you get the cord around the right way or your video will be backwards!

**p.dath** · 22nd September 2009, 18:10

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

what are the advantages of having an HDMI cable between an lcd tv and a ps3? currently ive got the white/red/yellow cables and get a great picture from the ps3.

For $20 you can find out. Go and buy an HDMI cable. Generally it will deliver the best quality picture that your system is capable of.