HDMI Ripoff Scam??? Or am I just crazy???

[Alpha Sixx]

Ok guys maybe I'm just not that bright when it comes to HT/HD etc. But maybe someone can help me with this question. Ok I have the Samsung LN52A650 I have had it for about 6 months and of all the hd TV's my Friends have it is the clearest I have seen. But anyways here is my question. I got back from a deployment to Iraq about 7 months ago and I stayed in the barracks for a little while till I was ready to get back into a house. I also have 2 LGBH200's witch plays HD DVDs And Blu rays I also have the 60 gig PS3 and the Elite 360 so I think I have a idea what an HD movie or video game looks like I also have monster HDMI cables for all of my componets. So my roommate had already had time warner cable installed in the room because he had got to the barracks a few days before I did. And he had his cable hooked up with the RGBY cables to his 32 inch hd tv. So i just pick up one of those old cables I used to use to hook up my cable and tv to the vcr back in the 80's and I spliced into his cable turned on the tv and Conan O'Brien was on and it was the clearest and brightest HD picture I have ever seen and i own over 130 blu ray and HD DVDs and about 30 360 and ps3 games combined. But it was as if I was seeing HD for the 1st time again and I had to step back a little bit and let my little eyes adjust to such a beautifull picture I flipped thought the other channels that offer free hd and they where all the same but the clearest ones where the talk shows like jay leno. So the question I pose is how in the hell was a picture that beautifull realistic and vibrant and better than any HD material I have ever seen piped through that cheap cord I bought for about 2 dollars?????? And also since then I have had my tv hooked up directly to the cable box with the RGBY cable and and when I was on leave I had it conected directly to the cable box with an hdmi cable. But to date the best picture was the one in the barracks with that cheap cord!!!