Panasonic brings free-angle HDMI cables to the USA

Panny's simplistic, albeit brilliant free-angle HDMI cables generated a lot of buzz when announced earlier this year. Now, Panasonic's doing the smart thing by bringing these suckers to the US of A. Announced alongside its sizable PZ850 plasmas and the PT-AE3000 projector, these HDMI 1.3a-compatible cables are destined to hit shelves (and your home theater setup soon after) in October. As for pricing, you're looking at $59.99 for the 1.5-meter edition and $79.99 for the 3-meter version.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 3rd 2008 9:52PM]

I've been waiting to see something like this for quite some time. It makes so much more sense as far as mounting purposes. Also most flat panels have their inputs facing the wall, which I don't understand at all, so this will at least give me peace of mind that my cables won't become weak and unstable hanging out of the edge like they are. The price is definitely appropriate as well. I'll be grabbing a couple of these when they're released.

[dukrous Posted Sep 4th 2008 1:35PM]

I can get a normal 3-meter HDMI cable for $20. No way is a joint an extra $60.