so this is saying that when we buy cables - we must ensure we buy from reputable manufacturers/retailers (these businesses are held responsible for products they sell if these products don't perform as they should) and not because of price right? Therefore, for example, if Belkin is selling its cerfified 1.3b cables for a cheap price - should I buy or should i not?

As long as a HDMI cable has been certified as high speed/1.3b/b and whatever, the cables should perform as it should, no matter how cheap it is. Those who had bad experience with "cheap" cables are mainly because of being cheated by con artists who sold them not-certified poor quality cables. But human being are not as logical as they ought to be. They then developed this logic " I was conned because I bought a cheap product, therefore, all cheap products are bad products" - after they have "kena" from buying uncertified cables.

I think we need to be careful with the word cheap. I would assume that in DigitalTech's post - it is relative to Monster's price range.

There are many reputable cable makers and they are considered cheap as compared to Monster's. For example, belkin - and when it says its cables are all certified, we can be assured that they are.

I think there will not be an end to the arguing of "monster's cables makes your video better than other cheap brands". So I am not spending time arguing this. People who have the money to spend and feel good about buying Monster's cables should continue to feel happy with the cables they have bought. But those who have other uses for that kind of money - this kind of expensive cables should not be in your priority list because most likely, when you hook up your display with a cheap belkin cable (only an example), you would have been convinced by what your TV is capable of, and nothing less.

But I went to Tesco (bukit indah, JB) - could not find them at all!!!

bro. beauty is in the eye of the beholder

ahyah, no need to be so serious lah - so what if I posted a wrong picture - if I posted a fake rolex picture can I be accused of promoting / solicitating business to sell such fake goods?

This post has been edited by wuanzi: Apr 13 2010, 03:27 PM

ok noted.

but... so what is the problem with the URL - I know now, coz you said the URL is pointing to a seller who is alleged by you of selling fake goods... but the problem is that - how do we, as commoners, know if a URL (seller) is a problem or when it is not a problem... sorry, not trying to be funny - just that a lot of times, as a forum member, using a picture to illustrate a content is a hard habit to break and I don't really think it is hardly a fault... but if you are not agreeable so be it lah - but seriously, if you think that the seller is selling fake goods and infringe copyright, you should report to authority and only once the seller is convicted, I think we can openly say the seller is doing a criminal act lah

Hi Bro I am no expert in cyber law or copyright in terms of web but I guess :
1. putting a url here is considered copyright infringement?
2. even if copying a picture and upload here is considered copyright infringement? not very sure leh coz I think one of the major "symptoms" of infringing copyright must be associated with personal gain oh...
So I see no problem our forum bro just refer a URL here lah

BTW - off topic liao - let's continue our discussion on whether it is a must to buy horrendously priced cable (must be branded I guess), regardless of rich and poor.. because people say so?

or don't wait till you leave the counter - this is what Iｄｏ - normally we should already have a basic idea of the price of things we are buying (I think it is a good habit to check price before putting the thing into the cart ), when the cashier is scanning the items, we can watch him do the scanning and also pay attention to the screen showing the price, if you think that the price is not what you expected, you can immediately stop the cashier from continuing.

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Added on April 18, 2010, 12:16 amI only go to do grocery once every few months and my list is quite long...so far no problem and i will check the goods again after reaching home against the long receipt, but I did encounter getting a can of spoilt jam, but it does not make sense going back for a can of jam worthes 3.50..

This post has been edited by wuanzi: Apr 18 2010, 12:16 AM

I have a 10 meter non-branded HDMI cable buried in wall connecting to projector and amplifier - fortunately no problem. But kind of regretted coz HDMI cable standards keeps upgrading...