I especially like the reviews. "plugging this directly into my ears..."
Mitchell On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Michael Geary <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed, if you shop smart you can find good values in all types of cables, > such as this speaker cable for a whopping $1650 off the retail price: > > http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-K2-speaker-cable/dp/B000J36XR2/ > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Rob Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To be fair, you can find HDMI cables for $85 too, and you can get >> DisplayPort cables for $6 from Monoprice. I'm not claiming one technology >> or monitor is better than the other, just that the cable point is a >> non-issue. You just have to shop smart. >> >> Rob >> >> >> Jonathan Berry wrote: >> >>> DisplayPort versus the old ways >>> >>> Thanks for the heads-up. I had read the wiki page on DisplayPort, but >>> nothing really caught my imagination. Here's the scheme: >>> >>> I have a perfectly good HDMI monitor and a cable that cost $4.50. >>> >>> The per-unit royalty on HDMI is something like 4 cents. >>> >>> Here's a 6-ft Display Port to HDMI cable that costs >>> $85: >>> >>> >>> http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=40646&vpn=DP2HDMIMM6&manufacture=Startech.com%20Ltd >>> >>> Or if I want to get a DisplayPort monitor and pay a mere $24 for >>> the cable, I'm looking at $400 for a 1920x1200 screen: >>> >>> >>> http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=45554&vpn=NL773A8#ABA&manufacture=Hewlett%20Packard >>> >>> There are cheaper screens, but they don't have so many pixels. Do you >>> really want to get an external monitor that's only, say, 1680x1050 ? >>> >>> I sure hope that DisplayPort has some breathtaking >>> advantages over the old technology. DisplayPort could turn >>> out to be the best thing since sliced bread. Or it could >>> turn out to be a bit of a dud, like hand scanners or DL >>> DVD+-R disks or DVD-RAM or bubble memory or 5" diskettes >>> (not to be confused with 5.25" floppies) .... >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
