Monster cable vs. regular hdmi cable

[Lacit170]

why is the monster cable better than a regular hdmi cable??

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Its not! It doesn't make a damn difference. This must be the 1000th thread on this type of issue. Excuse my tone and language.

[JasonR]

They aren't.

http://reviews.cnet.com/hdmi-cable/?...content;rb_mtx

http://www.pcworld.com/article/12177...able_game.html

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=33168

[crazyBLUE]

I use A 25 foot HDMI cable I bought for $25.00 at A computer store , It's as good as A 6 foot $100.00 monster cable !!!!!!!!
I'd hate to see what monster would charge for my cable !!

[Canada]

Monster is like Bose I sure hope that there marketing team gets 99.9% of the profits. I am actually ashamed thet I have Monster component cables. I have 2 Belkin HDMI cables hooking up my PS3 which I over payed for them also.

[andyman1970]

You're just paying for the name Monster so you can brag to all your friends and they can laugh at you behind your back.

[solarrdadd]

I'm sure it's possibly true that one cable is just as good as the next but, your only on the rock on time so you better make the most of it while you can. if you think it will sound better and you will sleep better at night then buy it. sometimes we do buy the cheaper but some of us live with regret or always have that doubt that they did the wrong thing. I own 2 not expensive HDMI cables. I also own some monster cables, the M1000 class HDMI cables, 4 of them to be exact and yes they are expensive but, I have no regrets about spending the money because I believe I have piece of mind with them that I'm getting possibly the best picture signal I can get. Is that the gospel truth, am I getting the best picture, don't have scientific data to back it up but, i believe i am with what i know. buy them or don't my issue here is don't live with regret! Funny you never hear the driver of a car saying give me the cheapest seatbelts and airbags you've got, or a policeman saying don't you have a cheaper bullet proof vest than this. I'm not saying you need so spend tons of money but you've got to satisfy yourself beyond all else. I also wish I had some stock in Monster!

[Squozen]

The difference is that when tested, cheap seatbelts and airbags are provably worse. That's not the case with an HDMI cable. Either the digital data gets through, or it doesn't (because the cable is faulty).

If you want to spend extra money because Monster's marketing tells you to, be my guest. Don't go telling others to do the same simply because you're too lazy to do any research.

[Johnny Vinyl]

If you don't want to go the Monoprice or BJC route, try Costco or Sam's. You can get a 12ft HDMI cable for like $30, I think they're Philips cables.

John

[Woody]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

I'm sure it's possibly true that one cable is just as good as the next but, your only on the rock on time so you better make the most of it while you can. if you think it will sound better and you will sleep better at night then buy it. sometimes we do buy the cheaper but some of us live with regret or always have that doubt that they did the wrong thing. I own 2 not expensive HDMI cables. I also own some monster cables, the M1000 class HDMI cables, 4 of them to be exact and yes they are expensive but, I have no regrets about spending the money because I believe I have piece of mind with them that I'm getting possibly the best picture signal I can get. Is that the gospel truth, am I getting the best picture, don't have scientific data to back it up but, i believe i am with what i know. buy them or don't my issue here is don't live with regret! Funny you never hear the driver of a car saying give me the cheapest seatbelts and airbags you've got, or a policeman saying don't you have a cheaper bullet proof vest than this. I'm not saying you need so spend tons of money but you've got to satisfy yourself beyond all else. I also wish I had some stock in Monster!

FYI, seatbelts and airbags often go to the lowest OEM bidder.

Think about that for a while.

[RWebb74]

I have both a Monster HDMI and monoprice and there is ZERO difference in quality from my PS3 or my cablebox to my 52" Samsung LCD. NONE, NADA, ZIP!!! Monster cost me like $80 something (back before this awesome website), the other cost me like $3. I swear I'm gonna start picketing outside of Best Buy. Buy yourself like 3-4 blu-rays, and buy monoprice.

[Sammy]

Originally Posted by Woody

FYI, seatbelts and airbags often go to the lowest OEM bidder.

Think about that for a while.

NICE!!!

