No Free HDMI cables anymore

[RandallA]

It's not like they always provided the HDMI cables. You better get your HDMI cables from Monoprice.com before a new installation.

 

[aperry]

All things considered though, and compared to what some places charge for HDMI cables, $20 really is not that bad for an on-the-spot purchase.

I stopped by my cable co the other day, and they had 6 ft HDMI cables for $90!!!

 

[cparker]

yeah even Radio Shack wants $50 for a 6 footer.

monoprice FTW!

 

[dlsnyder]

Proudly supporting local Inland Empire retailers... Monoprice.com, based in Rancho Cucamonga CA.

 

[lakebum431]

Yeah, I've bought many a cable from monoprice.com and had great results with all of them.

 

[Skibum]

Monoprice all the way! Just sold two more today. The HDMI cables we've (the RSP) have always received from Dish I've had to sell for $55. WTF?

 

[rprice54]

for whatever it's worth , I picked up 2 25ft HDMI cables from firefold for ~$27 each and they had a 6ft cable on closeout for ~$4.

 

[Minsk1]

Amazon.com: search for 'HDMI cable'. Starts from $1.80 for 6ft.

 

[azhagan]

If you want to get your hands on cables today... I got mine at Circuit CIty last week for 10 dollars for 6 ft. But the thing is you have to order online and pick up in store, because in store the same cables are $45.

 

[AT&TDishman]

I've used Pacific Cable for years. Great products, great prices, great service, and especially important to me--Made in USA. They will also make any custom cable for you, but at a price, of course.

 

[digiblur]

Amazing... didn't we see something last year about all receivers need to be hooked up via HDMI due to DRM issues coming up.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Amazon.com: search for 'HDMI cable'. Starts from $1.80 for 6ft.

I've got two of those, one for my 622, one for my blu-ray. They're definitely the best value out there!!!!

 

[Islandguy43]

It's not like they always provided the HDMI cables. You better get your HDMI cables from Monoprice.com before a new installation.

When did they ever provide them for free? When I got my first 811 receiver, I had to call E* later myself and they sent a hdmi out with a dvi adapter. I think they charged me something like 10-12 dollars.

 

[deck797]

Is an HDMI cable, just an HDMI cable? What's this version 1.3 I'm reading about? Does the amount of Gbps matter? I understand that at least 800gbps for a blu-ray connection. The dish installer the other day, put a huge scratch in my wood floor, and he called his mgr, and 3 more folks came running over like it was a major catastrophe. Anyway, they ended up GIVING me one of their HDMI cables, AND a phonex easyjack2 for my reciever. Not sure about the cable...might try a better quality, and the phonex...I can't get caller ID on my TV screen...anyone have this problem?

 

[sigmtr]

Amazing... didn't we see something last year about all receivers need to be hooked up via HDMI due to DRM issues coming up.

I thought the same thing. And here they will give you free component cables but charge for the HDMI? Price is everything for some folks...

sigmtr

 

[Max Wright]

I like the bottom of the .pdf that Randall provides. It states "No calls should be generated to the CSC". I presume CSC is Customer Service Center. Just rather funny that they're stating they don't want to be bothered by this etc. I wonder if they're going to tell the CSC people about this change though.

 

[Primus]

I guess my installer that was out on Saturday didn't get the memo. lol. I just had an additional 722 installed. The guy was pretty cool and fairly knowledgeable, although he did think they were going to send a shuttle up to fix the errant satellite recently launched.

I asked him if he had any HDMI cables. He said he didn't think he had any but he would check. Went to the van an came back with a really nice 8' HDMI cable that he gave me free of charge.

He seemed really surprised when I tipped him before he left too.

 

[rprice54]

Is an HDMI cable, just an HDMI cable? What's this version 1.3 I'm reading about? Does the amount of Gbps matter? I understand that at least 800gbps for a blu-ray connection. The dish installer the other day, put a huge scratch in my wood floor, and he called his mgr, and 3 more folks came running over like it was a major catastrophe. Anyway, they ended up GIVING me one of their HDMI cables, AND a phonex easyjack2 for my reciever. Not sure about the cable...might try a better quality, and the phonex...I can't get caller ID on my TV screen...anyone have this problem?

I don't know much about the difference with v1.3, but since it's digital you don't need to spend $300 on a fancy cable. 1's and 0's are the same regardless. Different from analog signals (component/compsite) where you can have some loss of signal and degredation from cheap cables. With digital it's more of an all or none signal.

 

[hendrix04]

High-Definition Multimedia Interface - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That will tell you the differences between hdmi versions. I would make sure to atleast get 1.3

 

[duckydan]

1.3 adds nothing unless you are using HDMI for a PC, video game system (PS3 or 360), or BD/HD DVD. For a satellite/cable connection 1.1 is fine.