Holy price gauging Batman!  Has anyone seen the prices of HDMI cables at Best Buy (presumably the same at other electronics stores)?  Yesterday I was in Best Buy to pick up a DVI (HD cable box out) to HDMI (TV in) for my new Sony 40″ BRAVIA V-Series HDTV (KDL-40V2500), but was shocked at the prices of HDMI cables.  We are talking about $80 or so for a “low end” cable, while the top end cables will set you back about $145 (plus tax).  There is also the $35 to be spent on the DVI to HDMI adaptor.

This is completely insane.  First, I spend two grand on a TV.  Next I spend some money to upgrade to Charter HD service.  Now I have to spend another $100-200 on cables.  Where does it end?  I assume if later this year I decided to pick up a 360 or PS3, I will have to spend even more money on more digital cables.

I have been doing some reading/research at it seems there are two camps.  The first firmly believes that spending top dollar on high-end cables such as those provided by Monster are an absolute necessity.  The other camp believes that a digital cable is a digital cable (assuming reasonable cable length), and you should go as cheap as possible.  I sure hope that the latter is correct because I do not want to spend this much money on cables.