Monster MC 1000HD-2M Ultra-High Speed HDTV HDMI Cable (2 meters) by Monster
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Digital camera reviews of Monster MC 1000HD-2M Ultra-High Speed HDTV HDMI Cable (2 meters)
Digital camera Review: Enough of the technical Jargon already, It boils down to Picture and Sound
Summary: 2 Stars
Ok, so as technology improves and we see consumers moving to HD TV, HD media, HD appliances, naturally this is going to be the standard as retailers significantly phase out the obsolete CRTV that almost seem from a different planet which is truly amazing. As plasma and LCD tv's have gone down substantially in price over the past two years they can be still expensive depending upon the brand and features you want. At any rate, since everyone is jumping on the band wagon and the sudden craze and inundation of HDTV flood the market there are going to be other ball players hungry for your money, Monster co. is definitely one of them. I am not going to give a impartial review considering I own two different Monster cables (HDMI to HDMI, HDMI to DVI) and two other no-name brands, (HDMI to HDMI, HDMI to DVI). Unfortunately, I still have the two monster cables because there purchase date is beyond the retail return date.
Upon entering the HD World, I had no idea what i was getting into, I purchased both of my HDTV's at local retailers, and of course each of the sale associates advised me that the Monster cables was crucial, and no other cable was comparable. OK, I take your word for it considering your not working on commission. I buy an HDMI Cable form Monster at a local bestbuy. I reconfirm it's quality with it's exorbitant price($90) with other employees and I got the same answer naturally, (Probably not the smartest maneuver) at any rate, the price turned my stomach a tad, considering they had no other alternatives or other name brands, (Just monster and rocketfish) both similar in price range. I have to admit the cable looks fine and worked fine with my LCD Samsung 32". It looked like a durable cable and functioned like a durable cable with it's soothing color scheme, 24K gold plates, and a very sexy "M" logo on the end. (you get the point). However, your not buying the cable for it's looks more like for quality which I am all about. Although the cables worked fine, I was still curious about the hefty price and I came across respected electrical engineering sites along with some
friends about HDMI Cables (to my chagrin I should of done the research before I bought the cables) and they told me I basically got duped big time, and I mean BIG TIME. Sure Monster cable will entice you with it's fancy physical looks and special braided wires, along with a 24K gold piece, faster signal than 2.2 gps and no external interference..blah blah The truth is people it literally boils to down a simple digital signal, there is no middle ground here. Either your tv is getting the signal or not, end of story which I have found myself hard to believe considering there are HDMI cables as cheap as $2-10! But business is business right, someone has to make money right? But you know what, every retailer you go to whether it be bestbuy, circuit city, or radioshack you can be sure there will a flood of monster cables along with incompetent sales associates enticing ignorant consumers like myself trusting there opinion. Trust me you will not find $2 HDMI Cables in retailer stores, well at least not at the big chain retailers. Now being how rare it is find to cheap HDMI cables in retailer stores, I purchased two online from amazon, no-name brands (Cables to-go) in the range of $10-12. I think the HDMI to DVI was alittle more expensive at 13.99 in comparison with Monster's ($90) I didn't want to go too cheap, because i truly thought these cheap prices reinforced the old adage, "To good to be true," well when I got the cables I immediately did a trial and error, to my surprise there was absolutely no difference in picture or sound. Someone could literally put a gun to my head, and i wouldn't be able to tell which one is which. These cables truly defied that old-adage and put me in shock. That $70 premium that your paying is really for the "M' logo, this concept hasn't changed and is manifested through a myriad of other categories, clothes, cars, electronics ect. Once you surpass a certain standard of quality, the rest is profit margins for the brand, but seriously, I have to laugh when you look at the Monster cables boxes and websites, that are really adamant on correcting "THE BIG MISCONCEPTION" that HDMI Cables are in fact different in terms of speed, connection, thats a load of garbage, As long as your Tv functions and that signal is somehow making it to your tv or console your good to go. Psychologically speaking, consumers who drop as much as 4,000 to 5,000 on Plasma or LCD tv's may think, well, i spent this much money, what's an extra $200 on some nice HDMI cables right? This is where retailers capitalize, and usually succeed, well at least with me they did, which I was throughly angry at, but hey you learn from your mistakes right? Trust me, these cheap cables deliver in pristine quality whether you have 32" or 50" 1080 bp, they do justice. Just don't make the same mistake I did which is not doing research....
Digital camera Review: Excellent HDMI Cable
Summary: 5 Stars
High~quality, very flexible.
Works great with my Samsung BD-U5000 Blu-ray/HD-DVD player.
Only wish I'd have bought another for my HD-DVR!
Digital camera Review: Excellent Store, not much impress by the power of the cable
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the monster cable to try to see if I saw any difference vs my regular cable. Personally, I just can't see any difference in video or sound, I guess the quality produced by my TV, a Sony 40in LCD XBR4 used with a Playstation 3, is so good that it just doesn't let me see much of a difference. Still I'm happy for the product and also for the price I pay through Amazon vendor and not the overpriced at other online retailers.Digital camera Review: Excellent example of corporate greed
Summary: 1 Stars
Monster should be ashamed of themselves. I'm really not sure how they sleep at night. They are practically outright lying to their customers. This cable is functionally no different than any other cable that you can buy for less than $10. As long as it is the latest HDMI standard version, it will function EXACTLY the same as one of Monster's cables---including bandwidth---and cost MUCH less. Monster does not have some magical cables that will somehow make your picture look so much better. A cable is a cable. Monster has been doing this since the analog days. I will admit that I was once duped into buying Monster audio cables back in those days because I didn't know any better. But that was analog, and cables "could" make a difference. Not so much in the digital world. Yet these crooks at Monster still insist on playing that same marketing game with their customers again here in the digital age. And stores like Best Buy are playing along. Spread the word, people. This has to stop. It's immoral. It's unethical. And it should be criminal.Digital camera Review: Excellent product with Excellent price
Summary: 5 Stars
It works excellent for my Sony Blu-ray disc player and my HDTV. The price is very reasonable. I hope you won't miss this chance to get one for yourself.