Newegg has the Coboc HS-6 6 ft Gold Plated HDMI Cable for $2.99 - $1.50 off with coupon code EMCNAHE77 [Exp 10/1] = $1.49 with free shipping. Features 5Gbps transfer rate with full HDCP and uncompressed audio/video support.
^ Cheap ones usually work fine but there can be problems buying long cheap cables due to poor signal integrity, or for example I have a microUSB cable that will only charge a phone, no data unless I wiggle it just right and the stars all align for long enough.
I've used cheap cables like this one for years and have never noted a problem of any sort with them.
^ Cheap ones usually work fine but there can be problems buying long cheap cables due to poor signal integrity, or for example I have a microUSB cable that will only charge a phone, no data unless I wiggle it just right and the stars all align for long enough.
Then perhaps you have a connection problem rather than a cable signal issue.
^ Yes, but it's still on topic of cheap cables potentially being problematic, swapping in a different cable resolves the problem.