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HaQue · 14-06-2008

I did a little research about cables when I bought some new large screen LCD's. I didn't even think about the cables until I found out how damm expensive some are. I wanted to know if it was worth spending the money for the Monster type ones or not.

As for the argument that "if the signal is digital all cables would work the same..." I found this is not true... check these links out:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/th...r_cable_1.html

http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=33273

Seems that the better cables do work better and some cheap ones are not worth buying at all.

I bought some Crest brand "platinum" cables for about $39 at Big W here in Adelaide, after trying Truscotts and getting told they were $80 but the kind salesman would let me have them for $60(yes, exact same cables). Lucky I had seen them at Big W first!

I have not noticed any picture problems at all.

BTW, the cables were only 1.2m a little limiting when hooking the laptop up to play blu-ray movies.

14-06-2008	#13 (permalink)
HaQue New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2	Re: HDMI cable or component? I did a little research about cables when I bought some new large screen LCD's. I didn't even think about the cables until I found out how damm expensive some are. I wanted to know if it was worth spending the money for the Monster type ones or not. As for the argument that "if the signal is digital all cables would work the same..." I found this is not true... check these links out: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/th...r_cable_1.html http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=33273 Seems that the better cables do work better and some cheap ones are not worth buying at all. I bought some Crest brand "platinum" cables for about $39 at Big W here in Adelaide, after trying Truscotts and getting told they were $80 but the kind salesman would let me have them for $60(yes, exact same cables). Lucky I had seen them at Big W first! I have not noticed any picture problems at all. BTW, the cables were only 1.2m a little limiting when hooking the laptop up to play blu-ray movies.