Monster HDMI-400 400 Series HDTV HDMI Cable (2 meters)
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Customer Review: I ran the experiment
Summary: 4 Stars
I wanted the cheapest cable I could find to display my laptop to a HD TV.
So I went to the local computer store and bought a cheapo cable for 3 bucks. When I used it I found that I got what I paid for. The video was dirty looking. So I bought this Monster cable and I can tell a huge difference. The picture looks perfect.
But, at the same time I did this, my brother bought a [...] no-name cable and when I borrowed it to see if their was a differnce, there is not.
at 1080p on my TV, I could not see any difference.
So, in summary, I would say: Do not buy the cheapest cable you can find. For the average or above average person, just buy a mid priced cable (or monster if on sale). And for the high quality people out there, get the monster cable.
Customer Review: It IS better!
Summary: 5 Stars
I didn't want to spend the money on this either, but it IS better. I really don't know why, but it IS. No question about it. PERFECT picture and sound! I have a Yamaha RX-V2700 receiver which has HDMI hookups. I tried a HDMI cable that came with my DirecTV box (from my Toshiba HD DVD player) and it was seriously lacking. This hookup is MUCH better! I have a Monster Cable HDMI hooked up to the new receiver that runs to my Sony 46" flat panel as well (more $ but....). I'm finally satisfied. I'm watching (and listening to) "Batman Begins" (In Dolby True HD sound) on HD DVD and it is superb!!!! This is just awesome! The stuff of fantasy. You only have to buy this/these cables once, so why not buy the BEST?! I highly recommend this move.Customer Review: Worthless scam
Summary: 1 Stars
One MIGHT argue that cable quality could affect a digital audio signal due to clock timing issues, but for video as long as the signal gets there without losing bits, all adequate cables are the same. (And I think most receivers reclock the digital audio, anyway.) As long as the cables provide enough shielding to avoid actual data loss, interference has no effect on a digital signal.
I really can't believe that fooling and lying to people has become a valid business model in this country. If you buy these cables you are being taken, plain and simple, by a company that thinks providing you with an illusion of quality is more profitable than providing you with real value. Until people become more skeptical, they are right.
Customer Review: Identical to any cheaper cable
Summary: 1 Stars
Other reviewers have said much the same thing, but I wish to state it simply and explicitly. These cables are functionally equivalent to any other HDMI cable you can purchase, for one simple reason: HDMI is a digital transmission spec. It sends only ones and zeroes over the cable, and no difference in cable quality will affect the information received on the other side.
This may have been the case with analog transmission, where noise in the cable could affect the data received on the other end, but it is physically, mathematically, and electronically incapably of doing so with a digital transmission medium. Period. End of story.
Save your money and buy the $5 cables elsewhere on Amazon.
Customer Review: Dumb dumb dumb
Summary: 1 Stars
What do they say about fools and money?
HDMI uses TMDS which is a digital transmission system with built-in error correction. TMDS has been designed to work over cheap cabling and a $10 HDMI cable will meet the specification. If you spend 9 times more on this cable than another one then you have just wasted $80. That's all there is to it.
You don't need expensive shielding or gold plated connectors for a cable. The picture or the sound are not richer or more vibrant with a $90 cable over a $10. In fact the signal is identical. Let me repeat - HDMI (& DVI-D) devices talk digitally with error correction. This cable and ones like it are for suckers only.