25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
Don't Waste Your Money On Monster Cables!!!
I compared this to a Monster HDMI cable on my 73" Mitsubishi HDTV using my PS3. There was no difference at all. Don't waste your money on those stupid monster cables. This cable works great.
58 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
Worked for 7 Months, Good Buy
Well, as the old adage goes, "You get what you pay for." In this case, I paid about $5 including shipping for this product in November 2008. It's now June 2009 and the cable has given up the ghost.
I had it connected to my 24" Samsung monitor via HDMI out on my PC, and it worked wonderfully for both that and my Blu-Ray player. Last week, however, I started to...
Well, as the old adage goes, "You get what you pay for." In this case, I paid about $5 including shipping for this product in November 2008. It's now June 2009 and the cable has given up the ghost.
I had it connected to my 24" Samsung monitor via HDMI out on my PC, and it worked wonderfully for both that and my Blu-Ray player. Last week, however, I started to run into problems. Blue specks were distorting the picture on my monitor and causing the displayed picture to do some really funky things. I suspected it could be my graphics card or monitor, but it turns out it was the cable.
I don't regret purchasing this cable at all because it was such a good price and it lasted for so long. I do have to warn any potential customers, however, that you may have to get a replacement in 6-8 months. This is a cheap cable, and it wasn't manufactured to last as long as ones you will pay more for.
I'm not recommending going with a Monster HDMI cable, but I do have to let you know that a $20 investment in a name-brand or higher quality cable might be in your best interest.
So, I'm back to the 4ft DVI cable that came with my PC, which should suffice for now as DVI and HDMI can send a crisp HD signal to my monitor.
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I compared this to a Monster HDMI cable on my 73" Mitsubishi HDTV using my PS3. There was no difference at all. Don't waste your money on those stupid monster cables. This cable works great.
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I used this cable to connect a Playstation 3 to a 40" Sony Bravia. At 1080p, the picture is perfect. There are no distortions in the picture or problems with any individual pixels.
It's hard to judge the quality of the materials without taking the thing apart but there's nothing noticably poor in the manufacturing or material quality of the cable. It's pretty plain looking and less attractive than the higher-priced cables but who cares?
When you consider that it gives you the same result as a Monster or Belkin cables that cost 10 to 20+ as much, it's clear that you're getting a lot of value per dollar with this cable. And yes, it also implies the opposite with those higher-priced cables.
My only complaint is that shipping was $1 more than the price of the cable. :-)
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I had purposely avoided writing or giving a review to the seller in July of 2009 because I honestly had nothing to say. I cannot review a product I havent really put to the test. Back in July 2009 I ordered about 5 or 8 of these HDMI cables. I had just purchased my Samsung LCD, as well as the entire entertainment center (blu ray, HDMI receiver, PS3, Xbox360, etc) all at once (bought a new condo). When I saw the price of these cables at Best Buy I flipped. Figured Id try the cheapie solution first. Whats the worst that could happen? Id end up losing like $10.00. Who cares.
First I did research on "Brand Name" cables vs cheap ones. Everyone pretty much seems to agree they are all the same except that brand name has amazing marketing and publicity.
I received the cables fairly quickly, they come in cheap plastic baggies. I was excited to use my new TV and the whole shebang and truly hoped these would work as the alternative was spending $500 or so on what I thought were "real cables". I hooked everything up and everything worked fine, no problems, no glitches, no fuzzy or grainy pics, sound quality is amazing (I have a $1200 Klipsch Sound System and a $600 Sony Receiver). I honestly figured the cables would eventually stop working and that Id eventually have to invest in real ones. Well, the other day (its now April 2010) the maintenance guy in my building mentioned buying an LCD TV and that he wasn't sure what to do, as he couldn't afford the $150 Monster Cables. I suggested Amazon.com and told him to look for Eforcity first or Abacus 24-7 (Another great cable seller on here) and this is how I remembered to finally write my review.
10 months later, cables have worked like a charm and you know what? Even if they stopped working now, Id order $10 dollars more and just replace all of them. You are probably wondering why theres a $100 dollar difference between the ones at the store and the ones here... its called "Sorry sucker, you've just been ripped off!"
Kudos to Amazon.com for offering vendors like this guy and I will certainly continue to purchase any cables off of him / them.
