I went down to see my buddy at Sears this morning. It's been snowing since last night, so there was nobody else in the TV section of the store.

He humored me, and hooked up a 12' Monster HDMI, $99 at Sears, and a $19.95 Belkin, and swapped them back and forth between two TVs.. We saw absolutely no difference in the two. He said he has done this before, as people balk at the high price of cables needed.....

The Belkin (made in China) can be had at any number of places, for $10.

If I have to buy one, it looks like it will be the cheap one..... no difference in picture sure doesn't justify ALL that added expense.

However, the Monster had a "new technology guarantee." If they come out with a better, or newer model, they exchange it for free (if I pay to ship the old one back.)