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Cables To Go 98035 Premium HDMI v1.3 Digital Audio-Video Cable 8 Feet- Black-Grey specifications:

Cables To Go 98035 Premium HDMI v1.3 Digital Audio/Video Cable (8 Feet, Black/Grey) Description:
Ensure best performance from your state of the art equipment with our premium HDMI cables. Enjoy ultra high resolution digital video and true audio, delivered together through a single high performance connection. Advanced cable design, top quality materials, and superior construction maximize the experience and leave nothing to chance. 24 karat gold plated connectors with silver solder construction, and lasting overmolding. These fully functional, high bandwidth cables are intended to do beyond business standards, and each cable undergoes a last visual test previous to shipment.

Cables To Go 98035 Premium HDMI v1.3 Digital Audio/Video Cable (8 Feet, Black/Grey) Reviews:

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172 of 196 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of five stars
Comparative Results: theoretically Average, in general Value Average,
May 27, 2009

By&nbsp,Eliezer Kolatch “E.Kolatch” Bronx, NY USA See all my reviews
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Comparative Results: theoretically Average, in general Value Fair

Explanation

Explanation of technique used for Review actual results are below with accompanying title.

My 1st tendency when I received this cable, was to try to do a side by side comparison of different HDMI cables to find out what benefit, if any the different cables supply. To make such a test just but, I had to find same televisions, input devices, cable box, blu ray, standard dvd, etc, and a place to put them, as you may imagine this proved to be way more effort than it could be worth.

After considering the issue I came to the conclusion that such a test could be pretty worthless anyways. Since I like most people never watch same televisions side by side the real question lies in if one HDMI cable improves the picture enough that it’s discernable without looking at the pictures at the same time. After all, if a viewer can not discern a difference between the two without looking at both together, then there’s no justifiable reason to purchase one over the other.

With this in mind I used the following equipment to test the cables:

Television: Sony great WEGA KDS 55A2000 55 Inch SXRD 1080p Rear Projection HDTV

Cables:

1. HDMI Cable 6ft six ft 1.3 1080P FOR PS3 TO DVD LCD HDTV

2. Cables To Go 98035 Premium HDMI v1.3 Digital Audio/Video Cable 8 Feet, Black/Grey

3. Mediabridge 6ft Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable 120 Hz variant 1.3 group two 1080p PS3 Blu Ray

4. Monster M Series M1000 HDTV HDMI Cable 8 ft. / 2.43 m.

5. Sony 5mm quick HDMI cable ver. 1.3 White

Inputs:

1. PlayStation three 80GB

2. Optimum HD Cable Box/DVR not sure of the model number

The Test

To conduct the test I had my wife label each of the cables with a number, the cables were mixed then piled together behind the TV. With my wife assigned as the operator. I and two friends sat on the other side of the TV. We watched pieces of Planet Earth on Blu Ray, also as Transformers on Blu Ray and Standard Def. Also, we watched the same song from American Idol in both HD and SD, and portions of an NBA playoff game.

Each of us had a card numbered 1 5 with space for comments on image quality, sound, etc., for each cable. The test was, as aforementioned, blind. This was to ensure that one of my friends one of whom provided the $200 monster cable and I, owner of the .01 + shipping no name cable and most of the other ones could not be predisposed by knowing it was our cable. If you shell out $200 for something you really want it to outperform, which creates bias.

And now:

The Results

All three of us agreed that there were no conclusive differences in the test. After many of switching between different inputs the conclusion was that while we sometimes perceived slight differences it was never clear and could be impossible to tell if the two pictures weren’t side by side.

Thus I must complete that these five HDMI cables are, for all practical reasons, same. Which means that they all had average performance and the major buy determiners are price, aesthetic quality and build quality.

So to sum up, taking into account my opinion of the different cables, the HDMI Cable 6ft six ft 1.3 1080P FOR PS3 TO DVD LCD HDTV is the cheapest and feels it, it’ll most likely have to be replaced soonest also but at .01 cent plus shipping you may be able to pay for to. The Cables To Go 98035 Premium HDMI v1.3 Digital Audio/Video Cable 8 Feet, Black/Grey and Mediabridge 6ft Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable 120 Hz variant 1.3 group two 1080p PS3 Blu Ray were pretty alike but I like the design and build quality of the Cable to Go a bit more, it feels more hard, I feel like this one could last a while longer than the 1st cable but I did not do any endurance tests. My least favorite of the bunch by feel/price was the Sony 5mm quick HDMI cable ver. 1.3 White which I felt, was thin and cheap feeling considering its price tag, I would not bet that it could outlast either the Cable to Go cable or the Mediabridge. The Monster M Series M1000 HDTV HDMI Cable 8 ft. / 2.43 m. Is well made and aesthetically pleasing and looks as if it’ll last you till something replaces HDMI, I can not but recommend it because the price tag is simply preposterous, as it gives no visual or auditory improvement.

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of five stars
MUCH Cheaper than Monster and just as good,
May 29, 2009

By&nbsp,ronzorelli “ronzorelli” Austin, Texas See all my reviews

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