If you buy a monster cable - you will waste your money
597438
Cables from AmazonBasics are wonderful - they are constructed as well as any other brand and are a fraction of the price.  Even though my wife is harassing me as I write this review - it doesn't change the fact that I purchased 3 of these cables to connect a laptop, DVD player, and have a spare cable our for a 60" TV we use as a conference room display at work.
3578180
This device looses connection very easily and has been unusable from day 1.  I got a corded device from monoprice.com which has three cables, HDMI, MHL, and USB so nothing plugs into the device, it only plus into other items.  It is nice that as long as you have that cable, you don't need anything else.

Stay away, it is a waste.
1380966
Bought the device for $39.96 from Amazon. Being a RF Engineer I knew what to expect from a device of this type. I believe in Monster, so after reading the reviews I thought this was the way to go, and it was for 3 days! Then the FM Modulator in the device failed and I lost even the 19kHz side tone to illuminate the stereo indicator in my CD/Radio. Radio works fine, iPod works fine, device failed. I scrolled through all programable channels and even worked the manual section to try to find a useable channel, without a working FM Modulator in the device this was an exercise in futility! I will say while the device was working it was great, yes there is background noise and static, but it was not over bearing. I liked the charger feature as I make long trips in my business. I notified Monster of my concern and asked if they wanted the device for failure analysis, haven't heard back from them. I'm disappointed that they are not behind their product as I believed Monster would be. Not sure if I will buy this product again for a replacement or try another model from a different manufacturer.  Buyer beware!
4291674
I bought several of these cables due to the cheap price. They are horrible. They cause a loud buzzing noise on my xbox and when games load there are colors that shadow in a weird way. I can see that these cables have horrible shielding which may explain the buzzing. I am not a fan of monster, but they are the only company that has a good original xbox component cable today. So I got one for 20 bucks and it works perfect. Yes its 20 bucks its more expensive, but I bought 5 of these cables and they crapped out on me while the monster one gives my xbox the perfect quality. In this case you get what you pay for rings true and I had to toss these cables out, because they suck.
40062
Don't waste your money on Monster cables. These are just as good for a fraction of the price. I've used them to connect a pc, an xbox, and a bluray player.
1956108
I have a Home Theater system and used the Monster Cable white bulk cable to wire my system. I bought these to terminate cables for remote speakers into a Niles speaker box. While I don't think the Niles speaker spring clips are particularly dependable, these connectors were big disappointments and unreliable to the point that if you moved the speaker box at all, some of them would come loose. They did not grip the cable satisfactorily, their insulators kept falling off, and were generally unacceptable to handle heavy gauge cables.

I use a lot of monster cable products, but these were a huge disappointment.
3063013
Wow, how bad can Monster be?? I don't think I have any problem with my Ps2 or my brand new Panasonic HD Plasma, it has to be this cable.  BRAND NEW, straight out their box it did not work - heard the sound but picture was a bazaar goobletygook on screen.  Assuming it was a faulty cable I returned it to Monster, they sent another BRAND NEW one back and you guessed it - IT DID THE SAME THING!!  Wow that was incredibly dissapointing.  Don't know if I'll ever bother with Monster again.
3605475
I don't see why people who don't even own this product insist on writing bad reviews to try to show how smart they are. Well, take it from me because I actually own three of these, and a Monster 600. I can honestly telly you that I can see a difference in my cable feed between my 600 and my 1000. When I first got my 50" DLP, I hooked it up with the 600. The picture was pretty bad. I know the cable was fine, because it worked fine on my PS3/Bluray. So I went back to where I bought the TV and told them I wanted to know how to bring it back, since I got it delivered. Well, the guy recommended to at least try upgrading the cable before I bought it back, since I could just bring back the cable too. So I went ahead and bought my first Monster 1000. When I got home, I could not believe the difference. It made my SD channels look like what my HD channels looked like with the 600, and my HD channels look like nothing I have ever seen before. That was 4 years ago, and that cable is still running strong, and I have boughten one for every HDMI unit I have. I also upgraded to a monster cleanpower surge protector. Yes, Monster is more expensive, but for a good reason. If you don't like it, don't buy, but you don't have to try to convince other people not to.
606716
This is a nice cable put together, unfortunately the Monster cable does not announce that this cable does not work with the new foramtted ipods by apple. Apparently Apple changed the video output on these devices that only is supported by the cable through Apple. You will get audio perfeclty but no matter how smart you are in setting up electronic devices, no video will ever show up. So sad that we get ripped off by these companies and they do not even help you over the phone and no customer service to assist you. Shame on them for doing business in this great country of ours. WE need better guidelines from their manufacturers announcing the line of their products,what it will work with, how it works and what to do if it does not work. No matter what the advertisment says DO NOT BUY THIS CABLE.
153478
Buyer be aware - You are buying the 2009 version of the 700HD HDMI cable. Which means this is a 1.3 cable. Monster has released a newer 1.4 compliant version of the cable with the same model number. This cable isn't it. As a 1.3 HDMI cable it does the job just fine and at $12.99 the price is very reasonable for Monster cables.
345926
Years ago I had a friend who used his employee discount to get me set up with Monster everything. Surge protector, banana plugs, cables for my DVD and game systems. Even with the discount it was a fortune, but he assured me it was worth it. Years later I loathed them. Bulky and stiff (aside from the optical audio cables), they're rough to work with and very hard to fasten for cable management. The worst part is the plugs are just shy of being too big, so you have to really force plugs into your hardware, and struggle to get them out, putting your hardware at risk, especially if you move apartments a few times like I did.

