Monster MC 1000HD-2M Ultra-High Speed HDTV HDMI Cable (2 meters)

by Monster

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 78.7 x 1 x 1 inches ; 9.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000UF3FT8
• Item model number: MC 1000HD-2M
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (228 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 28, 2007

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

	The Demands of High Definition High Definition home entertainment delivers astonishing life-like picture and sound; from Blu-Ray discs to video games picture and sound quality has been raised to levels that standard cables cannot match:  Bandwidth has increased from 2.2 Gbps to greater than 10.2 Gbps Uncompressed 1080p high definition video with up to 16 bit Deep Color Eight channels of 192/24 digital audio for ultimate 7.1 surround sound, and an integrated control channel Achieving every audio/video detail and nuance requires a fast and accurate high quality cable that can not only produce the highest quality image, but maintain that quality during the most demanding of situations requires a cable that can produce and maintain the highest quality image. Using a higher grade HDMI cable ensures that outside noise interference bends in the cable or poor connections do not interfere with the high definition experience. Surpassing the Demands Monster has been manufacturing High Performance Quality cables for more than thirty years, and the ultra-high speed 1000 HD for HDMI is one of Monster's flagship cables. Monster's M1000 HD ensures everything you like to watch in high definition has maximum realism, and impact. Get All the Bandwidth You'll Ever Need: 4Kx2K screens provide four times the resolution of 1080p TVs for dazzling displays on par with today's digital cinemas. This quadruples the need for speed and the Monster 1000 HD delivers the full experience. Reproduce All the Colors Your HDTV Can Capture Displaying movies and photos on your HDTV in all the living color your camera and camcorder can capture calls for today's higher bandwidth cables like the M1000 HD. The Monster HDMI Difference While it is true that HDMI is a digital connection, not all cables are the same. Any cable used must not only pass the signal; it must maintain he signal with high-speed especially when accessing all of the advanced formats that are available from sources such as a Blu-Ray disc. Other HDMI cables do not provide protection from bends necessary for tight installation, or provide advanced manufacturing techniques and materials for proper terminations to eliminate noise. Only cables designed to eliminate noise and constructed with the highest standards to protect against installation methods will produce the highest definition audio and video. Monster has been a leader in the HDMI connectivity from the beginning, working with HDMI LLC to educate consumers on the benefits and performance aspects of the cables. With Monster Advanced for HDMI design and construction for the highest level of HDMI performance is guaranteed, thanks to greater cable capacity for support of 12-bit, 14-bit, or even 16-bit color (Deep Color) available from advanced HD sources and displays. Every Monster Ultra-High Speed rated cable is manufactured with 24K contacts for maximum signal transfer and ultra-low distortion at the point of connection, silver-content soldering, connecting the HDMI cable's conductors to the connector's internal connection pins lowers resistance and maximizes digital signal transfer. Additionally, Monster Advanced for HDMI cables feature a heavy-duty internal metal shell which provides full shielding of the internal conductor wiring routed inside the connector. This provides an extra defense against interference that can enter at the connector can degrade the digital signal causing a poor image or drop-outs in the audio. This provides an advantage in performance not found in other HDMI cables. Many HDMI cables only feature metal at the connection point. Inside the connector, a thin plastic shield typically separates the molded or metal connector body from the wiring inside. This type of construction allows for damage to the conductor wiring caused during installation or everyday use to needlessly expose the stream bit to noise. These advanced design and construction features provide for the Highest Definition possible for the full entertainment experience today and into the future. HDMI Performance Now and in the Future Monster designs its advanced cables for HDMI to meet and exceed the highest of HDMI standards. Even as advances in AV sourced and displays demand even more bandwidth, Monster makes it easy to buy only once and always stay ahead. If the components you purchase in the future ever surpass the performance of the 1000HD you buy today, Monster will upgrade the cable to one that meets any updated speed requirements.
1000HD for HDMI Performance Capabilities 4K x 2K Resolution- Ultra High Definition Video Enables home theatre owners with advanced AV sources and displays to achieve the same high resolution picture definition as that of commercial digital cinemas. 240/480 Hz Display- Faster Speed for Smooth Video Motion** Ideal for HD components with fresh rates of 480 Hz to 640 Hz yet compatible with slower refresh rates for the  smoothest, most fluid video 8-16 Bit Color- Smoothest Gradation of Colors** Greater cable capacity to handle 16-bit color from advanced HD sources and displays that support this color depth yet compatible with all color bits from 8-bit to 16-bit. Enables more detailed gradations of individual colors for billions of colors realism. Monster 3D- Ready for 3D Displays Newer 3D movies and games supply two video streams each at 1080p Full HD. With this doubling in bandwidth, the Monster 1000HD is ready to handle it all with the capacity to for future generations of 3D. Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD- Lossless Surround Sound Greater cable bandwidth for support of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD lossless surround sound, available on Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD movies. **Availability of advanced audio/video features is dependant on the capabilities of your components and display

Customer Reviews

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1,030 of 1,072 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just a terrible example of ripping off customers., November 29, 2007

By 

Mason Smith (Monte Rio, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monster MC 1000HD-2M Ultra-High Speed HDTV HDMI Cable (2 meters) (Electronics)

Very recently, I purchased a television at Best Buy. They don't sell the $5 and $10 HDMI cables you find at Fry's or on Amazon, so I went ahead and bought this cable.

