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Monster HDMI 1000HD Ultra-High Speed HDMI Cable (2 meters) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Monster
Category: CE
List Price: $129.95
Buy Used: $58.99
You Save: $70.96 (55%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  202 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Size: 2 Meters
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 7 x 2
nv:Cable Type: HDMI
Cable Length (Meters): 2 m
Cable Length (Feet): 6.6 ft
Cable Connector A: HDMI Male
Cable Connector B: HDMI Male
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
MPN: MC 1000HD-2M
Model: MC 1000HD-2M
UPC: 050644449239
EAN: 0050644449239
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Monster's highest speed HDMI cable (10.2 Gbps) for the sharpest picture, deepest color, and smoothest video | | • | Large gauge silver-coated conductors for superior signal transfer and ultimate high-definition video | | • | Ultra high-density quad-layer shielding for ultimate rejection of RF and EM interference | | • | Advanced nitrogen gas-injected dielectric ensures maximum signal strength, even over longer runs | | • | 24k gold contacts for maximum signal transfer and corrosion resistance |
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Amazon.com Product Description
HDMI places incredible performance demands on your digital A/V connections. It requires a truly high-bandwidth cable that can deliver enormous amounts of digital data without bit-error and signal degradation. Monster has created the Advanced HDMI 1000HD Ultra-High Speed Cable for those who demand the best in high definition home theater--both now and in the future. This cable is ideal for larger HDTVs, advanced projectors, and high definition AV sources. Monster designs the most advanced HDMI cables and certifies their performance for future generations of products. If the performance capabilities of this cable are ever exceeded by future generations of HDMI, Monster will replace this cable at no charge--see product packaging for further details.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 197 more reviews...
 Just a terrible example of ripping off customers. November 29, 2007
542 out of 561 found this review helpful
Very recently, I purchased a television at Best Buy. They don't sell the $5 and $10 HDMI cables you find at Fry's or on Amazon, so I went ahead and bought this cable.
I thought I wouldn't mind, after all I spent thousands on the TV, but it kept nagging me. So I bought a $2 HDMI cable from Amazon (search for HDMI and you'll see a few brands). My TV has twin HDMI inputs, so I hooked up this cable and the Monster cable, put on Casino Royale, and flipped between the cables to see what the difference was.
There was absolutely no difference. None at all. I figured the picture would be slightly sharper or the colors cleaner, but you could put a gun to my head and I wouldn't be able to tell you which was which.
And I googled HDMI and learned that if your video and audio signals work at all, then the signal is being carried correctly. There is no middle ground with HDMI. Better cables do not incrementally improve picture quality! Why? Because the HDMI is digital, and it's very difficult to distort a 1 into a 0. In fact, it's technically impossible without total signal distortion or failure. Failure in signal is caused by processors or cables that are too long. Or more likely, misconfigured systems. With digital signals, the cables have a much easier job. Imagine if you had to read a book from 100 yards away? That's analog. Imagine reading morse code from a flashlight at 100yards away (and you know morse cose)? That's digital.
So by buying this cable, you are insuring yourself that if your cable length is at the extreme, or if your house gets hit by an EMP, that this monster cable will shield that digital signal quite a bit better than the cheap cable. Why not pay $2 and see if that kind of insurance is necessary? After all, if the $2 cable works, it's not going to get better.
It's repulsive that Best Buy only sells extremely expensive cables. I'm glad Amazon gives me the choice. Don't be naive! Give the cheap cable a try! One word of caution: if you require HDMI 1.3a, get a compatible cable. For $15 bucks, you're still saving a lot of money. You can check your manuals to see if your audio quality is so high that you need the 1.3a cables. Either way, there's no reason to get this horribly overpriced cable.
The money you save can go into systems that transcode digital signals better. That's where the real improvement in picture and audio is to be found!
Don't pay for this! January 8, 2008
168 out of 179 found this review helpful
I went to MIT where I took classes in electrical engineering, so I'm writing from a knowledgeable background here.
An expensive HDMI cable - or an expensive cable for any digital signal, when a working inexpensive version is available - is a waste of money. This is one of the great things about digital - it either works or does not work. This is not like analog audio/video cables, where the quality of the cable influences the output. An HDMI cable can only do one of two things: work or fail.
