The only bad experience with an HDMI cord I had was with the free one from egreat.
egreat hdmi + onkyo avr + sony bravia = handshake issues.
so, pinag palit palit ko mga wires ko. hehehehe.. The egreat hdmi went to the ps3 instead.
later on, napansin ko, minsan nawawala yung sound after mag laro ng game, me handshake issue sia.
So, i replaced it with a cheap one from db. so far so good
The egreat cable looks the same naman din (plus yung egreat na brand sa hdmi plug), although its smaller at 1 m, and kulay red