Guys,
Things are starting to come together with my HT albeit not as quickly as I'd like (nothing new there, I'm sure).
I've selected my receiver, DVD player and projector and just went to pull together information on cables to connect it all together. I've got a friend in the business that can get me 50% off Monster Cables but am still dumbstruck by how much it all adds up to, even with the discount.
To connect all my components (including a digital cable box) the cabling and HT surge protection will come in somewhere between $750 and $800 (I have to pay tax and shipping from his location and that's included in these prices). I can sum that up in one word: D'OH! BTW, most of the cable I'm looking at is the M1000 series which might be overkill but see the next paragraph.
I didn't go out and drop a TON of money (it was a lot to me anyway) on my pj, receiver, etc. for nothing. I don't want to negate their potential by shortcutting on the cables but is their a less expensive alternative taking into consideration the "break" I'm getting on the pricing or should I take the approach of "Don't look a gift-horse in the mouth"?
BTW, I hope I'm posting this message in the correct forum.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Cheers!
- Ed.
Things are starting to come together with my HT albeit not as quickly as I'd like (nothing new there, I'm sure).
I've selected my receiver, DVD player and projector and just went to pull together information on cables to connect it all together. I've got a friend in the business that can get me 50% off Monster Cables but am still dumbstruck by how much it all adds up to, even with the discount.
To connect all my components (including a digital cable box) the cabling and HT surge protection will come in somewhere between $750 and $800 (I have to pay tax and shipping from his location and that's included in these prices). I can sum that up in one word: D'OH! BTW, most of the cable I'm looking at is the M1000 series which might be overkill but see the next paragraph.
I didn't go out and drop a TON of money (it was a lot to me anyway) on my pj, receiver, etc. for nothing. I don't want to negate their potential by shortcutting on the cables but is their a less expensive alternative taking into consideration the "break" I'm getting on the pricing or should I take the approach of "Don't look a gift-horse in the mouth"?
BTW, I hope I'm posting this message in the correct forum.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Cheers!
- Ed.