Customer Reviews

HDMI Cable - 2 Male Connectors - 2 Meters

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Just in case someone may feel guilty for not paying a lot more for, basically the same thing, let's look at our top of the line offer, Monster HDMI 1000HD Ultra-High Speed HDMI Cable (2 meters) and do a quick comparison.

This item supports the HDMI 1.3 standard. Any HDMI 1.3 cable can carry up to 10.2 Gbit/s. Hmmm... I suppose the Monster is much better, right? Well... it "guarantees a certified cable bandwidth of 10.2" Okay, but the Monster also supports "x.v.Color, and Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD". It turns out that, all of the above, and more, are part of the HDMI 1.3 specs and they are fully supported by every cable that complies to the standard and can be had for about 95% less in the Premium Gold. The expensive brand presentation simply enumerates the HDMI 1.3 specs as if it being HDMI 1.3 compliant was a really big deal. It is not a big deal. Even a cable that costs 95% less is HDMI 1.3 compliant.

My suggestion: if you think that the proponents of the expensive brand have a point when they claim that their product is a lot more durable, buy TWO Premium Gold wires and still pay almost 90% less than you would pay for one of the expensive ones.

My personal experience: I've never paid 'a lot' for an HDMI cable because it makes no sense to pay more. I took home one of the 'expensive' ones once because the salesman promised to take it back if I wasn't amazed by the difference. It made zero difference and I returned it.

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The following are the HDMI 1.3 specs and all certified HDMI 1.3 cables (including Monster) are going to support them.

Maximum signal bandwidth (MHz) 340
Maximum TMDS bandwidth (Gbit/s) 10.2
Maximum video bandwidth (Gbit/s) 8.16
Maximum audio bandwidth (Mbit/s) 36.86
Maximum Color Depth (bit/px) 48

Maximum resolution over single link at 24-bit/px 2560×1600p75
Maximum resolution over single link at 30-bit/px 2560×1600p60
Maximum resolution over single link at 36-bit/px 1920x1200p75
Maximum resolution over single link at 48-bit/px 1920×1200p60

sRGB
YCbCr
8 channel LPCM/192 kHz/24-bit audio capability
Blu-ray Disc video and audio at full resolution
Consumer Electronic Control (CEC)
DVD-Audio support
Super Audio CD (DSD) support
Deep Color
xvYCC
Auto lip-sync
Dolby TrueHD bitstream capable
DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream capable
Updated list of CEC commands (only on HDMI 1.3a,b,c)

Bought thee cables and frankly can not tell the difference between them and the much-higher priced cables. I have even swapped them out in the same setup and I can hear no difference. And, I am not tone deaf, having had 13 years of musical training.

Cables for computers and electronics have always been way overpriced in brick and mortar stores. Psychological studies have shown that people will ususally overlook the price of an add-on or upgrade if it is less than 10% of the main item you're purchasing. Also, people want to be able to hook up their equipment as soon as possible. Hence cables for $600-$1000 TVs cost $60 or more. The salesman may give you a deal by offering them at half price, $30. (That's exactly what my salesman did.) Instead, since I wasn't in a hurry, I bought these for a fraction of the price. They meet all the same standards and they work great.

Purchased this cable to update my PS3 to the 1.3 version of HDMI. The cable is solidly build, thick and the connection to the PS3 and TV were solid. There is nothing cheap about this cable except the price. My personal opinion is to avoid the cheap HDMI cables sold and spend the extra dollar on a cable that is solidly made.

I bought six of these cables about a month ago. I gave them a good review when I hooked them up. They SEEMED to work fine. Until about 2 weeks ago, that is when the first one went. Two days ago a second one went out. I have had HDMI devices since their inception and I have never had a cable problem. I dont understand WHY something so simple is so hard for a company to produce with QUALITY????
Needless to say I am tossing the rest of them because they are not worth the postage to send them back and going back to my OLD cables until I can get six new belkin or a simular brand to replace these 1.3 version cables. My old ones are either 1.1 or 1.2..that is the only reason I changed them to start with.
Dont waste your money..seems like a good deal..but in the short run you will pay twice for them anyway.
Good luck to you.

looks nice - but stopped working after 1 year - I thought my DVD player broke - but it was the cable - An HDMI cable shouldn't just stop working like that

great cable used it for years

pros cheap
cheap cheap

con
outdated with new 1.4
o well great for a up scaler dvd

I ordered this cable to connect my laptop to the TV to watch movies. It was much cheaper than I could have bought it for locally. Very pleased with it!

This is a great buy, I got it for 5 bucks here, at stores like best buy and target they are at least 50$. It works great with my xbox 360.

Works perfect. I have bought a few of these. No problems with any equipment myself or friends own. People want to talk trash about these on the reviews but I can't understand why. Maybe they are mad they spent 30 dollars or more for one when they could have got this.