In a survey by one of the CE magazines, HDMI cables from xxxxxxxx.com actually outperformed the more expensive "name brand" ones at the higher speeds and 1080P. I try to stay with at least 24 gauge anyway. The real issue is keeping them connected once they are installed. Blu-Ray players with ethernet adapters can do a lot more these days, including connectivity to Netflix. Netflix sends you a disk and then you can watch anything from their catalog. Why don't you get a Playstation 3? That's the best of all worlds.