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: DO NOT BUY THIS CABLE
Summary: 1 Stars
Don't buy this cable, total rip off. I got one when i bought my ps3. Two weeks later a buddy of mine had a spare hdmi cable that he bought for 12$ laying around. So we did a test. The picture looks exactly the same with the 12$ cable. Monster is a total rip-off.Digital camera Review: DO NOT BUY THIS CABLE UNLESS YOU JUST WON THE LOTTO AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR MONEY!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I was one of the smart ones who fell for the Monster scam!
I had already purchased the PS3 in advance to watch all those cool Blu-ray movies and was just waiting for the right TV to join the HD party!
After purchasing my 50" Pioneer Kuro and paying a few hundred bucks for that "piece of mind" Best Buy insurance, I felt that paying an extra $100+ for a "Super Cable" was well worth it.
So now that I had everything I needed, nothing could go wrong, right? I mean, I had one of the best reviewed TV's and Blu-ray players on CNET, and the most expensive cable I had ever bought! just the perfect setup...
So I plug in one end of the Monster Cable to my TV and the other to the PS3, I dim the lights and seat on the couch ready to watch a few movies. I turn the TV on, set it to Input4, I turn the PS3 on and wait a few seconds. I see nothing on the screen except for Input4, I get up from the couch, turn on the lights and check behind the TV, I follow the cable and it's plugged into Input4. I check the PS3 and everything seems to be ok on that end as well. I unplug the Monster Cable, I switch it for the cheap looking cable that came with the Dish DVR and BAM! I get a nice, colorful blue wave PS3 Menu on the screen!
But the story doesn't end there, I didn't give up on that little Monster that fast, I tried and hoped for it to work at least 3 more times, I really wanted to see what it had to offer, at that price, it was probably going to give me a much better TV experience than what that cheap cable had to offer!
Ok, so after about an hour I did, I just gave up.
I walked back into Best Buy, explained the problem and just about 45 minutes later, they gave me an exchange!
So I get back home, this time it only took me about ten minutes to open the anti-everything packaging that Monster uses (I think that's where they spend most of their research money) I remove the cheap cable that came with the DVR, I plug in the Monster Cable, turn the TV and PS3 on and lo and behold... I get the exact same image as with the cheap cable! The only difference was in my wallet, which was about $100 lighter! What a rip off!
By this time I was already frustraded, I had just gotten my new TV and I had spent the first 3 hours dealing with a freakin cable! So I drive back to Best Buy, I ask for a refund, and they gladly take the cable back and give me my money back, minus $17 restocking fee. $17 I could have used to buy two perfectly good cables at Amazon! oh what moron! I can't believe I fell for that!
My only hope is that everyone who reads this learns from my mistake, these cables are not even worth 20 bucks, seriously! I recently bought 3 mediabridge cables from Amazon at 10 bucks a pop and I can honestly say that they look as good as the monster cable did. Do yourself a favor and buy a cheaper cable, search for -1.3b Category 2 HDMI cable- and you'll find the same quality at a cheaper price.
Save your money and take your spouse for a nice dinner, complements of Monster!
Digital camera Review: DO NOT BUY!
Summary: 1 Stars
There is absolutely no reason to buy a "high performance" expensive digital cable unless you like flushing money down the toilet. A $3 cable will work exactly the same. The whole reason electronics use digital is because any noise on the line doesn't affect signal quality. You either get a valid digital signal or you don't. It amazes me that Monster Cable is able to rip off consumers with their talk of better quality digital signals. If you don't believe me, do some research online and find out what a scam this is.Digital camera Review: DONT BUY EXPENSIVE AV CABLES
Summary: 1 Stars
A/V Cables are a racket, you don't need the expensive ones. This is a classic example. HDMI is a DIGITAL format. It either works, or it doesn't, PERIOD. Ones and Zeros. The concept of an analog signal improvement just does not exist with HDMI, so "gold tipped" is not only wasteful, it is stupid. Go buy that cheap 3-ft HDMI cable for $1.99 from monoprice, it will work fine, it will be exactly equal to this $130 cable, and you won't feel stupid for having sent $128 to the cable Mafia.Digital camera Review: Dead cable - no satisfaction
Summary: 1 Stars
I was ripped off. The cheap radio shack cable works, this one does not. It's past Monster's 1 year warranty so we're "sorry-out-of-luck."
Great disappointment. Monster: feel free to contact me if you want a happy customer.