On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:16:42 -0000, "NA" wrote:

I have purchased a Pioneer PDP507XD plasma, a Pioneer VSX-1016V AV amp and a DV-696AV-S DVD player.

I am planning to connect this all up by using HDMI cables. DVD - Amp - Plasma.

My main concern is the cost of HDMI cables.

I keep hearing people mentioning how good Monster cables are but they're not exactly on the cheap side.

A 2m HDMI cable will cost me about £70, I need two of these. A monster SCART cable is about £50.

I also need a phono cable to connect the Sky box to the amp for audio only.

Is a Monster cable going to give me that much extra quality compared to a cable costing £30 or £40?

If so, are there any other cable manufactures that I should be considering?

Do you use hyper-expensive gold-plated Monster cables to upload pictures from
your digital camera to your PC? or just a standard USB cable?

HDMI is digital it's 0s & 1s no matter how much you spend on the cable you will
not improve on the cheapest that can carry the signal at all. Reasonable build
quality is worth paying for so that the cables don't crack or the plugs fall off
but beyond that all extra money is wasted.

www.lindy.co.uk have good value, extremely well made cables with very quick
delivery.

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Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur