HDMI Cable 2M (6 Feet)
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Customer Review: Why pay out the wazoo when you can get this cable?!?!
Summary: 5 Stars
OK - here's the story. I was going to buy a Toshiba HDTV. I had picked it out already and was ready to purchase it and that was when I found a promotion at a local retailer that if I bought a Toshiba HDTV then I can get $200 off of any of the Toshiba HD DVD players. The HDA2 was normally $399 but was on sale for $299 and with the $200 off I got it for $99!! You can't beat that!
Well, I got that on Tuesday and it was an unexpected purchase. I asked the person at the store how much the HDMI cable would be so that I can hook it up as soon as I get home. He said, it's a Monster Cable and it costs $124.99! Whoa! I went up to the shelf and saw the sticker that said $124.99 on it and on the sticker it said "Financing Available"! What?! I'm not going to pay more for the cable than I did for the DVD player! These guys are crazy!
I told the guy "You are nuts if you think I'm going to pay that amount" and I logged onto Amazon and purchased this HDMI cable I'm doing the review for. I paid, with shipping, less than $9 for it. I was a little worried about it though - I'm sure that there must be a difference between the $124.99 cable and the $9 cable. So, I took the test. I went and purchased the $124.99 cable (mostly because I was too anxious to try out the new HD DVD player and couldn't wait for it to arrive). I plugged it in and of course the HD DVD I played looked absolutely amazing! The very next day I got the $9 cable (pretty fast shipping by these guys by the way) and I hooked it up. I was worried what I would find but when I started watching the same HD DVD that I watched the night before on the $124.99 cable I could notice NO DIFFERNCE WHATSOEVER between the two cables' results. So I returned the $124.99 cable.
You will not be sorry if you purchase this cable over the other ones in the major retailers. Don't let them tell you "it's a better quality cable" or anything like that. This cable is built very well - you can just tell when you hold it in your hand that it was made well. You don't get the fancy plastic packaging that you have to tear into with a knife and cut your fingers on though (oh what a bummer!). Get this cable. It's great!
The only thing you will want to research is that I have seen in some literature that there are two different kinds of cables. I think there is a special one for 1080p DVD players (dont' quote me on this). So do your research before purchasing just to make sure that this is the correct "type". As far as build quality - picture quality, for use with an upconverting DVD player as well as the Toshiba HDA2 HD DVD player, it's an absolute steal.
Customer Review: Under priced Cable, Over priced Quality, Best Bang for Buck, Don't be Afraid of Price - Buy for Your HD Needs
Summary: 5 Stars
Actually, this is my first HDMI cable. A suggested purchase along with the New TV from Amazon. The seller that popped up had fairly decent ratings for communication. So - I decided to plunge in with this under priced Cable. I have already left feedback for the seller.
Package arrived via USPS in a bag. No instructions. None were needed. This purchase was to connect my Roku XD Streaming Player 1080p with my new LG 32LD350 32-Inch 720p 60 Hz LCD HDTV. Primary purpose, stream HD (Roku Content, Netflix, and YouTube) on TV. My older TV was the 27" version of Samsung TXM3296HF 32" DynaFlat HDTV, so there were no HDMI ports. (They still sell these?) Consequently, my Roku was connected via Composite cables - and the Roku was set to Standard 4.3 output.
Having downloaded a more comprehensive guide for the LG, I discovered the HDMI port won't accept signals under 720p. When I initially connected the Roku to the TV, no signal. Thinking quick, I reconnected the AV composite cables and set the Roku to 16:9 720p output. While the Roku was updating, I swiftly disconnected the AV composite (which only outputs 480), and reconnected the HDMI. Voila, HD picture and stereo audio quality (as verified by an outside source - my sister).
While the LG was in transit, I did some research via 1.3 certification. Since Insure Audio creates 1080p cables, and specify 1.3b compliance - I was pretty sure this cable would meet the 1.3 standard. I was not disappointed. New TV only accepts 1.3 compliant cables. The audio output streams Dolby standards, and the picture is perfect for 720p. The shielding is fine for this cable, HDMI transmits via Digital Signal, so there is no interference from EMI/RF signals related to other Roku/TV transmissions.
PS - apparently, Netflix doesn't stream everything in 720p (though the picture is uploaded 720p, enhancing the output). Some movies come in HD, and others just stream with High Quality. I recommend Insure Audio's 1080p cables, if that is what you need resolution wise.
Conclusion: BUY, BUY, BUY. I would buy from this seller again. Very impressed with connection, picture and audio quality. You won't be disappointed.
Customer Review: Unbelievable Bargain! HDMI 1.3 maybe even 1.3a
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, for those that claim it does not work in 1080i, 1080p, you need to set BOTH units to the proper configuration. These cables DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY do it for you. No HDMI cables on the market can do that. In many tv's and dvd players, the HighDefinition mode must be set manually and even when that's done, the highest setting can only be achieved if both of the units support that resolution. For example, my Samsung player defaults to 720p, I have to hold down a button on the remote for it to change to 1080i. Go to Crutchfiled.com for more details, they have a great article on HDMI.
