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Any ideas about how to power a plasma if I want to keep the equipmnent rack in a seperate room, or I am forced to get built in surge protected wall socket?? (expensive if I can even find one that supports power conditioning also).

I thought the same thing until I actually bought a couple of their cables!

I'm about to purchase a new projector and I want to be prepared for the when I finally buy an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player, so I'm going to buy an HDMI--->DVI cable. I might be able to go with 35ft., but 50ft. would be long enough for sure. Should I just assume I need the thickest guage wire at Monoprice (22AWG)? Do I need that much?

I'll have to remeasure to see if I can get away with 35ft. For some reason I bought a 50ft. VGA-->component cable when I had an Infocus X1 and I remember being glad I did. Although I don't specifically remember why? I'm sure I want the shortest cable I can use, correct?

Thanks guys,
George

well, you know what they say.

What do you mean here? Are monoprice cables good or bad?

He means they are good cables.

lol, no. he means they were "too good to be true", they weren't good after all.

no surprise here, not at all.

Yes, I thought that Monoprice was too good to be true. Until I actually bought a couple of their cables, and then found out how nice they are. So yes it was a big a surprise (because the cables are really nice)!!

Sorry, for the misunderstood statement in my earlier post.

Russ

well i'll be damned.

i'm sure they're worth the money, are they as good as more expensive cables, that's where i'm skeptical.

I've been very skeptical as well, because of the low price. I e-mailed them a couple times to find out what cable they use, and it's a "no name" brand.
All of my cables until now have been from Blue Jeans Cable and the Belden wire. I've been very staisfied with them.

I decided to order some monoprice cables because there are a lot of posts in this forum and others that say they are good. My HDMI length is 6 ft and the Components are 15 Ft, so not very long distances, so I figured I'd give them a try. The monoprice was about $80 and the Blue Jeans price was over $200 for the same cables.

when you say "the same cables", do you mean they're exactly the same, ginigma?

Please help someone new to buying cables.

if your positive what length you need AND you can find it at that length, then buy it, geocab.

if your not sure, play it safe and go with the 50 footer.

Not sure what your issue is. Maybe you should try them out before bagging on them. It is really difficult to get so many people on AVS saying the cables are great if they are really crap. Almost everyone who tries them says they work great and the only people who say they are cheap quality are the ones who have never tried them.

hey buddy, if you don't like what i have to say, don't read it.

if your still here, i'm sure they're fine, for the money.

i'm willing to bet whatever you can afford that they don't measure up to high quality cables though, like ultralink.

No, of course not. The Blue Jeans cables are made with Belden cable and Canare connectors. The monoprice cables are no name cable. I figured for the short lengths I would give them a try because most "reviews" on avs indicate good quality, both in the cables and PQ.

I have a 6ft HDMI cable and a 6ft Component-VGA cable, both from Monoprice. Both work fantastic.

Man, you need to have a drink or something and calm down a little. You blast someones post and it's fine, someone blasts your post and you go ape sh*t!

If you can afford to spend alot on cables good for you. Some people prefer to spend a little less and do something relaxing. This might be something for you to look into.......just my .02!!

CHEERS,
Russ

I want to determine whether my picture looks better through an HDMI/DVI connection or the component connection, from my Dish 622 HD DVR to my Hitachi 50v500 50" tv. Is there a way to connect both cables and view/compare the associated pictures at the same time, maybe using PIP feature on my tv? I think that will work as long as I use video 1 and video 2 separately on my television. But, does the video source allow both outputs to be connected and sending a video signal at the same time?

that's complete bullschit, russ, i didn't "blast anyone's post".

CHEERS,
joe

only if your stb can output 2 singals at the same time, ekalbs4.

most of them can't but i don't know about yours.

Anyone know of a site that charts the strengths and weaknesses of various component cables, or which describes the characteristic color renderings of various component cables?

We recently brought home our new TV, and have we have been using s-video cable with the DVD, until we could get to the store to get component cables.

Using s-video, the static images were smooth and color rendering was gorgeous. It was in movement that we saw problems: very large, obvious checkerboard patterning in areas of movement. I wondered if our scaler quality was just for crap, but I knew we needed to get proper cables before freaking out and returning the TV.

We got some Philips component cables (the cheapest ones at Fry's, because I didn't realize how these things change in quality, and was being stubborn ) ...

We noticed a BIG difference. The checkerboarding was gone, which was nice. However, the more static parts of the image, which had been so smooth and beautiful with s-video, were not quite as nice, and my main complaint is that the color was compromised (washed out with a perceptible green cast). I confirmed this by plugging the s-video back in and voila, the color was great again.

So. I now see that component cables are vital for rendering, but I need my beautiful color and the smoothness in static areas ... I'm guessing that different component cables give different results (not just "good" or "bad"), and I'm wondering about a multi-characteristic comparison.

Oh, and while I'm not going to foolishly throw my money away, I'm not looking for a deal, I'm looking for quality. After all, I just dropped nearly $2K on a TV, I'm not going to screw around with making it perform as best it can.

I appreciate any references you can point me to.

Likewise.

I've found these two very helpful articles on component cables ... the second of which forces one to wade through a lot of EE info, but still gets the point across of what to look for.

Of course, this doesn't suggest typical rendering results from varying cables, but I gather that's not a possible comparison, since you can't control and make all other elements be equal.

I'm sure a lot of you have seen these, but for someone like me searching for info on this matter, it might be helpful.

Edit:
Jesus Christmas, they won't let me post the links because I haven't posted here 5 times. Whatever. One is at ecoustics (done by Blue Jeans), and the other is at audioholics. I believe I arrived at them by searching for, "component cable guide" (which I had done before I posted my initial request, but I was looking for a different kind of guide at the time).

Ha ha, I love how they say, "To prevent the abuse of spam, we have set this restriction ..." Funny, but I would have thought they'd LOVE to abuse spam. I know I would. In all seriousness, I do understand the restriction. It's just frustrating.

Are these the ones?

Component Video Cables -- A Guide
Component Video Cables - The Definitive Guide

BTW - Welcome to AVS!

Ok, dumb n00b question.

Looking at an up-converting DVD player that has HDMI output. (LG LDA-511 or nueneo)

Is it possible to connect this player to the DVI port on a new Westinghouse 37 or 42 LCD at either 720p or 1080i output with any of the HDMI -> DVI adaptors on the market? Concerned about the player not supporting the higher res if not directly connected to the Westy HDMI...


thanks


jwd

I've ordered cables from HDTVsupply.com. They're fast, tested, and very reasonably priced.

www.hdtvsupply.com

Looks to be the exact same cable as Monoprice, right down to the "net jacket", but priced 2.5-3 times as much.

interesting. I guess you pay extra for the "testing" that they do to confirm peformance...

Need some advise...

Have a DVI-I connection on my computer and want to hook up to my JVC 26" LCD which only has HDMI connection. What is my best way to connect? HDMI cable with a DVI-I adapter? Or the other way around?

I also thought DVI-I only carried video, so would I have to run audio cables too?

Where is the best priced place to purchase?

Thanks