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Where can I buy a reasonably priced 2m HDMI cable? |
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Where can I buy a reasonably priced 2m HDMI cable?
Poundland sell 1m HDMI cables for...a pound, funnily enough, but the cheapest 2m cable I can see is for £10 in Wilkos.
Does anywhere on the high street sell them for nearer a fiver or so? |
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Try here if you have a branch near
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop...dmi-cable.html but ebay is a better bet - from around £1.60 and free dellivery |
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You could alwys get a couple from poundland and order one of these from ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HDMI-Femal...item3a77c70aa7
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2 regular male cables + a coupler like in the link will work, just be aware that the plugs may tend to fall out of the coupler if that part the cable is hanging vertical (weight), though this depends on the precise build of the components. But its easy to fix, just wrap some strong insulation tape round the outside.
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If that's the cheapest you can find on the high street then so what? The rest of your kit must have cost much more so it's a pretty small percentage on top.
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If that's the cheapest you can find on the high street then so what? The rest of your kit must have cost much more so it's a pretty small percentage on top.
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Order from ebay....Pointless wasting money on HDMI cables....
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You could alwys get a couple from poundland and order one of these from ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HDMI-Femal...item3a77c70aa7
The coupler is £1.99 + 2 leads from Poundland at a £1 each = £3.99 but as I suggested in post 2 a 2M lead on ebay is only £1.60
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An HDMI cable shouldn't cost much more than a couple of quid. Anybody paying silly prices for so-called better ones is an idiot.
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An HDMI cable shouldn't cost much more than a couple of quid. Anybody paying silly prices for so-called better ones is an idiot.
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We all know that you shouldn't pay too much for one, there are regularly threads on here of people boasting how little they have paid as if it boosts their manhood. On the other hand you have to ask if it's worth the effort to save a few small amount of pounds in getting the cheapest possible when if you want to save money there is much more to be saved elsewhere.
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It's not a case of saving money it's a case of not being ripped off...Simple...
![]() If Wilkos had 2m cables for a fiver, I wouldn't go to the hassle of buying online. As it is, ebay here I come. |
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There's a 3m cable available for £4.49 from Curry's/PC World.
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-...59620-pdt.html Not sure if it is normally stocked in store, but it does say that it can but ordered online and collected in store. |
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I see that the 3m is cheaper than the 2m or the 1m in their essentials range!
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I see that the 3m is cheaper than the 2m or the 1m in their essentials range!
The 3M cable priced at £4.49 is the C003MHD13 Product code 049914 and the 1M cable at £3.49 is C001MHD13 Product code 033910 whereas the other 1M cable priced at £5.99 is product code 423180 Similar difference with the 2M and the appearance is slightly different too They all do the same job so more than that I don't know ![]() http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-...-criteria.html |
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An HDMI cable shouldn't cost much more than a couple of quid. Anybody paying silly prices for so-called better ones is an idiot.
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Confusing, but no.
The 3M cable priced at £4.49 is the C003MHD13 Product code 049914 and the 1M cable at £3.49 is C001MHD13 Product code 033910 whereas the other 1M cable priced at £5.99 is product code 423180 Similar difference with the 2M and the appearance is slightly different too They all do the same job so more than that I don't know ![]() http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-...-criteria.html |
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search for "BlueRigger High speed HDMI Cable" on Amazon uk.
Best for the money. I've bought about 8 of them from 2 Meters(£6.49) up to 10 Meters(£10.99) No loss of quality in picture/audio on the 10 meter cable. Of course you can get cheaper but these are worth the extra couple of quid. They even do a Twin pack , 2 x 6.6 feet for £5.49. Just don't go spending stupid money on HDMI cables , not worth it. |
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Exactly. The thing is some people are still brain washed and just won't have it that all HDMI cables are pretty much the same. Someone I know still won't exept it and says that someone in Currys proved it to them by showing the difference in picture with 4 different cables.
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Just look on ebay. I did read a report recently on various types of cables/connectors and the cheap ones did the same job as the expensive ones.
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Sounds like this person is the sort who would fall for the BS spouted by the likes of Wireworld and Audioquest for their ridiculously overpriced cables
![]() You really would have to be a mug to pay that!
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I bought two of the poundland ones not too long ago, They do the job but one of the pair is failing so I ordered a slightly more expensive (£2.99) one from elsewhere which seems to have slightly better build quality.
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Probably. Gee I was looking at some Wireworld and Audioquest cables. Some HDMI cables are over £1,000!
You really would have to be a mug to pay that!![]() I would love to know how many of these types of cables they sell and who to. |
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This is the most expensive HDMI cable I have ever seen AudioQuest Diamond HDMI Cable 16m, which costs £11,629.00
![]() I would love to know how many of these types of cables they sell and who to.
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You really would have to be a mug to pay that!