Monster HDMI 1000HD Ultra-High Speed HDMI Cable (2 meters)

HDMI places incredible performance demands on your digital A/V connections. It requires a truly high-bandwidth cable that can deliver enormous amounts of digital data without bit-error and signal degradation. Monster has created the Advanced HDMI 1000HD Ultra-High Speed Cable for those who demand the best in high definition home theater--both now and in the future. This cable is ideal for larger HDTVs, advanced projectors, and high definition AV sources. Monster designs the most advanced HDMI cables and certifies their performance for future generations of products. If the performance capabilities of this cable are ever exceeded by future generations of HDMI, Monster will replace this cable at no charge--see product packaging for further details.

This cable carries a digital signal, either it carries the signal or it doesn't. The same is true for a $10 cable. The only reason to buy this cable would be so that you can brag to your friends about how you have more money than brains.

On this page you have two choices. A Monster 2m HDMI cable for $129, or a no-name brand 2m HDMI cable for $1.29. They're almost the exact same cable, and will serve the needs of pretty much anything that needs to be passed over HDMI. And the cheaper cable is 1% of the price of the overpriced Monster. Monster tries to tell you that their 100x more expensive cable is future proof for whatever the next step is in the HDMI evolution. Who cares? That application has not been invented yet, and when someone makes a newer, faster application that demands more from your HDMI cable, you can get rid of the $1.29 cable and buy whatever the newer, cheaper cable is. Don't waste $129 on an overprice, overbranded cable from a bunch of jerks who constantly fleece foolish audiophiles. HDMI is a digital standard with forward error correction. That means any cable, even the cheapest one, will happily pass the original digital signal along exactly, and if any minor errors creep in, they'll be automatically corrected by the encoding. The Monster HDMI cable is a total ripoff, and it offends me.

These cables are overpriced, get the cheapest HDMI you can find and it will work just as well.

These cable literally cost $2 and are shipped over from China. These cables are also not noticeably better than any other brand. All you are paying for is an image of superior quality. I used to work at Best Buy, we pushed these things hard because they cost us 6 dollars and we sold them for $90. Seriously save yourself some money these are good products but you can get the EXACT same thing for $10 anywhere else online.

It's simply unbelievable that anyone would pay this much for a brand name. The cable works as well as any generic cable works, and no better.