What is the difference between a $10 HDMI cable and one that costs $100?

Question

I know that a $100 on could be super long, but that’s not what I’m asking. Why is one 3ft cable $10 and another brand for the same length is $30?

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Answer 1

Theoretically, the expensive one might be sturdier.

Realistically, they’re exactly the same. The thing is, people generally believe that a more expensive thing is better, in some way, than a cheaper thing. Many companies are perfectly happy to make their products more expensive to take advantage of this. Since many salespeople work on commission, they’re happy to push the more expensive cables to customers.