Ok, so you show me a link that Kia uses different parts than Toyota. Or Panasonic uses a different part than a Chinese-brand Plasma TV. Can't do it? WELL THEN I DON'T BELIEVE YOU. That's what you're saying.

I tried to reason my statement earlier in this thread: how good of a build quality can a $4 retail HDMI cable be?

That is EXACTLY my point! Why buy the cheapest cable you can find if you can spend a little bit more and at least KNOW what components the cable is made of? Doesn't that makes sense if you're so selective in which receiver, DVD player, television, etc you buy, you don't want to save $20 on a cable just because people 'say' that cables won't make a difference...

Don't listen to people like me who say that cables might make a difference, but don't listen to people that say cables don't make a difference either. Use your own judgment and most of all, common sense: "You Get What You Pay For".

I am looking forward to getting this cable also. Can't wait to test it, but also to take it apart and compare components. Heck, I might even order an extra BJ cables, take it apart and show pictures of the inside of the cable. Not that it matters to most people in the thread anyway because 'a cable is a cable'.

As long as you compare apples to apples, i.e. the same gauge wire. You could have bought the $7.50 monoprice if you wanted thicker gauge cable with gold plated connection instead of the $3 version. By as most people have said, the picture quality will be the same since it is digital (especially for the length you purchased). The problem with Monster is that they don't tell you the wire gauge, so you can't compare easily.

So why but the thicker gauge cable with gold plater connectors if ... a cable is a cable and 0's are 0's and 1's are 1's? The $3 should be sufficient, right

I do have a question on the DVI cables on Monoprice. I needed to get one for a new LCD monitor for my home computer. Is there a big difference if I get the 6 ft. cable over the 3 ft. one? The 3 ft. would be really tight and the 6 ft. gives me the extra that I need. Looking at the site the 28 gauge cable is cheaper than the 24. How does that make sense. The 28 has the higher max bit rate but is cheaper and other than that the specs are exactly the same.

Perhaps you missed the part about comparing apples to apples.
If you are going to take the cables apart and show us how they are physically different, then at least make the effort to buy physically equivalent cables, OK?

Buy the 6ft, you will never notice a difference. DVI/HDMI has a max length of 15 meters, so a 1m vs 2m difference will be imperceptible.

As for AWG, the smaller the number the thicker the wire. Bitrate is the same for both gauges.

Thanks for the help Jah. So why is the thicker wire cheaper than the thiner wire? The thiner wire had a max bitrate of around 7 while the thicker cheaper wire had a max bitrate over 9.

Sorry, didn't mean for HDMI. I haven't gone that route.

But I have handmade component cables both identical to BJC and better. My analog audio are all better than BJC's. Spent far less than if I purchased from them.

Now, that being said....I'm not claiming significant changes in audio or video compared to BJC cables. I will claim significant improvement compared to freebie cables that come with players.

Not anymore. And certainly not with amplifiers.

Again ... wow ... a seemingly innocent question ends up in a 7 page argument (and counting). Expect nothing less from the HD Talkers.

Yeah, like there has never been a long argument about over-priced cables anywhere else on the net.

And they always end up in the group that believes that any cables works or a group that believes that cables do make a difference... Seems hardly to be any middle ground

I think the argument here is that any quality HDMI cable will work just as good as an expensive HDMI cable, against the argument that monoprice cannot make quality cables for the price they charge.

One side of the argument is based on first hand experience by many people, and the other is based only on the assumptions of one person.

Buy cables from ebay. I bought a Monster HDMI-DVI cable for $20 over the summer. It was most likely stolen, but it's all the same to me. $20 compared to about $80, you do the math.

Or buy the same cable for $6 on Monoprice, that's just as good and not stolen.

A $20 Monster or a $6 Monoprice cable? Monster=nobrainer

Possession of stolen merchandise or legitimately purchased equipment? No brainer.

You honestly can't be this daft can you? Your comments seem more to stir the pot than anything else.

May I stir the pot for once in this thread?

I honestly don't think he is. I believe at this point he is just trying to make an argument. All of his weak points have been shot down and I believe he realizes this. Some people just feel better spending more money on cables, and that is fine. I think the vast majority of people in this thread haven't fallen for anything he has said, so I don't think he has done any harm - except to himself. I can't see anyone putting too much stock in his opinions after this thread.

What's weak to you is strong to me. What's strong to you is weak to me.

Are you sure? You don't sound like it judging all the other quotes...



How have I done harm to myself? Besides, I don't need anyone to 'fall' for my argument. I am sure you don't even know what my argument is. Why don't you tell me what you think I'm trying to argue?

Better put them in the DJI

Wow.