Sony unveils slew of high-end AV cables in Europe

Those who just seem to sleep better knowing that every component of their (Sony) setup has the same brand name on it may take pleasure in the fact that the aforementioned company is doling out a smorgasbord of new AV cables across the pond. Apparently, the firm's high performance AV series will include HDMI, component, SCART, optical / coaxial digital audio and stereo audio flavors, and they will all be marketed as perfect complements to BRAVIA TVs, VAIO PCs, PS3s and Sony Blu-ray players. These cables are purportedly a notch above the midrange lineup introduced earlier this year, and they all boast 24k gold plated connectors and are manufactured from 99.996-percent oxygen free copper (OFC). No prices are mentioned, but you can supposedly find the whole lot now in one, three and five meter lengths over in Europe.

[Via Cybertheater]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 12th 2007 6:29PM]

yay, more overpriced cables to go along with my Monster Cables....



NOT.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 12th 2007 7:41PM]

It's a shame that they say SONY on them.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 12th 2007 7:43PM]

Thanks, I'll pass; I prefer to give as little cash as possible to the pushers of DRM schemes like rootkits and SecuROM.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 12th 2007 7:47PM]

And BD+!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 12th 2007 9:47PM]

Advice to newbies: get your cables from monoprice.com, you'll be glad you did. More money left to spend on the latest and greatest blu-rays.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2007 12:54AM]

Just a note... these are available at Canadian Sony stores as well (aside from the SCART, obviously)

[The Fuzz 53 Posted Nov 13th 2007 8:44AM]

As if Sony wasn't ripping off consumers enough as it is. Don't buy these. All you will ever need can be found right here:

www.monoprice.com

[Galley Posted Nov 13th 2007 8:52AM]

I'm gonna rush out and buy that high-end composite video cable for my 1980s TV!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2007 8:59AM]

I thought you were joking about them having a high end composite cable, now I can't stop laughing.

[JDM Posted Nov 13th 2007 10:46AM]

What? Neither the picture, the Engadget HD nor the Cybertheater story mention a composite cable. At least I can't find it. It's not that one on the left, that's supposed to be a coax audio cable, though they would substitute equally. If I need coax audio, I just use a composite video cable that's laying around anyway.

[JDM Posted Nov 13th 2007 10:40AM]

If your optical cable has a gold-plated tip, you know you've paid way too much.