15 Jul
2008
15 Jul
'08
2:08 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
Mark Knecht wrote:
Yeah, sometimes the cost of these cables is just silly. I bought a
Roku NetFlix player a few weeks ago. when it arrived it turned out I
hadn't purchased any additional cables thinking I had some extra
component video cables already. I didn't so I took a drive to Radio
Shack, the only electronics store here in town, to find out they
wanted $40.
The MythTV guys turned me on to MonoPrice.com where I bought 6 foot
component cables - three 6-foot coaxials in a bundle - for $2.18 each.
Since shipping was $4 I bough 3 just on the principle that the
material should cost more than shipping.
Cheers,
Mark
... it's (thankfully)
getting difficult to even buy an analog monitor anymore. We bought a
PC a year ago and Fry's was giving away 17" analog monitors for free
with the purchase. Stupid me I brought the thing home and it sits in
the garage gather dust unopened.
I'll keep my Trinitron around, maybe for a
dual-head system, but I'm
looking forward to getting my Samsung 2253BW later this week. I ordered
it yesterday. :)
Btw, I went to Staples to find a DVI cable. Hoho, they wanted $73.95 for
a Belkin cable ! Needless to say, I did not buy from them, but I did
purchase a $10 Monster cable from the same place I ordered the Samsung
monitor.
Again, my thanks to everyone who pitched in their advice and opinions,
you have all been most helpful. :)
Best,
dp