DVI Gear HDMI Cable 2M (6 Feet)
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Customer Review: Now a believer
Summary: 5 Stars
You won't see a different in the quality of your iPod music when you use a gold plated gas injected USB cable to transfer the songs from your computer to your iPod! its a digital signal. Why should the HDMI be any different? Stick with this, clear and simple, if you want to read on, be my guest:
I purchased an HDTV 1080p TV with true color support about 2 weeks ago and a PS3 about 3 weeks ago. I had my PS3 hooked up with a $130 monster cable because the guy at the store convinced me it would make a difference in my picture.
While surfing the web, reading video and audiophile reviewers comment about HDTV related stuff, long story short I came across the cable debate and thought I'd test it out myself. I hooked up the PS3 with the monster cable, played clips of Black Hawk Down in Blu Ray, then hooked it up with this cheap cable. No difference at all. I guarantee you I am so picky with the picture and sound aspect of home theatre (well isn't that the point of home theater!) and would not subsidize quality to save a few bucks.
The picture is exactly the same as the monster cables picture. For those who complain about durability:
First off, the cables more durable then the monster cable. The monster cable was so thick it began to angle itself on the HDMI connection port. All that unnecessary crap was weighing it down and bending the connector port. Secondly, you don't say hey check out my super durable ultra quality HDMI cable that does the same thing as a $5 cable, you do that with cars and clothes, not cables. Therefore the performance is what should count not the brand name. Thirdly, digital signals have no loss, no matter how bad the cable is. This cables quality isn't bad, its actually very good, but assuming it was so bad that it was crap, the picture simply would not go through instead of going through poorly.
Injecting gas and having 10 coats of plastic around the cable won't increase the bandwidth of it, either. Only the HDMI version certification can do that. An HDMI 1.1 monster cable has the same bandiwdth as a $10 HDMI 1.1 cable because its meant to support the expected bandwidth requirements of an HDMI 1.1 unit/tv/ps3, etc. The same goes with HDMI 1.2, 1.3, etc.
Customer Review: I don't see the issues others are having. Excellent Product So far...
Summary: 4 Stars
Just a short background, I did some reconfiguring with my devices/consoles through my receiver, to not only better my sound output, but to make all sound route through one device. Not so difficult, but the result was that my speakers adopted a constant buzzing sound that correlated with the volume level. No good. Researching this further, I found that this is caused by grounding issues and was able to isolate the issue to my cable box. After trial/error I found that the grounding issue was only resolved when I took my roommates HDMI cable and used that to connect my TV to the cable box. My roommates HDMI cable was a high end (expensive) brand, so I was apprehensive to buy this product, but in no way could I rationalize the necessity to pay anything above $10 for a product of similar quality attainable for so little.
These HDMI cables have done the job flawlessly. I actually plunged into this product blindly and bought four, considering that my total loss if ALL failed would only be $14. Fortunately, I am not that poor where I would find myself losing sleep. I have two hooked up to my setup, one being the cable box and the other is a DVD player. The other two my roommate took for his DVD player and game console. Between the two of us, we don't have any complaints. The picture and sound quality is excellent, and I no longer have any grounding issues. There were, though, a couple times I noticed that the audio would make a random static noise. This would cause a "what's that" response, but it would go away immediately so I have not given it much thought. I have had this product for a couple months now and it has happened roughly 2-3 times.
There were a couple complaints while I was reading reviews regarding the ends getting stuck in the device ports [this kind of scared me], and that the sound/picture give out after a couple months. I don't suffer from any of these issues. With every electronic device you will have lemons, so these situations may be the case.
In closing, I recommend this product.
Side Note: Shipping took less than a week
Customer Review: DO NOT GET THIS HDMI CABLE
Summary: 1 Stars
After reading the all the positive reviews I decided to order the $3 HDMI cable (with $6 shipping that according to the post office only cost $2.50 some cents!!!). This was a mistake and a rip off.
I plugged the cable in and the first thing I noticed immediately was that it now took my TV about 3-4 seconds to tune to any HD channels. This was very annoying, it didn't do that before. Using their cheap cable I'd be staring at a black screen for 3 seconds then the picture would finally show up.
2nd thing I noticed was that the picture on the screen bounced around slightly. I especially noticed it when there was text on the screen. It made me dizzy.
