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Yikes! Consumer Electronic Rip...
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... I finally got around to looking at the manuals for a TV set and DVD player we have, and noticed there was a "new" way to hook them up together, with an "HDMI" cable. The cable is supposed to provide the highest possible video quality from a DVD to the TV set, and it also carries audio signals. $100+ for the manufacturer's branded cable, same price for a "Monster" cable. Unbelievable. The fittings on the cable sort of resemble the flat ones on a USB cable, but they are not the same. $100, for what I am sure is a perfectly ordinary cable. I had no idea SONY had been taken over by the boating industry. Anyway, I shopped around for a while, and found a no-name supplier who has the cable for *only* $35. Sheesh. For a 6' cable with two 50-cent ends on it. I just purchased (yesterday) a Sony DVD player with the HDMI "up conversion" feature It is advertised to play a DVD in "near HD" quality. The 6 foot cable cost more than the DVD unit. My son recently goaded me into this High Def TV thing. I've passed on it for years because I simply don't watch that much television. But, off we went to buy a Samsung HD plasma TV and called the cable company to pick up the new HD cable box. Spent a few hours mounting the TV and hooking everything up and ..... WOW! I am converted. The one bad thing is that after watching a program in HD, it is difficult to go back and watch a regular cable channel. BTW - even though DVDs are not HD, the HDMI cable and Sony's "up conversion" feature seems to work. I can detect a very small but noticeable improvement over the three cable component connections. Eisboch |
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