Monster Cable Cost Query.

I have purchased a Pioneer PDP507XD plasma, a Pioneer VSX-1016V AV amp and a DV-696AV-S DVD player.

I am planning to connect this all up by using HDMI cables. DVD - Amp - Plasma.

My main concern is the cost of HDMI cables.

I keep hearing people mentioning how good Monster cables are but they're not exactly on the cheap side.

A 2m HDMI cable will cost me about £70, I need two of these. A monster SCART cable is about £50.

I also need a phono cable to connect the Sky box to the amp for audio only.

Is a Monster cable going to give me that much extra quality compared to a cable costing £30 or £40?

If so, are there any other cable manufactures that I should be considering?

"NA" wrote in message
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I have purchased a Pioneer PDP507XD plasma, a Pioneer VSX-1016V AV amp and a
DV-696AV-S DVD player.

I am planning to connect this all up by using HDMI cables. DVD - Amp -
Plasma.

My main concern is the cost of HDMI cables.

I keep hearing people mentioning how good Monster cables are but they're not
exactly on the cheap side.

A 2m HDMI cable will cost me about £70, I need two of these. A monster
SCART cable is about £50.

I also need a phono cable to connect the Sky box to the amp for audio only.

Is a Monster cable going to give me that much extra quality compared to a
cable costing £30 or £40?

If so, are there any other cable manufactures that I should be considering?




a HDMI cable carries digital info - a big stream of 1s and 0s.

therefore the signal is either going to get through, or it wont - simple as
that.
paying an inflated price for a monster HDMI cable will gain you nothing -
unless they are no building a mini pc into the cable which reprograms the
signal....

buy a bog standard HDMI lead instead.


--
Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/dsbmusic/

"the dog from that film you saw" wrote
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a HDMI cable carries digital info - a big stream of 1s and 0s.

therefore the signal is either going to get through, or it wont - simple
as that.
paying an inflated price for a monster HDMI cable will gain you nothing -
unless they are no building a mini pc into the cable which reprograms the
signal....

buy a bog standard HDMI lead instead.





look here.

http://www.lindy.com/uk/catalog/14/06/05aa/index.php



--
Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/dsbmusic/

buy a bog standard HDMI lead instead.
http://www.lindy.com/uk/catalog/14/06/05aa/index.php

Or even here, for £3.50 plus P&P from Ebuyer!
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/88017

I'm completely happy with Screfix SCART cables, well under a fiver for
conventional or flat leads.
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=17594
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=72541

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:16:42 -0000, "NA" wrote:

I have purchased a Pioneer PDP507XD plasma, a Pioneer VSX-1016V AV amp and a DV-696AV-S DVD player.

I am planning to connect this all up by using HDMI cables. DVD - Amp - Plasma.

My main concern is the cost of HDMI cables.

I keep hearing people mentioning how good Monster cables are but they're not exactly on the cheap side.

A 2m HDMI cable will cost me about £70, I need two of these. A monster SCART cable is about £50.

I also need a phono cable to connect the Sky box to the amp for audio only.

Is a Monster cable going to give me that much extra quality compared to a cable costing £30 or £40?

If so, are there any other cable manufactures that I should be considering?

Do you use hyper-expensive gold-plated Monster cables to upload pictures from
your digital camera to your PC? or just a standard USB cable?

HDMI is digital it's 0s & 1s no matter how much you spend on the cable you will
not improve on the cheapest that can carry the signal at all. Reasonable build
quality is worth paying for so that the cables don't crack or the plugs fall off
but beyond that all extra money is wasted.

www.lindy.co.uk have good value, extremely well made cables with very quick
delivery.

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

NA wrote:

My main concern is the cost of HDMI cables.

Me too, which is why my DVD's connected to the LCD telly with a 5 quid
HDMI cable from eBay.

I also have the luxury of my ma-in-law working for a place that sells
Monster cables, and having tried a couple of them I can tell you it
didn't make a blind bit of difference.... no doubt some gullible hi-fi
snake oil buyer will pop up and tell you otherwise though!

--
somnambulist

"somnambulist" wrote in message
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NA wrote:

My main concern is the cost of HDMI cables.

Me too, which is why my DVD's connected to the LCD telly with a 5 quid
HDMI cable from eBay.

I also have the luxury of my ma-in-law working for a place that sells
Monster cables, and having tried a couple of them I can tell you it didn't
make a blind bit of difference.... no doubt some gullible hi-fi snake oil
buyer will pop up and tell you otherwise though!

--
somnambulist

Thanks for the info all.
Cheap n cheerfull it will be for me.