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Posted at 11:36 AM on Tuesday 12/2/08 by
Ben
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YesBuy.net has the 3 Pack 6ft (2m) Gold-plated Male to Male HDMI Cable for $10 with free shipping. A good generic cable for those looking to save money over the "monster" variety, while maintaining the buzz of "Gold Plated Connectors". [BizRate]
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    Bad_CRC - Posted 11:43 am PST 12/2/08 (573 Posts)  Report Spam

    ooh, male to male.

    kinky.

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    ckidwell - Posted 11:50 am PST 12/2/08 (51 Posts)  Report Spam

    Gold plated...and just how thin is that plating???

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    cablephil2001 - Posted 11:51 am PST 12/2/08 (853 Posts)  Report Spam

    Not V1.3

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    gfr - Posted 11:51 am PST 12/2/08 (125 Posts)  Report Spam

    What's the difference between these and the certified 1.3 cables?

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    cablephil2001 - Posted 12:04 pm PST 12/2/08 (853 Posts)  Report Spam

    #4: I have read that a standard cable do up to 1080i, not 1080P. Don't know if this is true, but cheap cables can distort the signal on a long (9ft or more) run. V1.3 cables don't, and also transmit sound thru HDMI better. These cables (the 3 pack) are cheap cables. You get what you pay for.

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    coyotejoe - Posted 12:10 pm PST 12/2/08 (50 Posts)  Report Spam

    so just as long as ur under 9 ft ur good?

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    zippy2 - Posted 12:14 pm PST 12/2/08 (254 Posts)  Report Spam

    Looks good enough for me. Smile

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    angrymutt88 - Posted 12:21 pm PST 12/2/08 (851 Posts)  Report Spam

    most folks have their players pretty close to their lcd/plasma so this should work for most of those folks. I will only get better cables if I had to go into a wall and up to a flat panel. But I have seen Monster branded cables go for cheap on ebay. I picked up a 16ft hdmi to dvi Monster Cable on ebay for 20 shipped.

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    mitda - Posted 12:30 pm PST 12/2/08 (880 Posts)  Report Spam

    Digital signals don't get "distorted", dumbasses. You're the kind of suckers that Monster is in business for.

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    infamie - Posted 12:44 pm PST 12/2/08 (54 Posts)  Report Spam

    Going to give them a try.

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    sethook - Posted 12:47 pm PST 12/2/08 (1582 Posts)  Report Spam

    You get the 1's and 0's or you don't. Bada bing, bada bang!!!!

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    kingtz - Posted 12:53 pm PST 12/2/08 (225 Posts)  Report Spam

    Actually, even digital signal CAN get degraded over long distances. Read this FAQ here:
    http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articles/hdmi-cables.htm

    For all practical purposes though, according to CNET, you won't notices any thing for cables shorter than 60-70ft.

    That being said, just get ones that are v1.3 compliant, in case you ever get high end AVRs.

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    Arbor33 - Posted 12:54 pm PST 12/2/08 (47 Posts)  Report Spam

    Although the signals dont get distorted you can definitely get interference in the line...

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    piecolorado - Posted 12:57 pm PST 12/2/08 (152 Posts)  Report Spam

    #9 and #11, Digital signals do get distorted when running at high speeds, like in an hdmi cable. Usually it's not enough to change a 1 to a 0, or vice versa, so it doesn't matter. But if the cable is crappy enough, you could get distortions bad enough to flip a bit. When that happens, your picture can get messed up really badly. I don't know if these cables are good enough to avoid that or not, but I'd stick with V1.3 cables. Not from Monster though, as they can cost $50 each if you're not careful. You can find a V1.3 cable for $10 by itself.

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    Fallout - Posted 1:10 pm PST 12/2/08 (4 Posts)  Report Spam

    Well, there has to be a reason for making the changes moving from 1.0 to 3 Speed is one of them. Kinda like USB 1.0 to 0 For example, you need better performance when transferring a 1080P signal than a 480P signal. Distance is also a variable. The 0's and 1's hand writing can get fuzzy especially when there is some interference.

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    ryviusx - Posted 1:17 pm PST 12/2/08 (324 Posts)  Report Spam

    3 pack of 6fts? honestly, how many HDMI device do you have?

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    devores - Posted 1:52 pm PST 12/2/08 (2 Posts)  Report Spam

    I was thinking about getting together with a friend but i guess i need an hdtv first...

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    tantrum - Posted 2:22 pm PST 12/2/08 (148 Posts)  Report Spam

    I like how these cables are still $80 each at Worst Buy. Don't forget the screen cleaner too for another $15.

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    thundrakkon - Posted 5:20 pm PST 12/2/08 (107 Posts)  Report Spam

    My friend and I tested his "Better Cable" HDMI with generic HDMI on a Blu-ray movie. For all intents and purposes, we could not tell the difference in picture quality. For sound quality, we were able to notice a slight difference in one of the louder scenes, but it was very, very slight.

    Overall, the average consumer will not notice a difference at all.

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    mike_storm777 - Posted 7:17 pm PST 12/2/08 (216 Posts)  Report Spam

    #11, the correct term is "bada bing, bada boom", my friend.
    Also, someone (saw it on CNET, maybe? not sure) tested a monster-branded cable against a cable made from a wire coat hanger and the quality was indiscernible to viewers in a double-blind test. Not sure what that proves, but it's certainly something.

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