Where Is The Best Place To Buy HDMI Cable - Page 4

Excellent point!

I'm not real sure, but I think MONOPRICE just might be the way to go

OK...be sure to let everyone know this.

Monoprice seem to be the most recommended seller in the US. They have high speed HDMI with ethernet, otherwise knows as HDMI 1.4, cables for very cheap and they are good quality. You could also try ebay, everything tends to be a lot cheaper on ebay as its more competitive. If you are in Australia I would recommend ProAudioVIsual. They sell a 1m HDMI cable for around $5 including post. Just make sure you dont purchase a HDMI cable from one of the major retailers. They will often try and sell you an overpriced branded HDMI cable like Monster. Hope this helps.

Just to clarify a bit...Version numbers should never be used with HDMI cables. There is no such thing as an HDMI 1.4 cable.

http://www.hdmi.org/consumer/buying_guide.aspx

HDMI Org owns the trademarks, copyrights, patents and specifications for HDMI. So they should know.

The HDMI 1.4 specification included much more than just HDMI with Ethernet. However, that doesn't matter since there are only two types of HDMI cables - High Speed and Standard Speed. Each type has a number of options, including "with Ethernet". The humorous part is that no manufacturer that I know of has yet to release piece of equipment that uses the HDMI with Ethernet capability. Just because a device has HDMI and allows Ethernet to be input, doesn't mean that the devices uses HDMI with Ethernet and, in fact, none do.

So what you are looking for is a certified High Speed HDMI cable. If you want to include the "with Ethernet" option that's fine too. However, if you find someone who is selling an HDMI 1.4 cable, you should probably look elsewhere since that type of branding/advertising is forbidden by the HDMI Org and might be a counterfeit cable. eBay seems to be full of counterfeit HDMI cables which claim to be High Speed but are actually just Standard Speed cable with a version number slapped on top.