Cheers.
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I have had two of these for over a year now. I have these connected to my upconverting dvd player and comcast box, they do an awesome job transmitting signals.
They great thing is I had this $40 gold plated cable from circuit city before I bought these. So I did a comparison to see if there is any loss in quality and wow no diffrence!!, I even took pictures of my TV screen, by pausing the picture; no noticable difference. I could not believe how a $1.50 cable and an expensive one would perform on the same level.
So I looked up online and cnet techies too said the same, they tested cheap ones with name brand ones on a 120 HZ / 1080P with almost impossible to diffrentiate performance.
Pros:
Great Value for Money
Product is of good quality
I have bought from DVI gear and E forcity both work awesome
Cons:
I can think of none, if anyone has defective product simply return and ask for a replacement. I cant think of why this would not satisfy anyone
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Update 6/29/10
I HAVE HAD THIS FOR 2 YEARS NOW, THIS CABLE IS GREAT BARGAIN, SAVE YOUR MONEY AND LIKE I SAID, LOOK WHAT EVEN THE CNET EXPERST SAY. I AM GOING TO BUY ANOTHER ONE FOR MY HOME THEATER
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I also purchased an expensive cable for my new Samsung LN46A650 and it looks fine using my Comcast box as well as our new Xbox. I needed an additional cable, but before buying, decided to check up on HDMI cable specs. While inexpensive cables can be found on Amazon and elsewhere, to get cables that meet the latest standards, read the FAQ's here first:
http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/faq.aspx
Specs on the cable listed do not specify which standard (1 or 2) this cable is built to. Here is the difference:
Recently, HDMI Licensing, LLC announced that cables would be tested as Standard or High-Speed cables.
Standard (or "category 1") cables have been tested to perform at speeds of 75Mhz, which is the equivalent of a 1080i signal.
High Speed (or "category 2") cables have been tested to perform at speeds of 340Mhz, which is the highest bandwidth currently available over an HDMI cable and can successfully handle 1080p signals including those at increased color depths and/or increased refresh rates. High-Speed cables are also able to accommodate higher resolution displays, such as WQXGA cinema monitors (resolution of 2560 x 1600).
For those of us with new LCD, DLP or Plasma TV's, we should be looking for "Category 2" cables. They can still be found for online prices better than what we pay at the retail stores. Just check the specs before buying. I rated this a 2-star because no specs were provided.
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RCA cables weren't cutting it and games/movies looked horrible on my new HD tv. As soon as I replaced the RCA cables with this HDMI cable, the difference was significant(in a good way). HD TV owners who aren't using HDMI cables aren't taking full advantage of their expensive TVs. Those who own HD TVs that only have 1 HDMI cable input should consider getting an HDMI hub. They're about $30-$40 and will allow you to connect several HDMI cables to several devices. If you keep connecting/disconnecting and switching the cable to use it on other devices, you will run the risk of damaging your HDMI cables/DVD player/TV/game console's HDMI cable input/output. An HDMI hub will solve that problem and your stuff will last much longer.
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Read a lot of reviews on the 6 ft cable decided to by this 10 ft one, had the guys from firedog install but he of course recomended the monster 1000 series 4 meter $199.99. I bought it and this one and I can say that I cant see the difference at all I must have switched back and forth 10 or so times I cant see the difference, I have my xbox and cable connected to a bose v20 connected to a samsung 52 lcd, games look exactly the same with cheap cable vs monster 1000 series unless you have some kind of electron measuring system the human eye cant see any difference....I was told that the difference would be with blu ray and the refresh rate of 120 hz speed. Not sure about that..
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I think it's pitiful how people get ripped off on HDMI cables in stores. These cables are as good if not better than the $100 cables they sell at BestBuy! I picked up 2 10 footers... for the price, you can't beatem'!
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I bought this cable because it only cost a few dollars, and I used it to connect the video output from my laptop computer to my digital TV. This cable worked great.... once. I tried to use it again the next day with the exact same setup and the TV would not detect any signal across the cable at all. The cable was already broken. Also, this cable arrived in a cheap unmarked bag and doesn't appear to meet any kind of electronics quality standards or certifications (for example UL or CE certification). Do yourself a favor and stay away from this cheaply manufactured cable.
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