HDMI cables are HDMI cables, they all will look the same to you. The only time you need to buy more expensive cables is when you are routing them through walls and long distances 50+feet. If it is a short run just get cables from monoprice, they are only a few bucks.

And to answer your question what ever you want to spend, if you want the plecebo effect get monster ;).

not needed, the company just made it becasue of all the people complaining of overheating and 3 red lights, so smart move on them

also most of the overheating and 3 red lights were casued by human error like stuffing the 360 in a tight place where the xbox was and say well the xbox didnt over heat y should this well the 360 is like 5x more powerfull and uses 2x more power so it creates more heat whish then needs some space 

noooo not again, when will these threads ever end, theres way 2 many, and even the mods tried to stop these by make a sticky

also its a rumor, as u read the info its on random sites not any microsoft sites

the "new" 360 may exist but that doesnt mean its going to be publically released