Buying HDMI Cable in Hua Hin

[Big Boy]

Sorry thecolonel, I somehow missed your subsequent question. A bit late, but it was 2 mtrs and cost about 700฿. My son was spending my money, so in his opinion, money no object.

Glad you got yourself sorted.

[pitsch]

At Lazada you can buy a 1.5 m HDMI cable (full HD) for 25 Baht. This might not be the best one, but you have about 1000 other choices, which are all cheaper than 700 Baht.

[Big Boy]

Acknowledged/agreed, but my need was immediate, not in several days time.

[buksida]

At Lazada you can buy a 1.5 m HDMI cable (full HD) for 25 Baht. This might not be the best one, but you have about 1000 other choices, which are all cheaper than 700 Baht.

Lazada is awash with fake/inferior products - if things are too cheap there is probably a reason, I've found that out a couple of times already. I realize there is a massive premium in Hua Hin but where Lazada is concerned, the cheapest is not always the best.

[thecolonel]

At Lazada you can buy a 1.5 m HDMI cable (full HD) for 25 Baht. This might not be the best one, but you have about 1000 other choices, which are all cheaper than 700 Baht.

Lazada is awash with fake/inferior products - if things are too cheap there is probably a reason, I've found that out a couple of times already. I realize there is a massive premium in Hua Hin but where Lazada is concerned, the cheapest is not always the best.

Yup agreed, noone loves a bargain more than me, I assure you, but at 25 baht for an HDMI cable I'll happily choose to miss out. I'll let someone else try that

I'm happy with my 150 baht cable that I can take back if necessary

I have bought earphones from lazada very cheaply and they have been in the bin in a matter of a few days.





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[Ratsima]

I bought one last week at Thai Wassadu in Cha Am. It is an Okker, HDMI 1.4 (OKER HDMI 1.4 Gold Digital Video Cable 1.8m model HD-401). I think it was 169 baht. It works.

[Jose]

Some of more expensive hdmi cables are needed sometimes depending on if using
Soundbars with hdmi arc
I think also needed sometimes if you want to use main TV remote to work external DVD player or similar

[thecolonel]

Some of more expensive hdmi cables are needed sometimes depending on if using
Soundbars with hdmi arc
I think also needed sometimes if you want to use main TV remote to work external DVD player or similar

That's definitely above my pay grade but good Intel, thanks

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[Ratsima]

Some of more expensive hdmi cables are needed sometimes depending on if using
Soundbars with hdmi arc
I think also needed sometimes if you want to use main TV remote to work external DVD player or similar

So, true. The cable I bought at Thai Wassadu says on the package that it is compatible with ARC. So, I decided to try it. It did not work with my Samsung TV/Soundbar.

But, this is really no surprise. The only HDMI cable that works with my Samsung gear is a cheap, generic HDMI cable that I bought in 2009 so that I could connect a monitor to an Apple Mac mini. The downside of this cable is that it is way too long. I subsequently tried some shorter but expensive high-end cables, but none of them ever worked.