I just bought an upscaling DVD player for my son because I was tired of wiping down the PS3. The cheapest one came with DVD player, quick start guide, remote and batteries. Cables?? you're gonna pay extra for that. Of course the retailer had only the most expensive cables (it didn't matter, component, composite, HDMI) in stock. And since I was going to tell my son he was going to have to wait up to a week before he could watch his movies I felt compelled to buy the heavily marked up cables in the store.
Fact is cables are the new print cartridges. I won't be surprised when CE devices only come with a proprietary power cable.
Good thing they don't "run out". If you just had some extra, cheap HDMI cables or component cables lying around, you'd have been set. I'll keep that in mind as I buy some HDMI cables soon for my upcoming HDTV purchase.
Fact is cables are the new print cartridges. I won't be surprised when CE devices only come with a proprietary power cable.