Do Not Buy The Expensive HDMI Cables !
Whenever someone says they’re going to buy a new blu-ray player of HDTV, that is the first thing that I tell them.
In test after test, the more expensive HDMI cables failed to impress in comparison to their cheaper counterparts
Reviewers and the technicians they consulted saw no difference when it comes to video and audio quality so why dish out hundreds of bucks on cables when you can use the money buying movies instead ?
All you need to do is buy the proper category of cable for your home theater system and you’re up and running :
Cable/Satellite boxes – (HDMI 1.3 or 1.4) Standard/Category 1
Upconverting DVD Player – (HDMI 1.3 or 1.4) Standard/Category 1
Blu-Ray at 720p resolution – (HDMI 1.3 or 1.4) Standard/Category 1
Blu-Ray at 1080p resolution – (HDMI 1.3 or 1.4) High Speed/Category 2
Blu-Ray 3D – (HDMI 1.4) High Speed/Category 2
Blu-Ray Deep Color – (HDMI 1.4) High Speed/Category 2
Blu-Ray 4K – (HDMI 1.4) High Speed/Category 2
(source – HDMI.org)
More Black Friday Deals
More Black Friday specials are up :
- Applian Technologies Inc.
– Various products on sale
- Bustedtees – Black Friday Sale: Buy any 2 Tees, Get 1 FREE! Fri 11/25 to Sun 11/27 ONLY. Give the Gift of Funny Tees this Year – Shop Now!
- Calendars.com – 72 Hour Sitewide Sale! Up to 60% Off Plus Free Shipping on Every Order Black Friday Weekend!
- chapters.indigo.ca
– various item discounts
- Deepdiscounts.com – Black Friday deals – no waiting in lines! Save huge on DVDs, Blu-rays & more at DeepDiscount.com 11/23 thru 11/29
- Music & Arts
– Shop Black Friday Deals and Save Up To 80% or Create Your Own Sale With 15% Off! Use Coupon Code: 8EM2EM. Valid 11/25/11-11/27/11.
- Musician’s Friend
– Black Friday Sale – Save Up to a $500! Use Coupon Code: BF2011. Valid 11/25/11-11/27/11.
- GuitarCenter.com
– Black Friday Weekend – 10% off Single Item (up to $500 discount)! Use Coupon Code: BLACKWK. Valid 11/26/11-11/27/11.
- Live Nation Store
– Cyber Weekend Sale! Save up to 25% now through Monday in the Live Nation Store!
- MacMall – Your #1 Apple Superstore!
– 59 Hour Sale: MacMall’s Best Savings of the Year, Up to $649 Off on Macs, Ends 11/25
- MyJewelryBox.com
– Black Friday Sale at MyJewelryBox.com! Get 25% OFF on Fine Jewelry, Diamond Rings, Earrings and More! Promo Code: BLACKF25
- Novica – Handmade Black Friday Deals! Save $10 Off $50 at NOVICA. Code: SAVE10TODAY. Valid 11-23-2011 thru 12-31-2011
- Roxio’s Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2011 Sale – biggest discounts of the year! Buy Now and SAVE.
- Sears.ca
– Black Friday Weekend Sale November 24 – 27 at Sears.ca!
- Symantec – Black Friday Savings! Save 10% off Symantec SMB Store Products with Coupon Code: BFSA10. Expires 11/27/11.
- WWEshop.com – $15 off all WWEShop.com orders of $100 or more. Use Code WWEAFF15. Exp. 11/30/11
- Woodwind & Brasswind
– Door Busters! 25% Off Books, Video & Music! Use Coupon Code: BLKBOOK. Valid 11/24/11-11/30/11.
Napster Canada To Close
Napster will cease their Canadian operations on December 16th, 2011 and the company advises their Canadian customers to use their credits/gift cards and backup their purchases prior to this date. Click here for more details.
Black Friday Week Deals
The Black Friday sales have begun at Amazon.ca 
, EntertainmentEarth.com
, JR.com
, Musician’s Friend
, Tigerdirect.ca
and Tigerdirect.com
.
The rest of the online retailers I buy from appear to be waiting for Friday itself to offer up their Black Friday sales.
It Makes You Think, Again !
It appears that the pending lists affair is not over.
In January 2011, the major labels in Canada had settled a class action lawsuit against them for the unauthorized use and distribution of recordings, as well as unpaid mechanical and video royalties.
EMI Music Canada Inc., Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., Universal Music Canada Inc. and Warner Music Canada Co. had later in May 2011 agreed to pay approximately $50.2 Million dollars to songwriters and music publishers that had not been compensated the use of their works in certain compilations and live recordings.
Well, Universal Music Group and Universal Music Canada is now suing the National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, their insurer, for their share of the settlement and other related expenses in the Supreme Court of the State of California in Los Angeles.
According to their November 8th, 2011 complaint found on HollywoodReporter.com, Universal Music Group had paid $14.4 million in damages and approximately $1.06 million in attorney fees and costs.
CRTC Rules Against Caps
The CRTC has ruled against the capping of wholesale bandwidth.
“Under the CRTC’s new capacity-based approach, large telephone and cable companies will sell wholesale bandwidth to independent ISPs on a monthly basis. Independent ISPs will have to determine in advance the amount they need to serve their retail customers and then manage network capacity until they are able to purchase more. Alternatively, large companies can continue to charge independent ISPs a flat monthly fee for wholesale access, regardless of how much bandwidth their customers use. Both billing options give independent ISPs the ability to design service plans and charge their own customers as they see fit.“
The CRTC has decided there should be two wholesale pricing models, neither of which include “provisions that would require independent ISPs to impose bandwidth caps on their retail customers“.
The first is a “Capacity-based model”, would contain a monthly access rate for each of the independent ISP’s retail customers, a monthly capacity charge, offered in increments of 100 megabits per second, and any applicable ancillary charges, such a monthly interface charge and associated service charges.
The second is the existing “Flat-rate model”, would of course contain a monthly access rate for each of the independent ISP’s retail customers, and any applicable ancillary charges, such a monthly interface charge and associated service charges.