Where do YOU get your cables?

Knowing very little about the tech side of gaming and having just read the thread concerning the less-than-desirable quality achieved by using component cables on an HDTV, i figure i should get rid of my composite cables in favor of HDMI and finally enjoy my 360's full potential. BUT we all know retailers are thieves when it comes to this department, so i ask you, knowledgeable community, for some alternatives. Thanks a million pixels.

Monoprice or Newegg

I bought some for £2 and my dad bought some for £20, they were basically the same thing. So the cheapest ones I would recommend you get.

Now that I think about it I'm pretty sure that I have always just had the right cables come with the box. If I had to ever replace something I would probably head to amazon.ca, newegg.ca or stop at Futureshop on the way home from work most likely.

they're just about twice as expensive at future shop as they are from most online retailers. i had to hit up amazon since (to quote kanye) most sites don't care for canadian people

Depends, for simple digital cables you can't fuck up, I go to my local computer store Canada Computres since it's all pretty cheap compared to big-box retailers.

For copper speaker cables, or other specialty analog audio/video where cable quality does make a difference, I go to my local high-end stereo store, Bay Bloor Radio.

Amazon. Always.

just buy the cheapest HDMI cable from amazon....that's what I did and it works just fine.

Ebay. Got four 8ft gold plated HDMI cables for $10. Free shipping.

Newegg

Amazon.

@skyline7284 said:

Monoprice or Newegg

Those two. Never been disappointed with price or quality from either of those places.

Monoprice has very reasonable shipping to Canada. I order from them all the time. For Canadians, I've also seen some people recommend Infinite Cables.

I once bought a 6 foot audio cable for 97p from Amazon.

Amazon. I bought a HDMI cable for a nickle. No lies and it works great. Granted I paid 2.00 in shipping but still.. a nickel!

Amazon.

@phantomsnake: i didn't even see a 360 hdmi cable on monoprice. it does need to be the microsoft brand to hook up a 360, i assume?

@killacam said:

@phantomsnake: i didn't even see a 360 hdmi cable on monoprice. it does need to be the microsoft brand to hook up a 360, i assume?

HDMI is a global standard. Any HDMI cable will work with any HDMI device and DON'T fall into the trap of people telling you an expensive cable works better. A cheap ass $3 cable will work fine as an overpriced $30 cable.

Monoprice.

@Demoskinos: well... looks like i just wasted 20 bucks

I'm a Newegg guy all the way. Cheap, always works, shipped out fast!

Monoprice... just about never retail... you can spend upwards of 10 times the amount that you pay on Monoprice or an online retailer... I wouldn't mind if they added an extra $3-5 on top of the price at retail, but when there is such a large price gap, I cannot even consider it.

@killacam: If all you spent was $20 you did ok.

Wow, I just went to BestBuy to find their $600 cables, but instead found a 3' cable for a grand. They never cease to amaze me.

@killacam:

I'd check out monoprice.com. They are high quality and cheap because you buy the cables directly from the manufacturer.

Monoprice or Amazon

Always Newegg. Cable pricing in brick and mortar stores is absurd, and I've had nothing but good experiences with Newegg.

ANYWHERE BUT STORES!

Ever since I found out about Monoprice, it's been my goto place for anything cable related. Just so darn cheap and good quality!

Monoprice

@skyline7284 said:

Monoprice or Newegg

I had never heard of monoprice, thanks a ton, you saved me about $60! Love my GB duders.

I crimp my own ethernet cables. For anything else it's usually Amazon since I'm a prime member, unless monoprice is significantly cheaper or has a piece Amazon doesn't.