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Sly · 06-10-2006, 05:20 PM

I needed an HDMI cable to connect my new DVD player to my TV. Monster is selling 4 ft. cables for $120! After somebody suggested eBay yesterday, I checked it out and just bought a 6 ft. offbrand cable for just $10. I can't imagine the name Monster is really worth $110 extra for a lesser product, I know they have a good reputation but holy shit!

Has anybody compared Monster with any of its competitors to see the difference?

rockthebox · 06-10-2006, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

I needed an HDMI cable to connect my new DVD player to my TV. Monster is selling 4 ft. cables for $120! After somebody suggested eBay yesterday, I checked it out and just bought a 6 ft. offbrand cable for just $10. I can't imagine the name Monster is really worth $110 extra for a lesser product, I know they have a good reputation but holy shit!

Has anybody compared Monster with any of its competitors to see the difference?

Ive run both. When i bought my new tv I bought an HDMI capable DVD player that came with the HDMI cord for 200 so the cord was worth 20ish. I switched to monster wiring for all my cords and have noticed a small difference. Its like watching something in 480p and then switchting to 720p. There is that difference but not enough to justify the extra 100bux.

notabook · 06-10-2006, 05:37 PM

Monster cables are extremely heavily shielded, usually the cheap-cheap cables at ebay are not. If you get the medium-grade cables (about $30-45 bucks) their shielding will be more than adequate and their quality is up-to-par to the Monster cables. The cheap-cheap stuff I would stay way from for HDMI/DVI/Component, but just about the rest the cheapo cables usually work great for (s-video and chit).

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notabook Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not a Library! Posts: 9,748	Monster cables are extremely heavily shielded, usually the cheap-cheap cables at ebay are not. If you get the medium-grade cables (about $30-45 bucks) their shielding will be more than adequate and their quality is up-to-par to the Monster cables. The cheap-cheap stuff I would stay way from for HDMI/DVI/Component, but just about the rest the cheapo cables usually work great for (s-video and chit). __________________