Monster HDMI 1000hd Ultra-High Speed Cables in 1 m. length - 3.28 ft

Waste of money. This will work just as well: http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

I'll second that, HDMI is digital data, 1's and 0's, as long as the cable passes all the data the PQ will always be the same, no need to waste your money on Monster cables. I have a couple monoprice cables in my system and they work perfect.

Please don't buy the overpriced Monster cable. Just go to Monoprice.com or bluejeanscable.com .

You can get a 1m cable for probably less than $5 IIRC.

The monoprice HDMI will be fine. Here's some info:
http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/faq.aspx

take note to FAQ's #
Q. What is the difference between HDMI 1.3 and HDMI 1.3a, or 1.3b?
Q. What’s new in the HDMI 1.3 Specification?

You can't blame retailers for trying to make a buck, sometimes a big one, but it's just great marketing. Look at Bose. Probably one of the best marketing examples in the industry. Good stuff, not even almost "great", but so many are convinced by their advertising that the products are worth the 3x above market. Good for them. But as the replies to your post mentioned, go with Monoprice or similar products. Same same.

For the record:

Anything related to 120Hz takes place entirely within the TV. The fastest refresh rate transmitted through an HDMI cable is 72Hz but usually are 24/30/48/60.

I'll also recommend the Monoprice cables..anything more expensive is flat out a ripoff.

I'll rephrase ... the fact that your TV has a "120Hz" feature has no bearing on the HDMI interface characteristics.

Any HDMI cable will work.

I think Cavu was simply referring to a sales tactic of Monster. 'To get the best picture for your 120hz set, you need a 120hz cable.'

For the uninformed, this makes perfect sense.

Oops. Cavu replied. My bad.

Unless you're doing long speaker cable runs, standard 16 or 14 gauge zip cord from your local home depot would work fine.

The sub will require a low level cable, not sure what monoprice has, bluejeanscables.com is another site to check out, they do custom lengths.

It looks like you settled on the Energy speaker set (assuming the c-300 system) with TSC sub. It is my believe a 10" sub will always hit lower than an 8"...so I understand your decison. Let us know how it sounds once you get it pumping.

It is true no 120Hz HDTV accepts a 120Hz input and there are no 120Hz sources (yet).

The HDMI spec does support 120Hz (and even 200Hz, 240Hz) connection.

HDMI v1.3 provides for up to 10.2Gbps via a 340Mhz clock.
1920 (pixels wide) * 1080 (pixels high) * 120 (fps) *24 (bits per pixel) = 5.97Gbps. Even allowing for a 12% blanking interval would be well below the 10.2Gbps limit on an HDMI v1.3 TypeA conneciton.

If ever a source/sink required more bandwidth HDMI already has a Type B connection (29 pins vs 19 pins) that enables 20.4Gbps.

Your point is still valid. No 120Hz set is capable of 120Hz input today however the spec is ready if/when they do in the future. Next generation consoles could support >60fps. If TV is already capable of 120Hz playback all that future TV would need to add is support for 120Hz input.