I'm not really into the technical stuffs but as long as the cable doesn't cost a bomb...
then I am willingly to give a go...
To my surprise some Yamaha speakers also use monster cable for its internal circuits
I do believe there is a reason why Yahama pick Monster cable I wont go far if I stick to the same choice
Do pardon me for my ignorance as I'm a newbie in AVR thingy

In Ebay can get Monster 8ft at RM200 +/-

Need to be careful when selecting seller in Ebay...
Ha ha. It's a premium trusted seller with 100% 33k+ positive feedbacks and transactions...
The seller sells both retail and non-retail pack cables
Went to US...shop around...there's a reason why they could sell so cheap
Monster in M'sia is overpriced Same to Rockford Fosgate, Bose and some other premium brand

This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Sep 30 2008, 09:37 AM

Already bought a few for myself and my bro...
Monster 800 HDMI cables , Sub cable, S video cables, THX speaker cables & Monster THX Optical cables
But sad, customs taxed me 40% on invoiced value + shipping costs...

HD800 8 ft RM200+...
Wow M1000hd RM250+ nice price

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Added on September 30, 2008, 8:24 pmI see m100 HD being sold at +/- USD100 without shipping.
Do you still have the link of the seller? Pls PM me
I might need to get some later.

This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Sep 30 2008, 08:24 PM

How's IOGear® Black-Label HDMI cable?
Is it a good product?

Monster is different compare to cheap cable (which I have tried so far)
Most noticeable difference is the colour more vivid.

AFAIK certain yahama speakers have monster cable as its internal circuits.
There is a reason for it ppl go for quality interconnects, where quality is demanded.
I dont see that it's a gimmick if the price is right. Certain stuffs in M'sia is just overpriced IMO.

Chapalang cable cant match the performance of quality cable. Good n bad & Price Vs performance.

You have your point right too.
May be it's physo, I see my M1000 come with better picture quality...
Colour is more vibrant like having the effect of switching on dynamic contrast.
It's personal choice anyhow.

No very sure on DVD pq
I watch bluray nowadays...seems to be get addicted to it

Get BD fr overseas. Around RM40 to RM50 per title.

Search in ebay... buy in a few and have combined shipping discount
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=300273681014

Just need to bid... haha
I saw one crazy malaysian in ebay bought 200+ BD

I have bad experience on pioneer FOC chapalang HDMI cable

Not sure bout cheap or not cheap
I changed my M1000 at midnight.
The next day I came back fr work.
My wife told me that 'tv is 'brighter' today'
Ha ha then i laughed, she didn't know that it was actually d contrast and colour getting better.
Anyway, this is price Vs performance & affordability issue. Very much up to personal preference and different taste of life.
Like bread and butter; AVR and quality interconnects.

call off d topic.
dun mean any offense...

This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Nov 19 2008, 10:22 AM

Dont think what the manufacturers claim is wrong, if that the case they would get themselves in litigation for wrong representations in US.
I really can see difference with my M series ...
Btw I have one excess FOC 'Pioneer' HDMI 1.5m cable now
Anyone need it?? RM10... cheap sale RM10.

This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Nov 28 2008, 09:48 AM

Monster is selling for around USD100 (+/-RM300) in US.
It's only overprice in M'sia
Agreed with aiman04 that d performance of a cable would degrade over increase in length.
But it's undeniable that monster is still a good quality cable and more superior to cheapo cables.
Personally I find there is performance difference so I am willing to spend the $$$ on the cable.
It comes back to price Vs performance and affordability issue at the end.



This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Nov 30 2008, 09:15 AM

I have 10000hd... but very limited
Frankly I wont purchase cable @ 1.4k

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Added on November 30, 2008, 9:27 amBear in mind that the cable used above for testing would not be equivalent to those chapalang FOC HDMI cable we got in M'sia. (at least they r of better built quality)
Those cables used for testing could cost any time >RM200 in M'sia.
Whereas a chapalang cable we got FOC would be a '99 cents' cable in US.
At the end, there is still built quality and performance difference between HDMI cables.
Personally I spent approx 10k for HT, I wont go for FOC or RM30 hdmi cable. (I know it's not a lot )
I would get something better.
And again, it's price Vs performance and affordability issue.

This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Nov 30 2008, 09:37 AM

When I swapped my FOC cable with Monster,
I see colour and contrast difference on my panel
I haven't tried QED tho.
I have no equipment to perform blind test.