Customers Gleefully Mock Best Buy's $1,095.99 HDMI

First time accepted submitter Forthan Red writes "It may be a pricing bot run amok, or a ridiculously over-inflated sense of worth, but Best Buy has been offering an HDMI cable for a whopping $1,095.99 (currently sold out!). While Best Buy seems to be oblivious to the absurdity of this price for a digital cable, those posting customer reviews are not. Enjoy the mockery!" One of my favorites is: "saved a ton of money on a new TV on black Friday and decided to use the extra cash to get the best cable available. At a whopping 3.3 feet in length, this cable is no joke. When all my friends come over to watch football, they always say 'WOW what kind of HDMI cable do you have?' I proudly tell them about my audioquest diamond and its advanced features such as its Dark Gray/Black finish. It is a great conversation piece! Not to mention it fits into my dvd player and tv perfectly."

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Re:They may be mocking the price but

[vlm]

Ground the shield not float it? Assuming you have a neg ground amp or at least a floating output?

If you don't want to risk it, some ferrites would probably make quick work out of it, although beware that some ferrite mixes have a granular size and suited to LF like your AM radio app and some suited better for VHF. I know it sounds like audiophool line, but read some ferrite mfgrs databooks (amidon had a good one a long time ago, like in the 80s) and it'll all be explained.

Your best bet is to make nice with your local ham radio guy, who probably knows quite a bit about keeping RF out of his own audio gear... your problem should be easy in comparison.