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#1 XboxUnderground

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does anyone know if these things are even decent?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10078953&catid=23216#

my last HDMI cable that I bought just a month and a half ago(Rocketfish) had the end come off inside my PS3 when I pulled it out, as well as multiple pins

so I'm wary buying a cheap brand again cuz I don't want something like that to happen
but at the same time I just spend $70 on that cable just 6 weeks ago.... and now I don't want to spend a whole lot on a new cable.

I know Prima makes god awful tvs, but I didn't even know they made cables

is this thing any good at all?
or should I just spend $120 on a 6' monster cable?

18 years ago

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hmmmmm. That's one f'd up defect. I don't consider spending $70 dollars on a CABLE cheap! LOL Anyway, I understand your concern but that can't be the norm for those cables. You just had a bit of bad luck. Whatever floats your boat though. If you want to spend $120 on a monster cable, be my guest! I find it a little wierd that the Prima cable claims to only support up to XGA via PC resolution. Is that a typo or should you be wary??? Shouldn't it support up to at least WUXGA?

18 years ago

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Quit messing around and get the $10 HDMI cables from monoprice. Are they cheap? Yes. Are they excellent quality? Yes. At AVSforum you will find they are one of the most recommended cables and people there trust home theater setups that cost thousands of dollars to those $10 cables. So if they are willing to use a $10 cable for a $10,000 setup wouldn't it be good enough for a $600 PS3?

Monoprice cables would be worth it even if they were $50.

18 years ago

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In my mind spending money on expensive cables is like flushing money down the toilet (unless it's a good analog cable you would use for a guitar or something)

Here's a scientific experiment: get a good cable and a cheap but adquate one and get a friend to randomly switch them on you five times or so without you seeing and see if you can tell a difference.

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#5 Impossibilium

Member since 2005 • 1568 Posts

If you don't want to order online just go to Target and get a $25 HDMI cable. Any digital cables with reasonable construction will perform perfectly fine for typical home systems.

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I would notify the company and show them that photo... something like this would be lawsuit worthy, and how. If the company is credible, they would offer to repair/replace the PlayStation3 and HDMI cable, since potentially their cable would have irreparably damaged your PS3 (since now you can't stick another HDMI cable into the unit, it seems). But I too agree you shouldn't spend more on cabling than you absolutely have to... because 90% of the improvement would already come from using the best possible connection... whereas you'd maybe see marginal improvements with some 'better' brand of the same type of cabling.

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#7 creekfan_basic

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Quit messing around and get the $10 HDMI cables from monoprice. Are they cheap? Yes. Are they excellent quality? Yes. At AVSforum you will find they are one of the most recommended cables and people there trust home theater setups that cost thousands of dollars to those $10 cables. So if they are willing to use a $10 cable for a $10,000 setup wouldn't it be good enough for a $600 PS3?

Monoprice cables would be worth it even if they were $50.
ramey70

What he said, the cables from monoprice are built like tanks and are nicely priced...I have bought 2 so far and breaking it would require some real trying...most of the high end "expensive" cables are overprices crap...especially monster....their build quality is terrible if you really take apart their cables and look.

18 years ago

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