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QUOTE(robertngo @ Nov 3 2009, 09:11 PM)

i go to a hifi shop audition speaker package, the salesman keep insisting that HDMI cable that cost several hundred ringgit sound louder and clearer than cheap HDMI cable

Should ask that salesman if he dares to do blind test.

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QUOTE(robertngo @ Nov 3 2009, 09:11 PM)

i go to a hifi shop audition speaker package, the salesman keep insisting that HDMI cable that cost several hundred ringgit sound louder and clearer than cheap HDMI cable

wow, digital cable can make the sounds louder?

got built in DAC/ADC and digital volume control inside..

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QUOTE(jchong @ Nov 4 2009, 11:45 AM)

Should ask that salesman if he dares to do blind test.

I will sure go and witness.

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QUOTE(jchong @ Nov 4 2009, 11:45 AM)

Should ask that salesman if he dares to do blind test.

i afraid after he open the box i need to buy the cable.

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QUOTE(azbro @ Nov 4 2009, 10:34 AM)

Why everyone like to bang bang monster cable?...got so many other brand of cables that are similar priced with monster cable and perform same like normal cable.

because they do things like this, and this, and this, and this, and this... need I go on? on the USPTO (US Patent and trademark office, there are numerous requests filed/attempted to file by Monster Cable for injunctions against smaller companies to stop using their brand name or pay them a license fee if the company or product name has the word Monster in it.

1. Monster Records
2. Monster Rock
3. Monster Mos
4. Monsters of Rock 'n' Roar
5. Monster in my Pants
6. Monster Cafe'
7. Monster Museum Cafe'
8. Monster Bowl
9. Monster Ray
10. Monster
11. Monster Money
12. Monster Software
13. The Monster
14. The Monster Card
15. Digital Monster
16. Speed Monster
17. Monster Bot
18. Monster Commands
19. Hula Monsters
20. EMonster
21. Music Monster
22. Monsterworld
23. Monster Magnet
24. Honey Monster
25. Audiomonster
26. Duel Monsters
27. Think Monster
28. Monster Spray
29. Rubie's Tiny Monsters
30. Monster Tamer
31. Home of the Monster
32. Scan Monsters
23. Monster Eye
24. Monster Recovery
25. Monster Light
26. Jingle Bell Monster
27. Mini Monsters
28. The Number Monster
29. Monster Fighters
30. Monstersnaps
31. Monster Guard
32. Monster Hardware
33. Monster Game
34. Monster Vision
35. Monster Filter
36. My Pet Monster
37. Build-A-Monster
38. Monster Cutters
39. Monstermark
40. Reborn the Monster
41. Monster Rancher Explorer
42. Monstergrams
43. Monsterworks
44. Tully-Monster
45. Doctor Zarr's Amazing Funk Monster
46. Monster Truck Mania
47. Hela Monster
48. Monster Maze
49. Monster Proof
50. Monster Away
51. Monsters for Grown-Ups
52. War of the Monsters
53. Scooby-Doo and the Monsters of Mexico
54. Monster Rancher Advance
55. One Eyed Monster
56. Learning Monster
57. Inkmonsters
58. Scribble Monster
59. Sky Monsters
60. B Monster
61. "It's not a monster - it's local!"
62. Bapcol Flomonster
63. Monster Snot
64. Songster
65. Monster Rancher
66. Monsters of the Midway
67. Monster Mix
68. Monster Grip
69. Monsterhype Productions
70. Monsterresponse
71. Road Monsters
72. Doctor Monster
73. Monster Garage
74. Monsters
75. Monsters of Rock
76. M Monnex
77. Monster Grab
78. Monster Resins
79. Monster Clubhouse
80. Monsterpin
81. Monster Hunter
82. Monster Squadron
83. Monster Head
84. Mambo Monster
85. Monster Sweep
86. The Monster Cooler
87. Messagemonster
88. Monster Cash
89. Monster Maker Media & Marketing
90. Monster Seats
91. M Monster
92. Blue Monster Bar
93. Monsterskate
94. Monster Enforcer
95. Monster Magic
96. Snow Monsters
97. Candy Monster
98. Monster Mansion
99. Air Monster
100. Monster Slots
101. Monster Tower
102. Monster Baseball
103. Monsters of the Interstate
104. Monsters Wanted

see any other cable companies?

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... Monster Cable threatening to sue Snow Monsters, a Colorado-based company that uses cute critters to promote children's awareness of safe skiing practices. In this article it is pointed out that Monster Cable would be willing to let someone continue using MONSTER in return for $1,000 a year and a percentage of the gross. What? Can you say EXTORTION?

