Hdmi Cable £150!!

thriftybabe

Hi all, hope someone can help. We are getting some new audio equipment put in and the salesman said it would be an idea to get an HDMI Cable in but it cost £150 for 10m. Anyone know of getting this cheaper. The name of it is qunex HDMI - P Cable.

im69

£127 from here,
http://www.hificables.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/11237/groupID/709/categoryID/2426/

£125 from here,
http://www.directtvs.co.uk/QUNEX_HDMI-P_Cable_10M_I-HDMIP%2F10/version.asp

penrhyn

Try cable universe, £54 for 10 mtrs +p&p
Don't pay silly prices
http://www.cableuniverse.co.uk/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=148_174&products_id=1359

IcyEars

You can get one from Lindy for £46.99 and £2.75 p&p.

http://www.lindy.com/uk/catalog/08/06/05b/01/index.php

They do different lengths as well. It might be worth checking whether you nees 10m or whether 7.5m will do (the salesman could be trying to upsell, saying they only do 10m, etc)

PeteHerts

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?sku=AV14730
10m HDMI to HDMI
£17.94 plus P&P

Also when you on that site go to special offers then bargain corner and then click on audio video and you'll find some HDMI leads in the list (sorry i cant list them as it wont let me copy the URL's from that list but they are clearance leads on special).

Hope that helps

sniperpenguin

why do you need such an expensive cable?

You would need top end equipment across the board (no exceptions) for the cable to make any noticable difference!

Look at the cheaper options available and ask yourself "is it actually worth the extra?"

BenL

I maybe completely wrong here but from bits that I have picked up about HDMI etc over the last few years as its a digital signal it will either work or not work and the cable quality will not affect the picture.

Ben

mjr600

You are being had !

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ps3&message.id=828972#M828972

odowdchr

BenL wrote:

I maybe completely wrong here but from bits that I have picked up about HDMI etc over the last few years as its a digital signal it will either work or not work and the cable quality will not affect the picture.

Ben

That's what i thought too...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=3436243&postcount=10

ormus

digital signals either work or dont.
so generally it does not really matter what quality the wire is.
anyone who pays 150 quid for a bit of wire is completely nuts.

you can get them for less than 20 quid, as been shown on here.