So haggling with the guy at Best Buy and replacing parts on your shitty old LCD sounds like a cheap ass' moves to me. Your meltdown here is showing how full of shit you are dude.

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If you were rich you wouldnt even think about electronics breaking after 5 years. Because you wouldnt care how long your TV holds. And get a new one as soon as there is a better model if you are interested in this kind of stuff. Why do you even have a TV if you are rich and like this stuff so much. Where is your 500k Home Theater ?
Upper middle class is far from rich.

Why are you even mentioning a ridiculous 90 Dollar difference for a cable who cares ? Why are you even mentioning prices rich means costs are secondary.

There are a lot of problems in the past with PLASMA... today PLASMA is another story.

I'm happy we agree that plasma is the best bro :)

Hey smart guy. I'm over 30 and own my own house. I created my own wealth because you play games and don't work don't mean that the rest of us do the same.

I said I live in a rich neighborhood and yes I'm upper middle class. So what does that have to do with my neighborhood. You seem to think that rich people don't care about money, Thats why there rich because they do care. They will look for the cheapest deal no matter what. Are you kidding me. A lot of my neighbors are a lot better off then me and tight as sh-t. Also buddy, I do have other nice things. So am I worried about the cost? not really but if they are going to give me a deal, what I'm going to say, no I have enough money, don't give me a deal. Your smart dude!!! Oh I could have had samsung come out and fix it for free but I wanted to fix it myself. you think that because I have more money then you, that I don't want to save or try things for myself. No my theater is polk audio and around $2000 for it.

So you all tested the new plasma's. cause they where still having problems a few years back. So now there fixed and your sure of it? That sounds like a prediction and just random bull you pull out of your arse to prove your case. Thats awsome.

Your job obviously doesn't require a basic understanding of technology and signals then.

If you didn't want so many people to attack you in this thread, try being less ignorant and more open to the points that other people make next time, especially when they know far more about the subject than you do. Also, try and be a bit more modest and stop referring to your "wealth" in every god damn sentence you make, that is assuming that you aren't completely talking out of your arse.

I've already said all I've had to say on the subject of HDMI cables, and I'm pretty sure that everyone else has said all they've had to say on the subject of LED vs Plasma, it's everyone's word against yours, if you don't want to believe us then fine.

You assumed and also made a arse out of your self. You think that because you read all these magazines that proves the tech. No, time proves the tech. So you have no proof but what others tell you. So how smart is that, not very.  Funny if I told people around me about this, they would laugh in your face. LOL I did push it but because this site is a joke.  Most of the people in this site talk out of there arse non-stop, including you. So don't act like you are so smart and don't talk out your arse and assume sh-t because you do and so do all the others on this post. I don't care if you all jumped all over me. It's the same as every thread. There is a one sided view on this site  and usually extremely biased and based off stupidity. 

Aww poor young kid thinks he's smarter then everyone else.  LED has been proven, fact. Plasma has not. You can link what you want. If the HDMI cable didn't make difference I would have not changed it but it did. So great read but I seen the sh-t, so f-ck you link buddy. I'm telling you it made difference. Maybe the cable was sh-t but it looks fine on my 720p 60Hz tv but not on my 55. What do you own. O' yea not a 55 or a 240Hz, You got a f'ing link.

Eh. We really have totally different definitions of rich. My parents are upper middle class. They both make comperatively to the average a lot money. And still dont spend without giving a thought. But I know a few really rich people. Talking about money is like the worst offense you can commit. Gloating about prices of some cheap items is like saying. Hey look at me I am poor.

2000 thats nothing. I cant even hang out with some of my childhood friends without spending insane amounts of money for basic stuff.

I know rich people care about money but 1000 isnt really considered much money when you are rich. You wouldnt care about 10 Dollar that much and give alot thought about your 25 Dollar purchase would you ?

Why did you even bring your rich neighborhood up ? Your argumentation is flawed you say people who cant afford LED buy Plasma. Thats wrong here are probably alot people who can afford an Highend LED but still buy Plasma because it has a superior quality thats FACT. You are talking like Plasmas are poor mans LEDs. Despite them being the most expensive in the past and LCDs for the poorer. Now we have LEDs who need tons of complex technology just to be barely as good as Plasma. 

Then you are arguing it breaks sooner while saying you live in a rich neighborhood (noone cares). But you dont even know what rich is. Sure rich people look out for their money. But if you earn 3000 Dollars a day JUST with the money you already have plus what you really earn. You stop percieving a 2000 Dollar purchase as much money thats not even worth thinking about. And thats still poor rich.

You have no clue how exactly LED/Plasmas work your HDMI cable argumentation shows that clearly. You fell for some sales speech thats all there is to it. Plasmas might be bulky/energy hungry, thus way more expensive to entertain, but they still offer the best picture quality.