Those are all links with budgets in mind "how to save money" , the fault in the logic is if I buy a $3000 Tv, and Hook it to $8000 worth of Audio equipment, Internet TV show host, and tech writers are not the people I would take advice from, buying a Ipad, yes.
If any of them were experts they would of mentioned how RC(resistive/capacitive value of copper and insulators) affect digital switching. But since they gotta fit the info into 30second clips, or 2000 word articles, I can excuse the absents of this info.
Nobody mentioned color depth, jitter, dot crawl, all common problems seen everyday on many videophiles screens, that magically go away when using better cables.
Another thing is most everyone seems to be targeting Monster. Their are alot of other brands of high end cables that cost an ungodly amount, and most don't look as nice,or include the same warranty. I do think this is Monsters fault for trying to bring the high end cable market to the mainstream and pushing it's technical marketing to a very unprepared mass public.
The truth is Monster is the low end of the spectrum of high end cables, and considered a bargain in this class,so it's not about monster, it's about high end cables.
If they never owned a high end cable,or a set-up requiring such a cable, how can they judge?How can they say I don't see a difference, when clearly I do, I see the difference in a $79 monster cable and a $99 monster cable.
I totally agree high end cables are not for everyone, probably only 5% of us can truly appreciate them. On my own mother's TV set I used $50 cables as she has no devices that can make use of the cables I use. Do I regret it, Yes!, every time I'm over at her house I am constantly bothered dot crawl, that she never notices even when I point it out.