Topic: Hdtv Cables (Read 2587 times)

ninjax · « **Reply #76 on:** June 07, 2004, 01:44:00 PM »

I have a $17,000 pair of speakers, and a 500.oo dollar car. Its all about your priorities, I never claimed to be rich. I just love music and video games.

one321 · « **Reply #77 on:** June 08, 2004, 05:57:00 AM »

ChrisF · « **Reply #78 on:** June 08, 2004, 10:15:00 AM »

He never said the speakers were 'in' his car.

He's refering to his home audio speakers. I doubt know of any car audio speakers approaching that price tag anyway. An automobile is a totally shit environment for music, and this comes from someone who used to have a fairly decent system a few vehicles ago.

-FourDoor- · « **Reply #79 on:** June 09, 2004, 05:28:00 PM »

Jalan · « **Reply #80 on:** June 22, 2004, 09:11:00 PM »

You've spent $2000 on cables to your Vandersteen? Sorry, I found that a little entertaining. If you want to squeeze max out of your HDTV, you're going to want to have it professionally calibrated. You'll also if you're worried about spending the extra for monster cable(Any high end audio person will know MONSTER IS SHIT.) buy a calibration DVD instead, you'll pull A LOT more quality having your TV properly configured.

Bit off topic because what Vandersteens are you running and what is powering them? I personally never liked the sound, their 2Wq I kind of enjoyed, but for some reason I've always loved the Adire Rava's for price/performance, especially for music.

I guess it really doesn't matter anymore, if you like your Video get a Avia DVD and have your TV professionally calibrated. It's like a whole new TV.

Big HDD · « **Reply #81 on:** June 25, 2004, 12:08:00 PM »

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http://www.radioshac...a..._id=274-374

ChrisF · « **Reply #82 on:** July 06, 2004, 06:30:00 AM »

ipodder2003 · « **Reply #83 on:** August 01, 2004, 09:48:00 PM »

Hey all,

I'm sure this has probably been asked a million times, but I'm just curious... is it really worth blowing the 20 bucks to get the MS HD cables? I've obviously got a HDTV, but I want to know it's actually going to do something first. I've always been kinda biased against Monster anything because of the through-the-roof prices. Thanks for any input.

cromat44 · « **Reply #84 on:** August 13, 2004, 04:53:00 PM »

my bigscreen can display two images split screen.... i tried both and saw a slightly better picture on the monster.... not enoguh to justify the cost though

ChrisF · « **Reply #85 on:** November 30, 2004, 08:52:00 PM »

ChrisF · « **Reply #86 on:** December 01, 2004, 10:57:00 PM »

shrinkydinx - you're replying to a post made July 7th.

Also, the whole cable argument is against the high end cables. Don't even tell us that the couple strands of copper in tiny guage cable have no properties different from a solid set of 12 guage cables - you will find very measurable differences over anything resembling a standard run. Video is also more sensitive than audio but the whole objectivist/subjectivist high-end cable debate assumes at least reasonable cable quality for the baseline - generally 12 guage for audio. Now if we look at the original MSFT component video cables (the ones that came with the breakout box) - they fall pretty far below the baseline for even what most engineers would term a reasonable standard cable, in addition the breakout box itself was fairly chintz (pass a signal through enough crap and it will degrade). Personally, the best Xbox cables are no more than decent - none are considered high-end and none are priced at a premium to basic quality runs from Rat Shack. It's simply that the old MSFT offering was so far below baseline for the 'no difference' argument that it is fairly plausible that there may be a noticable difference. The objectivist argument only holds when you aren't using junk or equipment unsuited to the task of passing a high quality signal.

generalnewbie · « **Reply #87 on:** December 10, 2004, 08:30:00 PM »

could someone tell me if im correct in Saying the following...

while the monster cables are great... isnt the MS cables just as good....or even better considering they have Digital Audio plugs?
The 'HD' pack includes component video cables Plug they have the option to use Digital Audio as well. As far as getting the best picture i think they are both almost the same on a tv less then 36 inches big.... the big draw back to BOTH cables is that the xbox limits playback for DVDS but.... both cables will allow you to get higher quality if you were to use say.. XBMC or avalaunchs new dashboard dvd player?.. am i right?

so basically
The difference between using the monster cable and the HD pack is that with the MS HD pack you get the option to use Optical Digital Audio which will allow you to play in DD 5.1 and DTS. Correct me if I am wrong but I believe that the monster cables do not have this capability.

JMan8108 · « **Reply #88 on:** December 11, 2004, 06:16:00 PM »

well i went ahead and bought the new mshd pack with an optical audio cable, and I have to say i am impressed. The sound off of the optical audio blows away the little two channel rca plugs, the component cables are higher quality than the last one. I have amped 2 but my mitsi 73" dont support 720p. Is this game full 1080i or what cuz now i hav jus been playin with high res(480p) halo 2 looks great in 480p mode!

ChrisF · « **Reply #89 on:** December 13, 2004, 12:36:00 AM »

Sweet tv (Diamond with 9" guns) but unfortunately Mits won't accept a 720p signal over the component inputs. Very very few Xbox games can do 1080i (like 5). Xbox isn't an HD console. It manages some 720p occasionally and a very rare 1080i but it is underpowered for the most part. The next generation of consoles will plug this gap and be able to output 720p and 1080i for every game. All that said, take a look at the list of HD games and other than Amped 2 you aren't missing much if anything.

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