AudioQuest vs Monster HDMI cable

I just got a new flat screen 3D sony tv. The model is NX810 and it's a Bravia. I need HDMI cables to connect my blu ray player, receiver, hd cable box, and my xbox 360. The Audio quest chocolate is 100 dollars Link , and The Monster 1000 hdmi cable is the same at 100 dollars. Which would you prefer? why

Neither. You can get hdmi cables for a lot cheaper and they do the exact same thing.

I found out the ten dollar ones are just as good. :)KiIIyou

it most likely does not support 240hz and 3D if your TV has it

Expensive "High performance" HDMI cables are the biggest scam since bottled waterPenguinchow

[QUOTE="KiIIyou"]I found out the ten dollar ones are just as good. :)LegitGamer3212

it most likely does not support 240hz and 3D if your TV has it

I would get both and keep one as a spare.SolidSnake35

I'd get two of both just in case you need to wrap the others around the one in use to offer extra protection and strength to the digital signal.

Do not under any circumstance buy a Monster cable. Buy a $5-15 cable on Amazon.

HDMI cables transfer digital data. Unlike analog data, digital is not affected by noise or signal variations, and shielding and cable type are not important. Buying a cable for more than $10-15 is a waste of money. The fact that Monster and other companies can use fancy talking, graphs, and charts to make you pay 5x or more for a cable that does the same exact thing is sickening.

it most likely does not support 240hz and 3D if your TV has it

LegitGamer3212

So long as the cable is HDMI high-speed (also called Category 2) certified (and even the cheap cables at monoprice are), it'll handle anything the HDMI spec is capable of.

HDMI cables transfer digital data. Unlike analog data, digital is not affected by noise or signal variations, and shielding and cable type are not important. Buying a cable for more than $10-15 is a waste of money. The fact that Monster and other companies can use fancy talking, graphs, and charts to make you pay 5x or more for a cable that does the same exact thing is sickening.

AndyAlfredo

That's not true. Interference can cause signal issues with digital connections, as can poor-quality cables -- after all, regardless of whether the signal is "analog" or "digital" it's just an electrical current running through a copper wire. That said, signal degradation usually isn't a problem with digital signals because the average HDMI (or other) cable isn't long enough for issues to crop up, but if you start getting into the 15-25+ foot range (depending on the quality of the cable) you could run into trouble.

All that said, just go to Blue Jeans Cable (the site looks awful, but the products are great and they do an excellent job of explaining all the different specs) and figure out what cable best suits your needs.

Get cables that cost less than $10.

some cables do make a difference to quality such as speaker cable, interconnects between hifi seperates, SCART for example. but HDMI is a digital signal and the 0's and 1's either get there or not. the cable is purely passive. cable can not add or improve the 0's and 1's.