Customers Gleefully Mock Best Buy's $1,095.99 HDMI Cable

[Sundowner]

The rest of the comments at the Best Buy site are hilarious!
Regards,
Sun

Thanks to Slashdot.org:


First time accepted submitter Forthan Red writes
"It may be a pricing bot run amok, or a ridiculously over-inflated sense of worth, but Best Buy has been offering an HDMI cable for a whopping $1,095.99 (currently sold out!). While Best Buy seems to be oblivious to the absurdity of this price for a digital cable, those posting customer reviews are not. Enjoy the mockery!"

One of my favorites is: "saved a ton of money on a new TV on black Friday and decided to use the extra cash to get the best cable available. At a whopping 3.3 feet in length, this cable is no joke. When all my friends come over to watch football, they always say 'WOW what kind of HDMI cable do you have?' I proudly tell them about my audioquest diamond and its advanced features such as its Dark Gray/Black finish. It is a great conversation piece! Not to mention it fits into my dvd player and tv perfectly."

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/AudioQuest+-+Diamond+3.3%27+High-Speed+HDMI+Cable+-+Dark+Gray/Black/2383276.p;jsessionid=310CCC6FDFA4F4B48027114FF363F3FC.bbolsp-app04-32?id=1218324437192&skuId=2383276#BVRRWidgetID

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[M0nkey_Man]

looked at different websites and that is the actual cost of it

[MK-84]

When you click on suggested accessories it directs you to a 12'HDMI cable costing 24.99

WTG BB

[Masherbrum]

Cardas, Audioquest do make some decent cables, but the $500+ cables are a gimmick.   

[curry1]

Cardas, Audioquest do make some decent cables, but the $500+ cables are a gimmick.   

So the $499 cables are legit?

[321BAR]

So the $499 cables are legit?

and the $499.99 cables too!

[Maverick]

So the $499 cables are legit?

For analog yeah but for the HDMI ya gotta get the $1,095.99 cable..........  

[clerick]

apparently the some people think they need a pure silver cable... Wow

[steely07]

That's nothing, I'm saving up for these $43000 audio cables <g>



from here

http://transparentcable.com/products/show_product.php?catID=1&recID=24&modCAT=1

Steely

[Soulyss]

Transparent makes some excellent audio cables, I have some in my system here (not those specifically) and they DO influence and change the sound.  It's all a matter of where are the bottlenecks in your system and what that system is ultimately capable of.

Am I going to run out and spend $1000 on an audio cable?  Nope, absolutely not, but if I were looking to spend $30,000 on a pair of speakers then maybe I would.  The cabling is a part of the signal path from source to speaker/display and it does matter just like any other link in the chain.  It's all a matter of cost vs. results.

[eagl]

Transparent makes some excellent audio cables, I have some in my system here (not those specifically) and they DO influence and change the sound.  It's all a matter of where are the bottlenecks in your system and what that system is ultimately capable of.

Am I going to run out and spend $1000 on an audio cable?  Nope, absolutely not, but if I were looking to spend $30,000 on a pair of speakers then maybe I would.  The cabling is a part of the signal path from source to speaker/display and it does matter just like any other link in the chain.  It's all a matter of cost vs. results.

 

[Soulyss]

Seems to me that it makes less sense to believe that the cable has no impact on the end result than to expect it will. 

I've done A/B comparisons on audio systems and switching the cables absolutely has an influence on the final sound that you hear.

[Rob52240]

Seems to me that it makes less sense to believe that the cable has no impact on the end result than to expect it will. 

I've done A/B comparisons on audio systems and switching the cables absolutely has an influence on the final sound that you hear.

Did you do it blind?  Did you give it the Pepsi Challenge?   Expensive cables are marketed directly to idiots.  Just because a difference can be measured with a meter, it doesn't mean the difference can be noticed by a human.  There's a big reason that the markup on any computer or a/v cable is through the roof.

[Flipperk]

This cable is a great value. Seems to work at least as well as the $5 cables you can order over the internet. Hope to see an upgraded version in sterling rather than silver plate.
Highly recommended!

 

My house recently went into forclosure and i needed something to cheer me up. I walked into the nearest best buy with the intention of just browsing and not purchasing anything. I was approached by a beautiful sales woman who said i looked very depressed and needed an HDMI cable in my life. She showed me the most expensive one they had. I explained to her my situation and she informed me there really was no point in paying my house since i was gonna lose it anyways. This made sence to me and i skipped my house payment and bought the cable.
As i waited at the bus stop i couldn't wait to tell all my friends. I found the nearest pay phone and called my friends collect. They were even more excited than me! The next day i was evicted from my house but was invited to stay over my friends for the weekend because they wanted to use the cable to watch sports games. "Wow the picture quality is simply amazing" said my friend. "You can stay here as long you want as long as we keep using this great cable of yours". I now have a permanent home without an expensive mortgage payment! I'm just thankful i found this cable! I don't know where i would be without it!


What's great about it: Eliminates mortgage payment
What's not so great: Only one color

 


For the win!:

I must confess, I originally just bought this cable for the bragging rights. At the next family barbecue I was going to one-up my S.O.B. brother-in-law with my $1100 HDMI cable, because I knew he couldn't match it with his joke of a salary.
Imagine my surprise when this cable actually exceeded what I had expected. You may have read the myths that all HDMI cables are built equally, but I'm sure you will reconsider your position when you hear that this cable actually brought me to the magical land of Narnia. True story!
I put on The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe to keep my brats quiet while I installed this bad boy and tinkered with the AV setup in my living room. I was instantly mesmerized by the brilliant image quality. It felt at first as if the film was enveloping me, but it wasn't long before I realized that it had in fact enveloped me! True story!
Definitely worth experiencing, though I recommend choosing a destination other than Narnia. Sure, they call it "The Magical Land of...", but it equates to calling Paris the "City of Love", when in fact it's the "City of arrogant wine and cheese snobs with no tolerance for tourists". I had swords pulled on me on dozens of occasions, the food was terrible, and it was awfully cold (perhaps better in summer?). Also, the Lion wasn't terribly hospitable, and the Ice Queen took her name too literally (I even offered money!).
The cable gets a perfect score, but Narnia leaves much to be desired.
I think I'll try entering Beauty and the Beast next. Well, just Beauty, if you know what I mean.

What's great about it: Opens a portal to fantasy lands - True story!
What's not so great: This site won't let me rate it 8 out of 5.