Any real difference between regular USB cables and gold plated ones?

[Special K]

Is there really any reason to get the ones with gold plated connectors? (such as the Belkin model)

 

[sohcrates]

well, gold plated interconnects have only one big advantage, they won't corrode.

but frankly, i've been using the same USB cables for years and corrosion isn't exactly a problem.

it's basically a way to charge more...like those gold-plated printer cables.

IMHO, it's not worth the extra cash

 

[Workin']

Nope. No reason whatsoever. The only thing they do is cost more money.

 

[Gunbuster]

Just dont let a store manager hear you say that, cables are pure profit for the likes of best buy and compusa, you might make them cry (or attack you)

 

[kly1222]

Why get gold plated when your system usb ports, every usb hub I've seen, and every usb device has regular plated ones?

They're just trying to rip you off....

 

[stingbandel]

I don't think there is any really different.





Darno

 

[Special K]

<< Just dont let a store manager hear you say that, cables are pure profit for the likes of best buy and compusa, you might make them cry (or attack you) >>



Heh... I know what you mean. I bought a printer at Best Buy awhile ago (their price was as cheap as anyone else's at the time) and as I was heading to the checkout aisle a salesman asked me if I had a usb cable to go with it. I said no, so I took the 6' belkin gold series cable he offered me. It was $24.99. Later I discovered that I could have bought the very same cable online for about $8.00. That's the last time I ever buy any cable/accessory from BB.

 

[kly1222]

<< Later I discovered that I could have bought the very same cable online for about $8.00. That's the last time I ever buy any cable/accessory from BB. >>



You should have bought the $8 and returned it to the BB.

 

[urameatball]

stores can make over 500% profit on most cables

 

[Dufusyte]

Compusa had an audio cable (the one that goes from your CD to your soundcard) for $25, and Fry's had the same cable for $9, and in truth the thing is probably only with less than $1.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

even if they were faster is there anything that would really use it? i mean the performance difference on how fast you can send stuff to the printer would be negligible. maybe usb cable modems. but like said above, it's a marketing thing.

 

[Bagheera]

What...? $24 for a USB cable?

I bought mine (IBM, gold-plated) for $6 at RiteAid.

 

[WonderLlama]

amen on that. no point to the exorbitant prices of usb or parallel port cables at best buy. woah. i about had a heart attack when they actually expected me to pay 30 bucks for a parallel cable. ought to come with a hooker for that much money