I double checked to make sure the cable was in all the way and both problems still existed.
So I swapped the cable with a $50 HDMI cable that I already had and it fixed both problems immediately. My only conclusion, the cheap cable was to blame.
This is just another one of those online rip off artists who sell a product really cheap with a "Full Money Back Warranty on all orders" then jack up the shipping & handling price so if someone dares to complain and return the item they don't have to refund their shipping charges, only the $3 for the item.
"Full Money Back Warranty on all orders."...yea right, it'd cost me $3 to ship it back to them.
I know, I know. It's my fault for buying an item that seemed too good to be true....and guess what, it was.
My recommendation:
Spend a little more money for a better cable and be happy. You don't necessarily need a $100 HDMI cable, but there are other better quality alternatives than this $3 cable for less than $25.
Be warned.
EDIT:
They refunded all of my money including shipping after I left this review. They contacted me, I didn't even contact them. Maybe I was just unlucky and got a bad cable, or maybe they were hoping I'd take my bad review down....who knows??
Customer Review: worked for awhile
Summary: 1 Stars
Price was great, shipping was fast.
Worked great between my Panasonic LCD and Home theater for about 3 weeks.
Then for some reason the Panasonic Viera Link stopped working correctly.
I assumed it was the home theater unit and spent 2 hours on the phone with Panasonic reseting and checking both the TV and home theater a number of times.
Finally just for the heck of it we swapped out the HDMI cable with another I had bought at the same time. Still no go. Then I used another cable I had bought from the same vendor almost a year earlier, and the problem stopped. You could feel the difference in the tighness of the connectors of the last cable I tried.
All three cables were from eForcity. Don't know what to say about that except, buy more than 1 and preferably from different vendors. I think charging $20-$40 is criminal, but I would pay $10 for a known to be decent cable. I think eForcity would eventually make it right, but a person would be more likely to think it's the hardware malfunctioning since the cable still works to some degree. That's what the 1.3b rating is about. Unfortunately there are no easy ways to tell if a cable is good other than to swap it out unless you have the proper measuring and testing equipment.
Update 07/06/09--eForcity must be complimented for their customer service. I received two replacement cables shortly after notifying them.
They worked but I stuck with the original cable I had bought from them a year ago. As I stated before, apparently a cable can work for awhile and then fail partially due to the high data transfer rates. The replacement cables are working okay on another less sophisticated system.
Great pricing, but you take a chance here. Also, the ad states HDMI 1.3b specs, but the packaging only says 1.3, which is not the same spec!
I would upgrade eForcity's star rating just based on their customer service and the original cable I have from them but it can't be changed at this point.
Customer Review: Spend more money--if only to prove the rule.
Summary: 3 Stars
The rule, of course, has become "price rules when it comes to HDMI cables, so simply order the least expensive." However, occasionally there's an "exception that proves the rule." Such was the case for the past three days, when all of my remote controls seemed powerless to conjure up an image on my screen, an image delivered into our TV's Time-Warner set-top box, from whence a short cable is all that's needed to attach it to the back of the Sony TV. After calling Time-Warner, re-reading the manuals, I'd about had it (isn't it bad enough to have non-cooperative computers, turntables, and CD burners?).
Then I noticed another 6 foot HDMI cable in my collection that wasn't being used and, more significantly, appeared to be close to twice the diameter of the one presently leading from the Scientific Atlantic set-top box (supplied by Time Warner) to my Sony. Why not swap 'em out? Yes, why not. I replaced the inexpensive generic cable with the thicker, heavier cable that even had a manufacturer's name of some sort on it--not "Monster" but that name would have suited the size. Voila, my Sony was doing the thing for which I got it--performing like a TV set instead of a non-responsive computer screen after another failed boot.
I relate the anecdote not to discourage anyone who's decided to save a hundred by buying a three dollar cable, but to point out that every "rule" requires an "exception," and though it's highly unlikely, it's not impossible (improbable, yes) that the problems you're currently having with your hi-def flat screen (if any at all) may be remedied with the replacement of a thin cable with one that actually looks more like it's up to the task of transmitting broadband signals. Buy the three-dollar cable first, and don't be surprised if it works--for anything from a week or two to the lifespan of the TV set. But if it fails, no need to panic. Simply ignore the rule book and try the road least taken.