[masraum]

I have seen tests that compared the before and after signals of cheap cables and expensive cables. I think someone tested 5-10 of the really cheap cables and compared them to Monster cables. What they found is that all but one of the cheap cables performed as well as the expensive cables. Apparently the big area for problems is the cable terminations/ends themselves. Cheap ends can eventually cause a problem. I just got a TV and Blu-ray player, so I wanted/needed an hdmi cable. I bought a belkin cable for ~$22 from Amazon. They had a bunch of the $4-10 cables and some of the $50-150 cables. I suspect that my $22 cable is a good cable. My picture looks great.

I'd be leary of the really cheap stuff because you don't know if it's part of the 95% good cheap or one of the 5% crappy cables. A name brand at a low-mid price, I feel pretty confident...