[Captainhawk1]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

I'm sure it's possibly true that one cable is just as good as the next but, your only on the rock on time so you better make the most of it while you can. if you think it will sound better and you will sleep better at night then buy it. sometimes we do buy the cheaper but some of us live with regret or always have that doubt that they did the wrong thing. I own 2 not expensive HDMI cables. I also own some monster cables, the M1000 class HDMI cables, 4 of them to be exact and yes they are expensive but, I have no regrets about spending the money because I believe I have piece of mind with them that I'm getting possibly the best picture signal I can get. Is that the gospel truth, am I getting the best picture, don't have scientific data to back it up but, i believe i am with what i know. buy them or don't my issue here is don't live with regret! Funny you never hear the driver of a car saying give me the cheapest seatbelts and airbags you've got, or a policeman saying don't you have a cheaper bullet proof vest than this. I'm not saying you need so spend tons of money but you've got to satisfy yourself beyond all else. I also wish I had some stock in Monster!

This is some really fuzzy logic here. It sounds like you just have remorse about spending an absurd amount for a $4 cable so you're trying to justify it.

Instead of going based science and fact to determine whether or not you're getting the best picture from your cables (and thus obtaining peace of mind) you're basing it off their marketing claims.

Also, it's really, really weird that someone would make an analogy between bullet proof vest/seatbelts and video cables as it's a complete non sequitur, but I'll humor this and go along with this line of thinking to it's logical conclusion.

If the cheaper bullet proof vests/seatbelts are materially the same (in other words the functional parts that do the work that the item is designed to do are the same, not the extra plastic crap) and give the same results, why would you choose the product that costs 25 times more yet yields the exact same results?

Monster is so incredibly full of crap. For fun go their website and try to sift through their mountains of confusing nonsense as to why you should spend an obnoxious amount of money on their "high quality" 24K gold plated cables that do nothing to improve your picture or sound.

It's all propaganda. There is absolutely no science that indicates that their cables are better than a $4 cable and they sure as hell can't come up with any.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

why is the monster cable better than a regular hdmi cable??

Find ALL of your answers with this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDw2ZSDzlMw

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART BEGINS AT THE 3:30 MARK OF THE VIDEO!

[Sonny]

I'll put anyone of my $3 monoprice 6' HDMI cables up agianst any $100+ Monster HDMI cables any day of the week, & not only in A/V but build quality too. I'll bet my 9G KURO that my HDMI cables don't "fall apart" like monster owners try to say cause that's all they have left to argue about as to why they dropped big bucks for a cable that's worth $10 (maybe)...

[Woody]

To the OP. Besides the massive amounts of hate, you should get the same performance as long as the cables you buy can pass the BW that 1080p requires.

And to the poster who said Monster=Bose, the similarities end at the marketing department.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by Woody

And to the poster who said Monster=Bose, the similarities end at the marketing department.

I am going to echo this sentiment too.

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

I also own some monster cables, the M1000 class HDMI cables, 4 of them to be exact and yes they are expensive but, I have no regrets about spending the money because I believe I have piece of mind with them that I'm getting possibly the best picture signal I can get. Is that the gospel truth, am I getting the best picture, don't have scientific data to back it up but, i believe i am with what i know.

It is good that you're happy with your purchase, but the scientific data is there to peruse and it shows that there is no difference in performance with current media.

[nezff]

if you buy monster, you are paying for a name. I have $10 monoprice HDMI cables with ferrite cores that produce a great 1080p picture.

Monster is very very overrated.

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

I am going to echo this sentiment too.



It is good that you're happy with your purchase, but the scientific data is there to peruse and it shows that there is no difference in performance with current media.

I know that lots of folks have given me grief because of what I stated. I'm neither for or against monster cables. I'm stating that you need to make a purchase that you can live with, scientific data, how much money you want to spend and your piece of mind. people are always coming down on monster, just don't buy them if you don't want to. Don't like what's on fox tv, turn to cbs tv and see if there is something on there that you want to watch. no one is making anyone do anything. the individual will either like and believe what monster or monoprice says about their product or they won't. if all things were perfectly the same no matter what there would only be one brand of everything. there would be no need to make more than one brand of anything. i'm sure that we have all purchased something because we wanted it even though others told us there was a cheaper brand that did the exact same thing. i own monoprice cables and monster cables too. at the end of the day I want piece of mind and sometimes, piece of mind (or the belief of it) cost, sometimes more, sometimes less. because not everything that cost a lot is bad and not everything that cost a little bit is good; most of the time it's a little of both.

[christopher2200]

I would buy other products from monster, but not hdmi cables way overpriced. I fell for the nothing is better than monster and shelled out $130.00 and will never do it again.