Retailer Compares Monster HDMI to Composite

As disturbing as it is, it’s nothing new to see retailers use deceiving methods to push their customers into a purchase they might not otherwise make. Some even go as far as having a separate in-store website with higher prices, but we won’t get into that here.

This latest finding, though not surprising, is absolutely disgusting. Two TVs are side-by-side, and are used to show the difference between a Monster HDMI cable and a regular one. There’s just one problem. The other TV is not even using an HDMI cable. Instead, it’s using old-school composite connectors – the same ones that your old Nintendo 64 or Sega Dreamcast would use.

The depressing thing is that so many people fall victim to these lies.

Why was the competitor inferior? Because the big box sales folks connected composite cables to one TV and a Monster Cable HDMI cable to another. They then ran the same signal to both TVs over different resolution cables. It would be like adding racing stripes to a Formula 1 car and racing a Ford Focus, saying that the racing stripes improved the speed. This is so egregious that it makes me wonder how they’re getting away with it but, as we all know, suckers gestate in sixty second intervals.

Source: Crunch Gear