Cables To Go - 28012 - 10ft Pro Series HD15 M/M SVGA Monitor Cable with Ferrites (Black)
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Customer Review: Poor quality - twice.
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this cable intending to use it to watch Netflix movies from my laptop to my LCD TV. Like other reviewers have noted, it simply doesn't work. My LCD TV didn't even recognize that my laptop was connected. The display when using the cable to connect my LCD monitor to my PC was also distorted. With my stock VGA cable I received with my now 10 year old monitor, both of these applications worked flawlessly.
I wrote to customer service and they sent another cable, which was reportedly tested before shipping. The same problems occurred. It would cost more to return the cables than the actual purchase price. Don't waste your money. In this case, you truly get what you pay for. Also note HDE's policy that shipping costs are not refunded under any circumstances, and that Amazon's A to Z guarantee does not apply if you do not return the item to the seller.
I'm not sure where all these 5 star ratings are coming from, but that certainly was not my experience.
Customer Review: Excellent Cable
Summary: 5 Stars
Recently moved some things around in my home office...including my PC which meant my 6' monitor cable that came with it was too short...rather than use an extension cable because I've heard they are not as good as an option due to loss of signal strength etc., I opted for this as a replacement cable. I looked at several others in the 10 foot range...read somewhere over 12 feet and you start to lose signal strength and I just needed a couple more feet. The others I looked at...a Belkin for over $20.00, and another for $4 bucks and change...neither had Ferrites and this one did for around $8. Tiger Direct sent it so fast I almost found it on my door step after I hit Place Order on Amazon.com...very nice. I have a big 21" Nokia 445PRO from a long time ago...and this cable give me a nicer picture than the original cable that came with the monitor...no Ferrites there on the original either. Anyway...quality product...great seller.Customer Review: don't work for me
Summary: 1 Stars
I had a similar experience to "2tall 1974." I plugged my laptop to my tv using this cable and the tv didn't see any connection. I received a replacement from HDE at no cost to me, and that too did not work. I tested using my laptop and my desktop monitor, and while I got an image, it was of poor quality. I informed the customer service dept at HDE and they promptly refunded the purchase price, plus shipping. HDE informed me that they are currently testing the batch of cables they received from their vendor, and it appears that they are no longer selling it here at amazon for the time being. While I can not recommend this cable at the moment, I can highly recommend HDE for their customer service. If HDE decides to sell this cable again, I would likely buy it from them simply because of the piece of mind I would get knowing that if there was a problem, they would resolve it satisfactorily and promptly.Customer Review: Do NOT buy for Home Theater! (no HD)
Summary: 1 Stars
Cable quality appears to be very nice. Very thick shielding. However, with Win7 at least, you will not be able to get native resolution for your TV through this cable (if you have a 1080p HD TV). I bought this because I wanted to put the computer farther than 6 ft away (length of VGA cable I had). When I hooked this up, the resolution dropped from 1920x1080, to 1024x768, and windows would not allow 1080p resolution. Go back to the cheap 6 ft VGA, works no problem. Apparently, some VGA cables don't support a certain pin that helps the computer identify the monitor, so windows locks any monitor you hook up with this to "generic PnP monitor". I've tried 2 long VGA cables so far, same results with both. I wish there were a way to identify up front which VGA cables support 1080p (identify monitor type), and which don't.Customer Review: A reliable cable
Summary: 5 Stars
Reliability is no small thing. A faulty cable connection can make one suspect all sorts of failures in the attached components and can cost someone a lot of wasted time trying to diagnose the problem. This one now connects a CPU's USB port to the USB connection on my monitor, so that I can use the extra USB connections that are part of the monitor's perks. Their positioning makes certain connections neater and more practical than those on the back of the CPU or those in my attached small hub. Having a cable that worked immediately and continues to work just makes life that much easier. Cables to Go was out of this cable when I went directly to their site, but Amazon had exactly the Cables-to-Go cable I wanted readily available. Another plus for Amazon and its clever buyers.