On Jul 11, 2009, at 12:38 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:
Example: Compare the cost of a high end HDMI cable to the cost of CAT6 network cabling for gigabit speed Ethernet. Yes, the HDMI cable has more wires in it, but there's typically /no/ need for US$ 50+ HDMI cables, unless you simply have more money than you know what to do with.
Yes as far as I'm concerned (qualified as an EE), if it carries the HDMI logo then it's all good.
The trouble is, the "cheap" HDMI cables are in the order of NZ$50 for 1 metre. Part of that is probably the patent licensing for that very same HDMI badge, but the rest is the insane retail margins and a general lack of competition. A colleague of mine used to work at a large electronics retailer. He has some stories :)
We get ripped off for RCA cables as well, but I have the option of making those myself.
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