Can anyone tell me why these leads are so expensive?
Even a short one will cost you an arm and a leg.
I bought a 1 metre (3ft) one of these the other day when I found (after owning the 21" LCD screen on my desktop computer, for a year) that the monitor had an HDMI input. crazy

It cost me NZ$33, I can't get over the price of these things.
Funny thing is, I can't say the picture is any better either.