Monster MC 1000HD-2M Ultra-High Speed HDTV HDMI Cable (2 meters)
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Customer Review: Ultra Not
Summary: 1 Stars
I own alot of monster cables, mainly M series with one Z series, I would swear by monster. have had no problem paying the price in the past 25 years for what I considered a great cable. Same here when I bought this cable. Hooked it up to a Pioneer Pro Plasma and a Panasonic 30 blueray 1080P 1.3. put in newly arrived flyboys, after about 30 seconds of play the screen went blank and a code of U73 appeared on the Panasonic. checked the cable to ensure the cable was all the way pluged in on both components, it was. returned to the movie again, after a few minuites picture gone again,code U73 back again. got out the manual- check cable. so I moved everything again grabed a spare Philips PXT1000 HDMI pluged it in and watched the entire movie with no problem. I hate to say it, but I agree with some of the other reviews.since monster has moved their operations overseas, I feel the quality and name does not mean a thing anymore. the old addage you get what you pay for no longer applies.
I just purchased 2 more Philips PXT1000 cables for less than 1 Monster. have had no problems with them on my 50"
or my 37". the 37" LCD my kids use for playstation 3 and have had no problems in 1080P 1.3 , could I recomend the monster cable? NO
Customer Review: Great cable, but same quality as monoprice $5 cable
Summary: 2 Stars
I couldn't believe the reviews so I had to see it for myself. The result: the Monster cable is pure hype.
I have a Philips 42" 1080P TV hooked up to a blu-ray dvd player. I bought this Monster cable and a $5 10' HDMI 1.3a cable from monoprice.com. I played x-men last stand and superman returns on blu-ray, as well as the matrix on a regular DVD.
For about an hour I switched between the two cables. I couldn't tell the difference between the resolution, noise, color, contrast or black levels. Over a 10' distance, there's simply no difference between this $100 cable and a $5 cable. I even tried to push the limits of the cable but having it carry both the surround sound signal and the video to my receiver...nothing.
Please, please, please...spend the extra $100 on a better TV, perhaps 120hz over 60hz. This cable will not make miracles happen, as Monster will promise you over and over. Future proofing? You're kidding yourself. Good cable construction? Everyone else has good cables as well. Gold plated, nitrogen-injected dielectric with 5 layers of shielding? Great, hope you have a fun time watching your spectrum analyzer in a lab. This all means nothing for good ol 1080P blu-ray movies!
Customer Review: Horrific Ripoff
Summary: 1 Stars
I am an electrical engineer with many years of experience networking digital data and with large video installations. This is a total ripoff. You don't need a mega-expensive HDMI cable. HDMI is an encrypted digital signal (basically an encrypted version of the digital DVI signal from a computer monitor), and as a digital signal, it either works or it does not. Buy an inexpensive HDMI cable. If your HDMI cable does not work properly, you'll have significant video problems and you will know it right away. There will be no subtle difference with a $100 cable over a $10 cable. Save $90.
If you think you need the highly durable cable, then buy three of the inexpensive cables. You'll still be money ahead and if you break this one, you'll have two spares.
Some people feel that they "see the difference". This is an "emperor's new clothes" argument when it comes to digital signals. As long as the data arrives at the far end, it does not matter if the 1 has been carried in hand-wound Norwegian copper wire surrounded by argon gas. As long as the circuits can tell that 1 from a 0, it won't make any difference at all. None.
Customer Review: Little technical info to save you money
Summary: 2 Stars
Let me clarify some thing when people say that they see a *difference* between this cable and a cheap one. Yes, absolutely, this one will have a better picture quality in high end sets over an old cheap cable. BUT!!!! That is because they not aware of different HDMI cable versions. Version 1.0 cable only supported bandwidth of 4.9 Gbit/s (or 1080p at 60hz) so if you have a newer set that runs at 120hz than this cable will not deliver signal to utilize the full potential of the TV set. BUT!!! (again) it does not justify buying this cable for $120... all you have to do is make sure that you are buying a version 1.3 (or above) certified cable. Version 1.3, 1.3a, 1.3b and 1.3b1 cables have a bandwidth of 10.2 Gbit/s or grater so it will handle 1080p at 120hz with no problem. You can purchase a 1.3a cable for about $5 from here or other sites, and you will get exact the same bandwidth as this expensive cable. Plus, PLEASE remember ... this is a digital cable, there is absolutely no difference in picture quality between a cheap 1.3a cable and an expensive 1.3a cable like this `MONSTER'. It either works or it doesn't, there is no middle ground!Customer Review: Only a fool buys Monster
Summary: 1 Stars
On this page you have two choices. A Monster 2m HDMI cable for $129, or a no-name brand 2m HDMI cable for $1.29. They're almost the exact same cable, and will serve the needs of pretty much anything that needs to be passed over HDMI. And the cheaper cable is 1% of the price of the overpriced Monster.
Monster tries to tell you that their 100x more expensive cable is future proof for whatever the next step is in the HDMI evolution. Who cares? That application has not been invented yet, and when someone makes a newer, faster application that demands more from your HDMI cable, you can get rid of the $1.29 cable and buy whatever the newer, cheaper cable is. Don't waste $129 on an overprice, overbranded cable from a bunch of jerks who constantly fleece foolish audiophiles.
HDMI is a digital standard with forward error correction. That means any cable, even the cheapest one, will happily pass the original digital signal along exactly, and if any minor errors creep in, they'll be automatically corrected by the encoding. The Monster HDMI cable is a total ripoff, and it offends me.