Since Amazon sells a number of cables that will work and are far less expensive, save your money and spend it on discs or games for whatever you're hooking up.
Horrific Ripoff March 31, 2008
158 out of 161 found this review helpful
I am an electrical engineer with many years of experience networking digital data and with large video installations. This is a total ripoff. You don't need a mega-expensive HDMI cable. HDMI is an encrypted digital signal (basically an encrypted version of the digital DVI signal from a computer monitor), and as a digital signal, it either works or it does not. Buy an inexpensive HDMI cable. If your HDMI cable does not work properly, you'll have significant video problems and you will know it right away. There will be no subtle difference with a $100 cable over a $10 cable. Save $90.
If you think you need the highly durable cable, then buy three of the inexpensive cables. You'll still be money ahead and if you break this one, you'll have two spares.
Some people feel that they "see the difference". This is an "emperor's new clothes" argument when it comes to digital signals. As long as the data arrives at the far end, it does not matter if the 1 has been carried in hand-wound Norwegian copper wire surrounded by argon gas. As long as the circuits can tell that 1 from a 0, it won't make any difference at all. None.
After extended research, it is true - a *RIP OFF* March 25, 2008
90 out of 90 found this review helpful
If it was an analog device, cable helps the quality of picture/sound you get. Not so much on digital world, like your brand new LCD/Plasma TV! Here's a quick comparison that hopefully will help put things in perspective between analog and digital signals.
Let's use radio. You get analog signal when you listen to radio in your 1995 model car. You get digital signal when you listen to radio steam on internet. Now, when the signal is bad, what happen?
In your car, you will hear cracking noises, interference, sound gets softer, etc. It is safe to say that you get lesser audio quality, don't you agree?
On internet, the audio pauses, buffering, or skipping here and there. Notice one important difference between your car's radio and internet radio? You won't hear those cracking noises, softer sound, or any lesser quality audio!! This is the nature of digital signal - 1 and 0, "all or nothing." If you get an audio from digital signal, the audio quality will not be any lesser than the source!
*Signal* degradation does exist in digital world. For example, let's talk HD TV. If signal degrades and cause bit sequence (1&0 sequence) to be unreadable by the TV, the pixel will just flicker on or off. Most of the time you won't even notice it. But if the cable is bad enough, you won't see TV pixels flicker - most TV will not handshake (connect) with the device if inteference is that high... which means you will get nothing. Hence the term "all or nothing."
Signal degradation comes to play if you have *HIIIGGHHH* interference (i.e. living right next to Nuclear Plant) or if your cable length is long (~30 feet). Anything less than 30 feet, if the cable works, you'll see the same exact audio/video quality with 10 bucks cable as 200 bucks Monster cable. More than 30 feet, if your cable doesn't work, get another brand who makes better quality cable for good price (translate: still not Monster).
And don't buy into Monster's "bandwidth" bandwagon advertisement. A 1.3 standard HDMI cable is capable of handling 10.2 Gbps. You have 120Hz LCD TV? Guess what, 1.3 standard cables have enough bandwidth to handle that already! After going through 10 minutes of watching Monster's video on their website, I can conclude one thing: Monster tells you a lot of facts, that much I admit... but they use *selected* facts to make you buy their products. They do not tell you the whole story. They do not tell you what you REALLY NEED TO KNOW, like 1.3 standard, what type of "other cables" they were using to do the Eye Pattern test. For all I know, the other cables they used to test could as well be a 1.0 standard cable that supports up to only 4.9 Gbps.
One last thing I want to mention. Monster always claim that they're building their cables ahead for the future, so that you will not have to change your HDMI cable when new technology with higher bandwidth requirement comes out. But let's be realistic here, you have 2 choices:
a. Buy a Monster cable for 200 bucks so you can use it for 3 years.
or
b. Buy a working-perfectly cable [...]. Year and a half later, you spend another 10 bucks on new standard (1.4?) HDMI cable for the new device.
200 bucks versus 20 bucks in 3 years? Pick your choice. I picked mine.
It is just like what other true experts said; you can get longer, same-quality cable for 90% cheaper.
Hope this helps.
 Enough of the technical Jargon already, It boils down to Picture and Sound March 2, 2008
71 out of 81 found this review helpful
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....
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