This subject has been a hot button with me for quite awhile, mainly because the victims seem to always be family or friends. People who go and buy a nice HDTV from the Best Buys and Circuit City's of the world get taken by the "expensive cables are better" scam. And to this day, I do not believe that the $100 HDMI Monster cable is any better than the $6 HDMI cable that you can find on-line.
But what Gizmo Republic uncovered at a big box store is just all out wrong!!!
This demo for Monster cable shows the "Monster difference" between their cables and a inferior competitors. So why was the competitors image inferior to Monsters image? Because Monster is using an HDMI cable on the left, compared to the composite cables on the right. What blows my mind is how they're getting away with this. Check the quote:
"Monster brand has been running this scam for years. The big box retailers have found outrageously priced accessories to be a good way to recoup profits from the pencil thin profit margins on big ticket consumer electronics like HDTVs."
Please people, don't get sucked into this Monster scam that's been going on for an awful long time.
Monster HDMI Cable Scam [GizmoRepublic via Crunchgear]
3 comments:
Awesome catch...hope they get burned for it.
Burn Baby Burn...
DISCO INFERNO!!!
Burn Baby Burn...
Burn that mutha down...
This is not new. I've seen this at Sears & Video Concepts (I worked at both), Silo, Circuit City, Comp USA (worked there also), any mon & pop home theater store. My god...they use the same thing when comparing vacuum cleaners and cleansers...you make sure what you want to sell works better.
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