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| Brand: DVI Gear
List Price: $4.99
Buy New: $0.01
You Save: $4.98 (100%)
New (36) from $0.01
Rating:  1023 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 1080p
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 3 x 1
HDMI connection(input) to HDMI connection (output)
Male to Male connection
6 Feet Length
High Resolution Gold Plated Connectors
Digital Signal of Picture and Sound (Audio Video)
480p - 1080p resolutions
7-channel sound
Transfer of full digital video and sound
Reviewed 5-Stars by Amazon Customers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: HDMI-2M
Model: HDMI-2M
UPC: 410000100189
EAN: 0410000100189
ASIN: B0002L5R78
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Why pay out the wazoo when you can get this cable?!?! June 18, 2007
Ten D (IL United States)
48 out of 49 found this review helpful
OK - here's the story. I was going to buy a Toshiba HDTV. I had picked it out already and was ready to purchase it and that was when I found a promotion at a local retailer that if I bought a Toshiba HDTV then I can get $200 off of any of the Toshiba HD DVD players. The HDA2 was normally $399 but was on sale for $299 and with the $200 off I got it for $99!! You can't beat that!
Well, I got that on Tuesday and it was an unexpected purchase. I asked the person at the store how much the HDMI cable would be so that I can hook it up as soon as I get home. He said, it's a Monster Cable and it costs $124.99! Whoa! I went up to the shelf and saw the sticker that said $124.99 on it and on the sticker it said "Financing Available"! What?! I'm not going to pay more for the cable than I did for the DVD player! These guys are crazy!
I told the guy "You are nuts if you think I'm going to pay that amount" and I logged onto Amazon and purchased this HDMI cable I'm doing the review for. I paid, with shipping, less than $9 for it. I was a little worried about it though - I'm sure that there must be a difference between the $124.99 cable and the $9 cable. So, I took the test. I went and purchased the $124.99 cable (mostly because I was too anxious to try out the new HD DVD player and couldn't wait for it to arrive). I plugged it in and of course the HD DVD I played looked absolutely amazing! The very next day I got the $9 cable (pretty fast shipping by these guys by the way) and I hooked it up. I was worried what I would find but when I started watching the same HD DVD that I watched the night before on the $124.99 cable I could notice NO DIFFERNCE WHATSOEVER between the two cables' results. So I returned the $124.99 cable.
You will not be sorry if you purchase this cable over the other ones in the major retailers. Don't let them tell you "it's a better quality cable" or anything like that. This cable is built very well - you can just tell when you hold it in your hand that it was made well. You don't get the fancy plastic packaging that you have to tear into with a knife and cut your fingers on though (oh what a bummer!). Get this cable. It's great!
The only thing you will want to research is that I have seen in some literature that there are two different kinds of cables. I think there is a special one for 1080p DVD players (dont' quote me on this). So do your research before purchasing just to make sure that this is the correct "type". As far as build quality - picture quality, for use with an upconverting DVD player as well as the Toshiba HDA2 HD DVD player, it's an absolute steal.
 DO NOT GET THIS HDMI CABLE April 17, 2007
sc173 (Indiana)
31 out of 50 found this review helpful
After reading the all the positive reviews I decided to order the $3 HDMI cable (with $6 shipping that according to the post office only cost $2.50 some cents!!!). This was a mistake and a rip off.
I plugged the cable in and the first thing I noticed immediately was that it now took my TV about 3-4 seconds to tune to any HD channels. This was very annoying, it didn't do that before. Using their cheap cable I'd be staring at a black screen for 3 seconds then the picture would finally show up.
2nd thing I noticed was that the picture on the screen bounced around slightly. I especially noticed it when there was text on the screen. It made me dizzy.
I double checked to make sure the cable was in all the way and both problems still existed.
So I swapped the cable with a $50 HDMI cable that I already had and it fixed both problems immediately. My only conclusion, the cheap cable was to blame.
This is just another one of those online rip off artists who sell a product really cheap with a "Full Money Back Warranty on all orders" then jack up the shipping & handling price so if someone dares to complain and return the item they don't have to refund their shipping charges, only the $3 for the item.
"Full Money Back Warranty on all orders."...yea right, it'd cost me $3 to ship it back to them.
I know, I know. It's my fault for buying an item that seemed too good to be true....and guess what, it was.
My recommendation:
Spend a little more money for a better cable and be happy. You don't necessarily need a $100 HDMI cable, but there are other better quality alternatives than this $3 cable for less than $25.
Be warned.
EDIT:
They refunded all of my money including shipping after I left this review. They contacted me, I didn't even contact them. Maybe I was just unlucky and got a bad cable, or maybe they were hoping I'd take my bad review down....who knows??
Not the most current HDMI technology June 29, 2008
Joseph Roberts (New Hampshire)
31 out of 37 found this review helpful
This cable does not seem to be HDMI version 1.3 so be careful if you are using with blu-ray or PS3 as it will not give you 48-bit color.
This is a good price , but you absolutely should make sure you buy a HDMI Version 1.3 cable. For those that are interested to learn the truth, go to the source, the HDMI website, and you will learn that Version 1.3 is the most current version of HDMI and it has very significant advantages over its predecessors.
 You get what you pay for.......... December 15, 2007
Bobaloo (Rockville, MD)
26 out of 41 found this review helpful
Purchased this cable and used it on a brand new 720p Panasonic, 32 inch set with a 120hz refresh rate. My Verizon FIOS rep left an HDMI cable as well during install, so I compared the two. The Verizon cable performed flawlessly. Great picture, sound, and no problems. The inexpensive cable was subject to breakup, picture clarity was diminished, and the sound was not on par with the Verizon cable. Mind you, we are not talking about a Monster HDMI cable here, but the difference was striking.
I also tried this cable on my older Hitachi 51 inch set. Compared to high end component cable (which is what I have been using), the HDMI underperformed as well. The component cable was clearly superior.
If you want an inexpensive cable that will carry a signal, go for it. If you want a clear, jump off the screen picture, keep shopping.
Just like every other HDMI cable, but cheaper. July 18, 2007
Karl S. Chwe (Denver, CO United States)
25 out of 27 found this review helpful
Since HDMI cables carry a digital signal, it is nearly impossible to build one that works better or worse than any other.
This was the cheapest one I could find, so I bought it. Its performance is absolutely identical to the $50 one I got from Radio Shack (and which I promptly returned once this one arrived in the mail.) I am 100% positive that its performance would be identical to the $100 HDMI cables peddled at home theatre stores.
Thinking that a more expensive HDMI cable will give you a better picture is like thinking a more expensive network cable will give you better email.
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