Monster Cable® 400 HDMI to DVI Question!

salsa88 · 10-15-08, 03:27 PM

What is the differance between the Monster Cable® 400 HDMI to DVI Video Cable compaired to a normal HDMI to DVI Video Cable?

Monster Cable® 400 HDMI to DVI Video Cable = $150-$250
HDMI to DVI Video Cable = $10-$20

freakdiablo · 10-15-08, 03:34 PM

Branding mostly, plus a few people like monsters lifetime warranty. But Monster is the Bose of the cable world, overpriced for what they do.

jamesman32 · 10-15-08, 03:35 PM

Youre really just paying for the brand name. I used 4 $130 monster cables on my HD setup, and when I got a new tv and had Tweeter install it, they used regular $20 HDMI cables and the picture was the same. So as far as I know, you're paying for the name

ou_phidelt · 10-15-08, 03:36 PM

about $140-$240. Really. Just go with a nice cable from monoprice and call it a day. Monstercable makes there money with nice packaging and dumb consumers.

salsa88 · 10-15-08, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ou_phidelt

about $140-$240. Really. Just go with a nice cable from monoprice and call it a day. Monstercable makes there money with nice packaging and dumb consumers.

Check out http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Monster-400-...d=p3286.c0.m14
I know it ebay, but $13 and free shipping its a alot better then $150+

benbaked · 10-15-08, 03:44 PM

It's a pure digital connection, so as I understand it such a cable will either work or it won't, quality is not a factor.

+1 for monoprice...I have one of their generic HDMI-DVI cables and I've been very satisfied with it.

shadin · 10-15-08, 05:27 PM

Please don't pay that much for a cable like that. I just bought one from Monoprice and it was under $10, works great. Like others have said, the only thing you get with Monster is the name.

http://www.monoprice.com

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jamesman32 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Suffield, Connecticut	Youre really just paying for the brand name. I used 4 $130 monster cables on my HD setup, and when I got a new tv and had Tweeter install it, they used regular $20 HDMI cables and the picture was the same. So as far as I know, you're paying for the name __________________ Intel Haswell Core i5 4670K Corsair H55 (Push/Pull) Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H 2x 8Gb Patriot Viper DDR3 1600Mhz 2x PowerColor PCS+ MYST HD7870 Tahiti LEs Creative SoundBlaster Z Silverstone ST75F-G 750w Gold Full Modular Mushkin Chronos 120Gb SSD Seagate 1.5Tb HDD Silverstone SG03
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ou_phidelt Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Rockingham, NC	about $140-$240. Really. Just go with a nice cable from monoprice and call it a day. Monstercable makes there money with nice packaging and dumb consumers. __________________ HEAT
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shadin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minneapolis	Please don't pay that much for a cable like that. I just bought one from Monoprice and it was under $10, works great. Like others have said, the only thing you get with Monster is the name. http://www.monoprice.com __________________ Desktop: Intel i5-3570k - ASRock Z77 Pro4-M - Samsung DDR3-1600 8GB - Crucial M4 128GB - Sapphire HD 6950 2GB - Corsair TX650W I know there's no grand plan here. This is just the way it goes. Heatware
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