quick HT question

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Tom Bars

oh ok that sounds pretty reassuring.
i mean Hdmi and shit go for over 100$, (or at least monster cables do)
so monoprice does seem like the place to buy cables and what not, i think i might buy the 100ft 14 awg there.

DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT buy Monster products!! Multiple tests show their $100+ cables are no better than anything from monoprice or blue jeans cable. Here are a couple of the write ups.

http://reviews.cnet.com/hdmi-guide/?tag=pm

This one basically says all cables and their performance are pretty much the same.

http://www.audioholics.com/education...le-bench-tests

The second article deals with long HDMI runs in particular, but ultimately states that for any "normal" length run, there is no discernible difference between all the various cables out there. The part I like best about it is that they used equipment loaned to them from Monster to do the tests.

I personally won't buy anything from Monster because they've intentionally driven so many other smaller businesses out of business through corporate bullying.

And back to the topic at hand, I'm currently using several HDMI cables from monoprice and they all work flawlessly.