I thought I wouldn't mind, after all I spent thousands on the TV, but it kept nagging me. So I bought a $2 HDMI cable from Amazon (search for HDMI and you'll see a few brands). My TV has twin HDMI inputs, so I hooked up this cable and the Monster cable, put on Casino Royale, and flipped between the cables to see what the difference was.

There was absolutely no difference. None at all. I figured the picture would be slightly sharper or the colors cleaner, but you could put a gun to my head and I wouldn't be able to tell you which was which.

And I googled HDMI and learned that if your video and audio signals work at all, then the signal is being carried correctly. There is no middle ground with HDMI. Better cables do not incrementally improve picture quality! Why? Because the HDMI is digital, and it's very difficult to distort a 1 into a 0. In fact, it's technically impossible without total signal distortion or failure. Failure in signal is caused by processors or cables that are too long. Or more likely, misconfigured systems. With digital signals, the cables have a much easier job. Imagine if you had to read a book from 100 yards away? That's analog. Imagine reading morse code from a flashlight at 100yards away (and you know morse cose)? That's digital.

So by buying this cable, you are insuring yourself that if your cable length is at the extreme, or if your house gets hit by an EMP, that this monster cable will shield that digital signal quite a bit better than the cheap cable. Why not pay $2 and see if that kind of insurance is necessary? After all, if the $2 cable works, it's not going to get better.

It's repulsive that Best Buy only sells extremely expensive cables. I'm glad Amazon gives me the choice. Don't be naive! Give the cheap cable a try! One word of caution: if you require HDMI 1.3a, get a compatible cable. For $15 bucks, you're still saving a lot of money. You can check your manuals to see if your audio quality is so high that you need the 1.3a cables. Either way, there's no reason to get this horribly overpriced cable.

The money you save can go into systems that transcode digital signals better. That's where the real improvement in picture and audio is to be found!

268 of 278 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars After extended research, it is true - a *RIP OFF*, March 25, 2008

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Kos - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monster MC 1000HD-2M Ultra-High Speed HDTV HDMI Cable (2 meters) (Electronics)

If it was an analog device, cable helps the quality of picture/sound you get. Not so much on digital world, like your brand new LCD/Plasma TV! Here's a quick comparison that hopefully will help put things in perspective between analog and digital signals.

Let's use radio. You get analog signal when you listen to radio in your 1995 model car. You get digital signal when you listen to radio steam on internet. Now, when the signal is bad, what happen?

In your car, you will hear cracking noises, interference, sound gets softer, etc. It is safe to say that you get lesser audio quality, don't you agree?

On internet, the audio pauses, buffering, or skipping here and there. Notice one important difference between your car's radio and internet radio? You won't hear those cracking noises, softer sound, or any lesser quality audio!! This is the nature of digital signal - 1 and 0, "all or nothing." If you get an audio from digital signal, the audio quality will not be any lesser than the source!

*Signal* degradation does exist in digital world. For example, let's talk HD TV. If signal degrades and cause bit sequence (1&0 sequence) to be unreadable by the TV, the pixel will just flicker on or off. Most of the time you won't even notice it. But if the cable is bad enough, you won't see TV pixels flicker - most TV will not handshake (connect) with the device if inteference is that high... which means you will get nothing. Hence the term "all or nothing."

Signal degradation comes to play if you have *HIIIGGHHH* interference (i.e. living right next to Nuclear Plant) or if your cable length is long (~30 feet). Anything less than 30 feet, if the cable works, you'll see the same exact audio/video quality with 10 bucks cable as 200 bucks Monster cable. More than 30 feet, if your cable doesn't work, get another brand who makes better quality cable for good price (translate: still not Monster).


And don't buy into Monster's "bandwidth" bandwagon advertisement. A 1.3 standard HDMI cable is capable of handling 10.2 Gbps. You have 120Hz LCD TV? Guess what, 1.3 standard cables have enough bandwidth to handle that already! After going through 10 minutes of watching Monster's video on their website, I can conclude one thing: Monster tells you a lot of facts, that much I admit... but they use *selected* facts to make you buy their products. They do not tell you the whole story. They do not tell you what you REALLY NEED TO KNOW, like 1.3 standard, what type of "other cables" they were using to do the Eye Pattern test. For all I know, the other cables they used to test could as well be a 1.0 standard cable that supports up to only 4.9 Gbps.

One last thing I want to mention. Monster always claim that they're building their cables ahead for the future, so that you will not have to change your HDMI cable when new technology with higher bandwidth requirement comes out. But let's be realistic here, you have 2 choices:

a. Buy a Monster cable for 200 bucks so you can use it for 3 years.

or

b. Buy a working-perfectly cable [...]. Year and a half later, you spend another 10 bucks on new standard (1.4?) HDMI cable for the new device.

200 bucks versus 20 bucks in 3 years? Pick your choice. I picked mine.

It is just like what other true experts said; you can get longer, same-quality cable for 90% cheaper.

Hope this helps.

204 of 220 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't pay for this!, January 8, 2008

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Andrew Lynn (Upstate) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monster MC 1000HD-2M Ultra-High Speed HDTV HDMI Cable (2 meters) (Electronics)

I went to MIT where I took classes in electrical engineering, so I'm writing from a knowledgeable background here.

An expensive HDMI cable - or an expensive cable for any digital signal, when a working inexpensive version is available - is a waste of money. This is one of the great things about digital - it either works or does not work. This is not like analog audio/video cables, where the quality of the cable influences the output. An HDMI cable can only do one of two things: work or fail.

Since Amazon sells a number of cables that will work and are far less expensive, save your money and spend it on discs or games for whatever you're hooking up.