4' Ultra 800 HDmi Video Cable

by Monster

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 48 x 1 x 1 inches ; 8 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: B000FITJ04
• Item model number: 113912
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 27, 2006

Product Description

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Product Description

High Definition Digital Video and Surround SoundThrough a Single CableProduct InformationMonster Ultra 800 HDMI 4 ft. Cable delivers an unprecedented level of detailand vibrant natural color as well as the best in home theater digital surroundsound.  For video Monster Ultra HDMI cable outperforms evenhigh-performance component video because there is no analog-to-digitalconversion process; it's a pure all-digital connection.  For audioMonster HDMI will recreate the full dynamics of the movie or music experiencethrough its all-digital connection.  And Monster Ultra HDMI featuresadvanced patented technologies to help ensure that the digital data istransferred with optimum bandwidth speed and accuracy.The high speed and large amount of data HDMI places on your digitalvideo/audio cable connections is enormous.  Monster Ultra 800 HDMI featuresseveral advanced technologies including high density triple layer shielding foroptimized speed and signal integrity to give you the best picture and sound yourAV components and HDTV can deliver.Product FeaturesHexMesh JacketHelps keep cable tangle-free and tear resistantHeavy-Duty Strain ReliefFor maximum durability24K Gold ContactsFor maximum signal transfer and corrosion resistance Duraflex Protective JacketFlexible for easy routing and installationHigh Density Triple Layer ShieldingDouble-sided aluminized mylar-bonded foil shields and ultra-high-density copperbraid helps reject RF and EM interference for best possible HDTV picture.High Density Polyethylene InsulatorFor tightest impedance control to reduce video ghosting.High Purity Copper StrandingFor lower-loss higher bandwidth digital signal transfer.Minimum Requirements In order to enjoy HDMI both your source and display must feature an HDMI connection. 

Customer Reviews

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11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Monster's more down-to-earth product, April 13, 2009

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A. Dent "Aragorn" (Minas Anor, GD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 4' Ultra 800 HDmi Video Cable (Electronics)

FUD - Fear, uncertainty, doubt.

According to Wikipedia, "the term originated to describe disinformation tactics in the computer hardware industry and has since been used more broadly. FUD is a manifestation of the appeal to fear."

Still Wikipedia, quoting Eric S. Raymond: "The idea, of course, was to persuade buyers to go with safe [...] gear rather than with competitors' equipment. This implicit coercion was traditionally accomplished by promising that Good Things would happen to people who stuck with [...], but Dark Shadows loomed over the future of competitors' equipment [...]".

Why would someone prefer a branded wire an not a more generic product that sells for a fraction of the price? I am sure that the marketing geniuses have the answer. In this specific case I am happy to see that this brand's pricing structure is coming closer to what most of the competition charges which is in the single-digits. The brand should make absolutely no difference on such short cable lengths if the cable actually works. This specific product is still selling at an unjustified (in my view) premium but I can understand that some would prefer a branded product even if it goes at the back of the box, never to be seen by anyone.

HDMI is all-digital for both sound and picture. As such, it either works or it doesn't and, when it doesn't work, you will know immediately. There's really nothing in-between. If a claim is made that the Monster is 'more reliable' or that it 'lasts longer', I can't see how such claim can be backed - does the hundred-dollar cable last 20 times longer than than the five-dollar cable? And, if it does, do we REALLY care that a cable supporting a standard that may be obsolete in 5 years COULD last for 100 years?

By the way, I do not challenge the claim of high quality for this cable. It appears to be well built. However, it is quality not needed and, in my view, not worth paying for. The way most of us use cables is: we plug them at the back of our electronic boxes and, if they work on 'day one' they are likely to work in the exact same fashion on day 1000 because they are not going to be subjected to any physical or thermal stress and the materials used to build them are not easily degradable. While 'quality' was important for analog cables where good quality made all the difference in the world, the digital wires either transmit the digits or they don't. If they do, they all work the same, the $1 HDMI cable gives you the exact same 'performance' the $100, gold-plated cable does.

The claims that seem to suggest that these expensive wires allow more Gigabytes of data to pass through and the implied suggestion that you would get a less bright image or a less crisp sound if you used a two-dollar cable are NOT true. The HDMI is a published standard and there is a minimum data throughput that must be supported. If it is, then the device is HDMI compliant and you will get everything that HDMI promises to deliver. If some cable exceeds the specified throughput, it's nice but it's irrelevant because no electronic component that's HDMI compliant would attempt to push more bytes through the wire than the standard specifies. If they did, they'd violate the specs and would not sell very well. If your electronic component had an HDMI port that called for an HDMI cable that exceeded the HDMI published standards, then it would no longer be called an HDMI port but a proprietary, non-standard solution.

The following are the HDMI 1.3 specs and ALL certified HDMI 1.3 cables (including the five-dollar wires and the Monster) are going to support them. Whatever 'extra' the M Series offers is useless because no HDMI-connected hardware component is going to ask for more.

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)

My suggestion: search Amazon for "hdmi cable 1.3" and make an informed price/quality decision before you buy.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent HDMI Cable, August 20, 2008

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S. Patel (Longview, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 4' Ultra 800 HDmi Video Cable (Electronics)

very well built cable with flexible sheathing. works great with blu-ray player. the actual cable i was sent was blue, not red. but it is the same cable regardless. if you are like me and do not trust cheap generic cables, this is an hdmi cable you should consider. why buy retail when you can buy the same exact cable online at a 70% discount.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product, December 21, 2010

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This review is from: 4' Ultra 800 HDmi Video Cable (Electronics)

My IT guy at work suggested this for me, and he was right. It's a great product. 4 feet isn't quite as long as I wanted, but other than that, it's good.