I agree like most people here this cable is the real deal. It's hard to believe it's selling for single digit dollars while simliar cables at the retail stores are asking for $40-$120 each.
As there are several vendors selling this product, I'm reviewing the one from ClearAV. I bought 3 of them for less than $25 shipped. The cables that came from ClearAV are apparently made by Inspire as it's stamped on the connector. Cables are all black except where the Inspire logo is (blue-green). It's flexible as any normal cable. I've read where some cables are too stiff.
Connection tests:
I have a brand new Samsung 4665 Full HD 1080p 1920x1080 tv. I connected the HDMI cable to the Sony Playstation 3, they both automatically detected the capabilities of each unit and saw that it was set to 1080p mode. Blu-ray movies were excellent. DVD movies were automatically upscaled to 1080p when I put in an older movie of Saving Private Ryan and the newest Live Free or Die Hard. Audio was transmitted correctly as the TV detected the presence Dolby Digital signal.
Second test was with the same TV, but with a different player, a Samsung DVD 1080i player. Connected a 2nd cable to it and the TV automatically detected 1080i. Audio was streamed over correctly as the display screen on the DVD player showed Dolby Digital 5.1. Sound was just like it was before when I used an optical cable. Of course now, the optical cable is no longer needed because of the HDMI cable.
With the successful results of the video and audio tests, I can conclude that all digital video and audio signals were apparently streamed over successfully. They appear to meet the HDMI 1.3 specs. I would ABSOLUTELY buy 3 or 10 more of these when I get more HDMI components. What a DEAL!
Customer Review: Now a believer
Summary: 5 Stars
You won't see a different in the quality of your iPod music when you use a gold plated gas injected USB cable to transfer the songs from your computer to your iPod! its a digital signal. Why should the HDMI be any different? Stick with this, clear and simple, if you want to read on, be my guest:
I purchased an HDTV 1080p TV with true color support about 2 weeks ago and a PS3 about 3 weeks ago. I had my PS3 hooked up with a $130 monster cable because the guy at the store convinced me it would make a difference in my picture.
While surfing the web, reading video and audiophile reviewers comment about HDTV related stuff, long story short I came across the cable debate and thought I'd test it out myself. I hooked up the PS3 with the monster cable, played clips of Black Hawk Down in Blu Ray, then hooked it up with this cheap cable. No difference at all. I guarantee you I am so picky with the picture and sound aspect of home theatre (well isn't that the point of home theater!) and would not subsidize quality to save a few bucks.
The picture is exactly the same as the monster cables picture. For those who complain about durability:
First off, the cables more durable then the monster cable. The monster cable was so thick it began to angle itself on the HDMI connection port. All that unnecessary crap was weighing it down and bending the connector port. Secondly, you don't say hey check out my super durable ultra quality HDMI cable that does the same thing as a $5 cable, you do that with cars and clothes, not cables. Therefore the performance is what should count not the brand name. Thirdly, digital signals have no loss, no matter how bad the cable is. This cables quality isn't bad, its actually very good, but assuming it was so bad that it was crap, the picture simply would not go through instead of going through poorly.
Injecting gas and having 10 coats of plastic around the cable won't increase the bandwidth of it, either. Only the HDMI version certification can do that. An HDMI 1.1 monster cable has the same bandiwdth as a $10 HDMI 1.1 cable because its meant to support the expected bandwidth requirements of an HDMI 1.1 unit/tv/ps3, etc. The same goes with HDMI 1.2, 1.3, etc.
Customer Review: am speechless!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I didnt think I would write such a long review about a cable - after all it's just a cable!! Here I am, with probably the longest commentary I ever wrote :)
I consider myself a tech guy, and I pride myself in searching around on the net before buying just about anything. That is how I found a 15$ HDMI cable about a year ago at Amazon, when Monster was selling at $75-100. I bought the HDMI cable then from Amazon for my Dish Network HD receiver. It worked fantastically well. I now needed one more cable when I bought a new AV receiver (sending all inputs to the receiver and then one cable going from receiver to TV).
I knew HDMI is digital and it is *usually* all or nothing. But I was skeptical about this $0.15 cable ($5 with shipping). Then I thought, hey it costs less than a quarter pounder at McDonalds anyway. So I ordered one.
I received it on the 4th day. It came in the worst packaging I have ever seen - just a transparent plastic cover in a USPS yellow cover. But except the packaging, everything about this cable is awesome. It feels very well-made, it is quite thick (thicker than my 15$ cable). I used it to connect my 1080i upconverting DVD player to the receiver. The setup was a no-brainer, everything worked perfectly. Picture quality is as good as any other cable I have used/seen.
I saw some other reviews that talked about how it doesnt work with some Sony TV/BlueRay players. I am not sure it talks poorly about the cable or the needlessly expensive Sony devices. My HDMI1.3 receiver (there arent many out there that supports this standard) had no complaints with this cable.
Dont hesitate, if you are looking for an HDMI cable go for it. Worst case, you paid for a quarter pounder that you didnt eat :)
In case it helps, here is my setup - Onkyo SR605, Mitsubishi 1080p DLP 57", RCA 1080i upconverting player, DishNetwork Vip 211 HD receiver.