Most of us are familiar with the push by electrical sales retailers (such as Comet, Currys, Dixons etc) to sell you lucrative equipment insurance deals (lucrative to them that is) but it seems they now have a new 'trick'.
With the advent of Digital and HD TV consumers will find that when purchasing their new HD sets that they will require HDMI cables to take advantage of the new higher definition picture.
This is where the stores, or is it the manufacturers, or more likely both, are taking people for a ride.
In the local major electrical retail store at Stamford I recently wanted to purchase a 3meter HDMI lead for an installation that I was doing. The cables in the store ranged from £30 (for the cheap and cheerful) to £80 for the enthusiast. The cable that I recommended was a screened HDMI cable with gold plating to improve connectivity and signal quality. The cost in the store £40.
As I am 'in the know' I refused to pay this. Drove home and purchased the same specification cable online for around £5. I even paid the £6 to have it delivered next day and still saved £29 on the electrical store price.
Watch out for this one.
If you want direction as to where to buy contact me via my IT site at http://www.litespc.co.uk
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