What the Heck is the guy above on about? I agree that a better quality 'connector' makes sense, as in a tighter fit or solid connection between the two devices, but the cable does not make any difference to a digital signal. Digital signals are 1 and 0s. If a device does not recieve that 1 or 0 then there is a problem. How the device recieves that 1 or 0 does not matter in anyway as, as I've said, it is either a 1 or 0. Not a 1 or 0.5 or anything...... The quality of the cable has got nothing to do with the quality of the signal, neither does the connector, but this does make sense so that the connection is more secure.

I hate it when someone with a small amount of knowledge about something tries to complain about something that they really have no idea about. Grrr
I totally agree with the abomination, that is the price of HDMI cables......

You are an idiot the fact that is it a digital signal is nothing to do with how good a quality the cable will hold ! i spend my life building cinema screens and fixing up t.vs ! the more expensive cables are worth the money i have brought some belikn hdmi cables and they are much better than the cheap ones people like you feel the need for glory by writing an artical everybody wants to hear its not the truth but people want to believe it making you look good ! your wrong your one of those people who walking into a shop and feel like you have to be right and your gonna immediately gonna be ripped off well not everyone is out for your pocket if you live life thinking like that then your a sad man

If you go online to newegg.com they sell cables much cheaper than anywhere I've found, I was looking at DVI cables that were 10ft for 75 at Circuit City and got it for 15 at Newegg and the 9ft HDMI cables are only 25 there. It's a thought if you truly want an HDMI cable.

Bought a hdmi cable from argos only a fiver i would say its the same quality as my £45 sony cable so save and go to argos. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5347964/Trail/searchtext%3EHDMI+LEAD.htm

Great article and this needs to get out to more people, so, as they don't spend a hundred dollars on an HDMI cable that they could have gotten for 20 bucks online. People are all so caught up on higher price means better quality but that is not always true. Don't be tricked by this and save yourself some money.

I call it a scam. See my take on this whole mess : http://www.damon4.com/Default.aspx?blogentryid=21

A very good article.,Just spent alot of money on a1080p lcd tv and dvd player and could not get over the prices of HDMI cables. Your article has just saved me a few quid. I will be going for the cheaper end of the market, and also going online. Thanks again!