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dude u got nothing better to do meh

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maybe it's bcoz monster has a very hardworking legal copyright team ....

so far, my experience in cable is this. bought a chapalang optical cable from lowyat to connect a wdtv to my old avr. on and off i have handshake issue on the audio; the connection stucks at analogue and i hv to pull out everything and reconnect inorder to get back to digital audio mode again. happened a number of times. i found my toshiba (i think) optical cable from my old hifi days replaced it, no audio handshake issues ever since. was there a improvement in sound? to be honest, to my unlearned ears, i cud not tell.

but the point is this ... do not overbuy neither would u want to underbuy as well. if u have a casual ht system no point buying a rm1,000 hdmi cable. similary if ht system costed u rm10,000 u 're not going to opt for a rm36 hdmi cable ya ...

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QUOTE(arremie @ Nov 4 2009, 02:46 PM)

dude u got nothing better to do meh

it's called time management and multitasking. perhaps you have heard of these concepts?

anyway, I do not consider taking time to educate people a waste of time

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QUOTE(SiriuslyCold @ Nov 4 2009, 02:49 PM)

it's called time management and multitasking. perhaps you have heard of these concepts?
anyway, I do not consider taking time to educate people a waste of time

haha...on the contrary my previous statement was meant as a compliment. Not everybody wanna do that

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I agree.. its lotsa info for SiriuslyCold to share

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QUOTE(eye @ Nov 4 2009, 02:48 PM)

but the point is this ... do not overbuy neither would u want to underbuy as well. if u have a casual ht system no point buying a rm1,000 hdmi cable. similary if ht system costed u rm10,000 u 're not going to opt for a rm36 hdmi cable ya ...

I'm using 2 HDMI cables... one is RM75, the other one is free. Like that how?

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physcologically the RM75 provides better quality~

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Hi there,can anyone recommend me which hdmi cable to buy for projector 10 meters long and where to buy?Thanks

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QUOTE(Dark NT @ Nov 4 2009, 03:45 PM)

I agree.. its lotsa info for SiriuslyCold to share

Yes..I didn't know Monster cable is like that one...

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QUOTE(azbro @ Nov 4 2009, 04:08 PM)

Yes..I didn't know Monster cable is like that one...

there are many company that sell overprice cable, but monster is just being a a**hole with their legal action and over agressively pushing their product.

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QUOTE(sherr127 @ Nov 4 2009, 04:06 PM)

Hi there,can anyone recommend me which hdmi cable to buy for projector 10 meters long and where to buy?Thanks

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product....&seq=1&format=2

I'm using one of these, but shorter length

even with vPost shipping I think it will be cheaper than any brand name cable you can buy locally. Perhaps you can gather some other people who maybe interested and make a bulk order

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QUOTE(SiriuslyCold @ Nov 4 2009, 04:27 PM)

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product....&seq=1&format=2
I'm using one of these, but shorter length
even with vPost shipping I think it will be cheaper than any brand name cable you can buy locally. Perhaps you can gather some other people who maybe interested and make a bulk order

Very good price that one.

Alternatively can try this forummer: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=815300 They have 10m for RM126.

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QUOTE(robertngo @ Nov 4 2009, 04:19 PM)

there are many company that sell overprice cable, but monster is just being a a**hole with their legal action and over agressively pushing their product.

Who know maybe Monster make more profit from sue people than selling cables...

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QUOTE(jchong @ Nov 4 2009, 04:38 PM)

Very good price that one.

Alternatively can try this forummer: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=815300 They have 10m for RM126.

oh hey I didn't know about that guy... good price and less hassle than ordering from Monoprice.

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QUOTE(low98944 @ Nov 3 2009, 03:22 PM)

People already said the signal for digital is 0 or 1. So, not matter what make the HDMI cable, you still received 0 or 1 signal. You think better quality HDMI can produced 0 or 1 in this form: 0 or 1?

So, do you think if machine received better looking 1 or 0

, your picture and audio qualities will be better?

Conclusion, if your HDMI cable can received 0 or 1 signal (mean it is good HDMI cable) or can't received 0 or 1 signal (mean this is defect HDMI cable). That's all, case closed.

even tho the cable can receive signals 0 and 1, there are also noises.
the ideal voltage for logic state 0 is around 0-0.4 V. 0.4-0.8V is still in the margin but contains noise.
same as logic state 1 but on a different voltage. 2 and above.

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