Customer Reviews

Monster MC 900HDBR-2M Advanced High Speed HDTV HDMI Cable (2 meters)

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There is no reason to spend this much money for an HDMI cable. A $5-10 cable will perform EXACTLY as this cable will. Monster Cable is the biggest ripoff in the industry.

HDMI cables are completely digital. You will not get better signal from one HDMI cable to another. Either it will work or it won't. Now there are differences in the quality of the cable (how much it will bend, the type of metal used on connector) that can determine how long your cable lasts or how much of a beating it can take. Please do some research before buying this cable (believe me, you'll thank me and maybe you can help teach someone else). It is ABSOLUTELY redonkulous that people are getting ripped off this bad!!!

I have been in the PC Accessory business for 20 years and could not agree more with the first two reviews. Monster is a tremendous marketing company that makes fine products. The issue is that you will get minimal (if any) visable or audible benefit from their $100 cables versus a standard $5-$10 HDMI cable. Dont be a fool, spend the savings upgrading to a 1080 TV instead of buying 720P or take your wife to dinner!

This item is great! You can really tell the difference between this and just a regular HDMI cable. Would highly recommend this cable!

Fantastic HDMI cable for high speed applications IE: blue ray. Works perfectly.
Previous reviewers have stated that these cables are a rip off. This is not true, or at least it is not so black and white like the reviewer implies. I am an electronics engineer and I am very well versed in many communications technologies. I can state that it does matter what kind of cable you use depending on the application. Many folks can get by with the lesser quality cable simply because their application can function with acceptable results and they cant tell the difference. Take TV application for example. Sometimes with the TV itself you cant perceive a difference due to the environment it is in. Sometimes the TV or other HD device may auto regulate the data speed depending on what it detects can be achieved. You may be watching a 720p image but connected to what you think is 1080p. With modern players it is sometimes difficult to tell due to the greatly improved upconversion capabilities. Sometimes people just dont know the difference and sometimes it actually works as expected, even with a lower quality cable.
The materials the cable is made from does make a very large difference in transmission quality over distance. The reason for gold connections is that gold is known to conduct electicity better than other materials. If you begin to degrade the quality of the data at the source because of a poor connection then the end data quality will be reduced even more due to the length of the cable being used. The longer the cable, the better its construction and quality must be to insure proper data transfer. Again, with short cables you may get away with it and not see any difference.
This becomes very apparent when your dealing with different technologies especially high speed data tranmissions. If you see digital pixelation or dropout from time to time on an HD image, I would be willing to bet it is due to using a poorly connected or poorly designed cable. What you have to consider is the bandwidth of your data application. Old DVD standards can use low speed cables because the data throughput is less than 1G to produce a 480p image. Later DVD standards increased this data requirement for receiving a 720p image. Modern standards for blue ray at 1080p are considerably higher. If you use a cable designed either by specification or quality for 480p or 720p connected to a 1080p source, then you can expect that the data transmission may be compromised and the end quality will suffer. Because it states it is 1.3 complient doesnt mean it will work flawlessly in your particular environment or set up. It is a gamble to use a cheaper cable. It may work just fine for one guy, but fail to perform for the next.
The bottom line is if you demand the best and require high speed data transmission, then these cables are sure to deliver what you expect.
It comes down to a simple decision, do I want to take my chances with something lesser or do I want to guarentee that my selection will work and deliver the best possibly quality for my HD viewing pleasure. The age old rule of thumb still applies, you get what you pay for. For my money, i would prefer to insure that it will work to the very best of the capabilities of my equipment. After all, I spent a large amount of cash on an HD TV and blue ray player, why skimp on the quality of the connections.
Just my opinion