{"id":1072,"date":"2008-12-01T19:21:11","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T00:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2008-12-01T19:25:14","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T00:25:14","slug":"truth-in-advertising-wasting-money-on-cables-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1072","title":{"rendered":"Truth in Advertising- Wasting Money on Cables For Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dum1w.jpg\" alt=\"dum1w.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the very first time I have actually seen honest packaging for high priced cables!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Observe the <strong>&#8220;HDTV Premium Cable Kit for Dummies&#8221;<\/strong> that I recently came across at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sears.com\">Sears<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dum2w.jpg\" alt=\"dum2w.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Included are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two (2) 8-foot HDMI cables<\/li>\n<li>One (1) 10-foot HDMI cable<\/li>\n<li>Two (2) 8-foot component video cables<\/li>\n<li>One (1) digital coaxial cable<\/li>\n<li>One (1) 8-foot Toslink (optical digital) cable<\/li>\n<li>Cable ties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Price: regularly $129.99, now only $99.99!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can get the same setup from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monoprice.com\">monoprice.com<\/a> for a lot less.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two (2) 8-foot HDMI cables:\u00a0 2 x $5.54 each = $11.08<\/li>\n<li>One (1) 10-foot HDMI cable:\u00a0 1 x\u00a0 $5.83 each= $5.83<\/li>\n<li>Two (2) 12-foot component video cables 2 x $3.95= $7.90<\/li>\n<li>One (1) digital coaxial cable\u00a0 6-foot $3.74<\/li>\n<li>One (1) 12-foot Toslink (optical digital) cable $2.70<\/li>\n<li>Cable ties?\u00a0 Who cares?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total: $31.25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Savings vs. suggested retail: $98.74<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looks like they are trying to take some dummies for around $100!\u00a0 Nice round number, eh?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some readers find low priced HDMI cables too good to be true, after constant exposure to the expensive ones sold in stores.\u00a0 I recently received an email asking, &#8220;So you think\u00a0a $6\u00a0cable will provide the same quality picture as\u00a0a $60 HDMI cable?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think&#8230; I KNOW.\u00a0 An HDMI connection is 100% digital, and with digital it is all or nothing.\u00a0 You either get a perfect picture or you do not get anything at all.\u00a0 It may seem too good to be true, but it is!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be a dummy- don&#8217;t buy expensive cables.\u00a0 Reject this cynical, shameless grab for cash perpetuated around a fraud.\u00a0 The reason stores don&#8217;t carry reasonably priced cables is they want you to assume all HDMI cables cost $50.00 or more.\u00a0 How is it that monoprice.com can run a booming business selling their cables so inexpensively, when everyone else is trying to take you for a dummy?<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n  addthis_url    = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D1072';\n  addthis_title  = 'Truth+in+Advertising-+Wasting+Money+on+Cables+For+Dummies';\n  addthis_pub    = '';\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/addthis_widget.php?v=12\" ><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the very first time I have actually seen honest packaging for high priced cables!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}