Cables Unlimited Premium 2 Meter Version 1.3 HDMI Home Theater Cable (PCM229502M)
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Customer Review: more than a bargain!
Summary: 5 Stars
this hdmi cable works great. i use it for my playstion 3 and cable box.Customer Review: an improvement over a more expensive cable
Summary: 5 Stars
I've only had it for a couple of days but the quality of viewing has improved over the Monster cable I had before. With the Monster, I used to get sound dropouts and very rough channel changes (with sound loss) when I went from regular to HD channels. None of that is happening with this new cable.
I have seen some concerns about longevity- my fingers are crossed! I have it hooked up to TV from cable box. I have not plugged and unplugged it repeatedly as others here have described.
Customer Review: Works as advertised!!
Summary: 5 Stars
High quality construction and works exactly as advertised. Have used with 1080p (via Blu Ray player) and picture is excellent. Would buy again.Customer Review: Awesome quality at an affordable price!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am using this cable to connect my PS3 to my LCD TV. Rather than going in for Monster cables, from my previous experience with HDMI I bought these and they work flawlessly. The picture quality is amazing on the TV (that's cuz the TV itself is good) but also, the signals transferred via this HDMI cable from PS3 look "Unbelievable". The Graphics appear to be popping out, no delay in any way on the refresh rate (thanks to 120Hz TV). Will recommend this product to anyone else. Buy these and don't get fooled by BestBuy Idiots who're trying to sell you $50-60 cables.Customer Review: You don't always get 'more' when you pay more
Summary: 4 Stars
As far as the value you get for your money, this cable is somewhere in the middle between the monstrously pried Monster HDMI 1000HD Ultra-High Speed HDMI Cable (2 meters) and some of the cheaper alternatives such as Mediabridge - 6ft Ultra-High Speed HDMI Cable - 120 Hz - Version 1.3b Category 2 - 1080p - Blu-ray - PS3 - W/Nylon Sleeve.
Any and all HDMI 1.3 cables can carry up to 10.2 Gbit/s. Hmmm... I suppose the Monster is much better, right? Well... it "guarantees a certified cable bandwidth of 10.2" Okay, but the Monster also supports "x.v.Color, and Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD". It turns out that, all of the above, and more, are part of the HDMI 1.3 specs and they are fully supported by every cable that complies to the standard and can be had for about 90% less in the Mediabridge. The expensive brand presentation simply enumerates the HDMI 1.3 specs as if it being HDMI 1.3 compliant was a really big deal. It is not a big deal. Even a cable that costs 95% less is HDMI 1.3 compliant.
My suggestion: if you think that the proponents of the expensive brand have a point when they claim that their product is a lot more durable, buy TWO Media Bridge wires and still pay almost 80% less than you would pay for one of the expensive ones.
My personal experience: I've never paid 'a lot' for an HDMI cable because it makes no sense to pay more. I took home one of the 'expensive' ones once because the salesman promised to take it back if I wasn't amazed by the difference. It made zero difference and I returned it.
My suggestion: if what you need is a cable that you plug it in and you are likely to leave it there for a long time, get the cheapest brand you can find from Amazon. You can always return it if it comes with broken pins or it does not work (never my experience so far). You will save money and you are going to get the exact quality of picture-sound that you get from any other HDMI wire, regardless of its price.
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The following are the HDMI 1.3 specs and all certified HDMI 1.3 cables (including Monster) are going to support them.
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)