Today's Cool Things
As of today, I am going to start weekly updates of what I'm doing, what I have done, or what I think is cool. This is to get me writing and to (hopefully) keep (both of) you interested. I'll try to make it accessible (like not talking about the new gear I picked up in World of Warcraft) and whatnot. And let's start today with something I think we can all agree is straight-up goddamn awesome.
Savings.
A lot of companies that sell cables are very big on touting how amazing they are, saying that their digital signal is the best around, and that gold-plated connectors help signal and make everything about it a million billion times more awesome. Wanna hear something great? IT DOESN'T. At all. With cables, it either works completely or it doesn't at all, like how a computer charging cable will continue to provide power until it's fully out of the socket.
Next time you see an HDMI cable for $70 (some even go for over $100 per foot- holy fuck!), say no to that BS and make a trip over to Walk-mart. They have HDMI cables, and probably a lot of other cables, for not a whole lot of money. That's the thing you want to go for, not the Hell-powered diamond-plated thirty foot cable with signal boosters every inch. It doesn't make a lick 'o' difference.
Save yourself some cash. Don't buy expensive cables.
I went to buy a HDMI cable and it was like $70. I just laughed at the store rep and walked out. On my way out they were like "well, we have this one for $15..."
ReplyDeleteNow I play all my games in 1080p full HD @ ultra settings. Good times.
Fact:
ReplyDeleteYou're still getting ripped off.
I just paid $2.80 (You read that correctly) for a 2 Metre HDMI cable on Amazon. It works fine and dandy.