I'm so glad there are companies like mediabridge making much more affordable alternatives that, for me, are better in every way. The cables don't rip skin off your hands with stiff, textured casing, and connecting them to your hardware doesn't require 20 - 50 pounds of force. Plus, they're sent quickly and in simple, minimal packaging. The quality of the cables' product-- the audio and visual-- is perfect. Now I just need to unload the monster cables.
4019461
I couldn't believe the reviews so I had to see it for myself. The result: the Monster cable is pure hype.

I have a Philips 42" 1080P TV hooked up to a blu-ray dvd player. I bought this Monster cable and a $5 10' HDMI 1.3a cable from monoprice.com. I played x-men last stand and superman returns on blu-ray, as well as the matrix on a regular DVD.

For about an hour I switched between the two cables. I couldn't tell the difference between the resolution, noise, color, contrast or black levels. Over a 10' distance, there's simply no difference between this $100 cable and a $5 cable. I even tried to push the limits of the cable but having it carry both the surround sound signal and the video to my receiver...nothing.

Please, please, please...spend the extra $100 on a better TV, perhaps 120hz over 60hz. This cable will not make miracles happen, as Monster will promise you over and over. Future proofing? You're kidding yourself. Good cable construction? Everyone else has good cables as well. Gold plated, nitrogen-injected dielectric with 5 layers of shielding? Great, hope you have a fun time watching your spectrum analyzer in a lab. This all means nothing for good ol 1080P blu-ray movies!
2823175
I like Planet Waves (and D'Addario, in general) products quite a lot. Still, I am very disappointed with this cable. I got it for use at home. My bass has a preamp with a battery that runs down quickly if the cable is left plugged in. I got this cable so I could more easily unplug it without the usual loud popping sound. Unfortunately, this feature does not work at all. An additional problem is that the cable falls out of the bass at random times. Gravity alone is enough for this cable to fall out of the plug. I have never seen a cable do this in my 34 years of playing. I've read about this in other reviews and don't believe Planet Waves is not aware of the problem. Come on guys! Fix it already!

I would not recommend these cables. Incidentally, don't buy Monster cables either. Their ends are put together well and the shielding is good, but they will fail in the middle of the cable. You know, where you can't fix them. To use their warrantee you will have to pay to send the cable in, which is probably not worth it. Buy a cheaper, well-made cable instead.
1043875
It looks like the product description was hastily updated since I made this purchase, but this cable is absolutely useless unless you have a digital/analog converter between the two devices you're connecting. Without a converter, this cable is just a useless coil of plastic and wire.
1859373
I would not recommend this product. I have many Monster products and purchased this because of my familiarity with their quality. Unfortunately this does not live up to the company name. Sound quality is fine but the durability is terrible. The wire inside gets tangled which I had to open up and repair, I previously had a $5 cassette aux that was much better.
3568558
Honestly I've been a MonsterCables customer for years now and I recently setup a smaller LCD in a bedroom so figured I could squeeze by this time with a generic brand cable.  Maybe it only impacts you if you've purchased premium cables before, like monster, but the generic cables seriously look, feel, and are lower quality cables.  It is a cable that will do what its function is to perform.  If you want 1080p you must have this cable, although the quality of performance you get from it will not be premium quality.  The cable is flimsy and thin, basically less insulater to prevent static from other cables and electronic devices.  As well as lacks prevention from bending acutely and harming performance.  Like I said this cable will give you 1080p, though it's not as comforting knowning you gave your television's quality the best chance at attaining its highes potential standards if you would have spent the extra money on the premium cables.  Otherwise you just may never know, which couldn't hurt either :)  Best luck on your experience this was just my two cents.
1139391
Please, do not make the same mistake I made and buy this cable.  I got two sets of these along with a Behringer 802usb Mixer and the MXL Cardioid Condenser Microphone.  These cables are what Amazon told me everyone else bought after getting that mixer and microphone.  Sometimes there is wisdom in following the herd, but in this case it was no good for me.  Neither of the cables I got worked for me.  Maybe they just aren't cut out for transferring phantom power and will work fine with mics that don't need phantom power.  I can't be 100% sure and can only tell you my own setup and how they didn't work for me.  What little sound they did transfer, one of the cables would cut in and out if you slightly moved the cable.  So in the end, these cables didn't work at all with my mixer or my mic and were of a general low quality.  I ended up taking the mic, mixer, and cables into a local Guitar Center (they were nice enough to help me out even though I didn't buy my original mic, mixer or cables from them) and they helped me test out every aspect of the things I bought, because there is always the concern that it's one thing over another.  It may be the mic or the mixer or the mixer misconfigured.  But in the end, it was just these cables.  So spend a little more and get nice cables.  I ended up buying the cables from Guitar Center and their lowest end cable worked great.  So you could go with the high end brand like mogami or even the lower end like monster and get decent results.  But these will not work if you have any kind of similar setup to what I have.