What kind of cable do you use to connect your PS3 to your HDTV?

[vik329]

My dad spent about £400 on cables for his entertainment system.

And about £1,200 for his hi-fi cables.

Its worth every penny.

Although I can see your point, we can't all afford to spend that much on some cables

[Triv1um]

Although I can see your point, we can't all afford to spend that much on some cables

Pffft, piss off vik.

[JLF65]

Everyone is wrong.

Monster cables do make a difference.

My dad uses monster cables on his TV for his Blu-ray player and it increased the picture tenfold to the cable that came with his player.

I have also run my PS3 through one of his monster cables, and there was a difference (not as big of a difference than through the blu-ray player)

Video cables are like audio cables.

You get $#@! interconnects and speaker cable, you get $#@! sound no matter what the speaker is. Same thing applies to hdmi cables.

My dad spent about £400 on cables for his entertainment system.

And about £1,200 for his hi-fi cables.

Its worth every penny.

No, it isn't.

Video cables are only like audio cables if you're talking about analog signals. So if you mean a component cable, yes, that could be improved with a better cable. HDMI is DIGITAL. Digital signals are NOT improved in the slightest by differences in the cable. It's an all or nothing situation. If your dad saw a difference, he probably switched from RF to component, or composite to HDMI, or something similar. Going from one HDMI cable to another will not produce any difference at all. Period.

Also, Monster is well known for selling over-priced cables. I'm not saying they're not good, I'm saying you can get as good or better cables elsewhere for FAR less than Monster sells for. Monster 16 gauge audio wire is the same as generic 16 gauge audio wire, just 100X as expensive, and generic 14 gauge audio wire beats Monster 16 gauge audio cable while still being 100X less expensive.

Don't try to argue here, you don't have a leg to stand on. My BSEE trumps your anecdotes by a wide margin.

[Triv1um]

No, it isn't.

Video cables are only like audio cables if you're talking about analog signals. So if you mean a component cable, yes, that could be improved with a better cable. HDMI is DIGITAL. Digital signals are NOT improved in the slightest by differences in the cable. It's an all or nothing situation. If your dad saw a difference, he probably switched from RF to component, or composite to HDMI, or something similar. Going from one HDMI cable to another will not produce any difference at all. Period.

Also, Monster is well known for selling over-priced cables. I'm not saying they're not good, I'm saying you can get as good or better cables elsewhere for FAR less than Monster sells for. Monster 16 gauge audio wire is the same as generic 16 gauge audio wire, just 100X as expensive, and generic 14 gauge audio wire beats Monster 16 gauge audio cable while still being 100X less expensive.

Don't try to argue here, you don't have a leg to stand on. My BSEE trumps your anecdotes by a wide margin.

Good read dude, thanks.

He defo went changed from a HDMI to a HDMI.

Could it of been because he is running it through a Monster junction box? Which is wasnt using when using the cheap cable?

Btw, my dad hasn't got his hi-fi set up with monster cables.

He has got Nordost Red Dawn speaker cables (bi-wired obviously) and Black Rhodium Code interconnects.

Monster are $#@! for audio.

[JLF65]

Like I said, HDMI is digital. The only difference the cable makes is how long the cable can be before you lose the signal completely. It's an all or nothing proposition. It's the main reason why you should use HDMI as opposed to component, for example. Any difference when changing an HDMI cable would have to be some other change done at the same time that was overlooked. A junction box wouldn't change that. Perhaps the color temp was changed at the same time. That would make a noticeable change in the image. Perhaps the mode of the BD Player output was changed at the same time... I know my PS3 and Dish Network box both allow for different output modes - changing from 720p to 1080p would definitely show a change on a good HDTV.

[Nocuddle]

How can u detect 10 folds? *scratchhead*

u cant improve a signal made of binaries.

10100110101110101101

or ur dad tryin to make it like

10100200103001040509

Moster cable, bah, just a nice packaging. ^_^;

[sezy]

OK monster are dear but if you look at the difference in the color bit and the transfer rate you will then see the difference the top end monster bit color and Hz trans rate
they are the best and with the mc1000hdex you get a lifetime warranty future proof as it will output P+ for all the next gen TV/consoles

[Nocuddle]

OK monster are dear but if you look at the difference in the color bit and the transfer rate you will then see the difference the top end monster bit color and Hz trans rate
they are the best and with the mc1000hdex you get a lifetime warranty future proof as it will output P+ for all the next gen TV/consoles

hi-res eyes u got there.

but sir, u r an idiot.

[ogm]

Everyone is wrong.

Monster cables do make a difference.

My dad uses monster cables on his TV for his Blu-ray player and it increased the picture tenfold to the cable that came with his player.

I have also run my PS3 through one of his monster cables, and there was a difference (not as big of a difference than through the blu-ray player)

Video cables are like audio cables.

You get $#@! interconnects and speaker cable, you get $#@! sound no matter what the speaker is. Same thing applies to hdmi cables.

My dad spent about £400 on cables for his entertainment system.

And about £1,200 for his hi-fi cables.

Its worth every penny.

This is the funniest thing I have heared this week. I am printing it out now, gonna show it to my colleagues.

As an electrical engineer working on transmission lines and stuff, I can tell you that for less than 3~4m or so, you will absolutely not see any difference between any decently made hdmi cables at all (monoprice, amazon, best buy, monster whatever). If you have 10m of cabling, then you can see other effects in digital signaling mainly due to dispersion, but I honestly doubt monster would be any better than monoprice cables. Plus if you are a audio/videophile, why would you have such long cables to begin with???

I am not even going to dignify audio and video signals being similar. It's just too easy.

As for analog, the same argument holds, for short cables, it simply does not matter. As a matter of fact, you can also use coat hangers as wires and it would work equally good.
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums...2&postcount=28
There is also a better scientific analysis of monster versus coat hangers somewhere on the net, check it out if you want to.

Or spend £400-1,200. Lol. Comments from scientifically challenged people are hilarious.