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Don't be tricked into paying over a hundred dollars for one of these...
Although this one is still a little pricey, it is half the cost of a majority of these cables. It is very solid and durable and I've had no problems with it so far. This will output 1080p from your PS3 to your HDTV(if your TV supports it). If that is what you are looking for then you should purchase this. However, you can find cheaper ones if you really look. This one seemed like the best choice to me and I have no regrets!
Yep. It's worth it.
Long story short, buy it and don't think about it. Here is my story:
Just bought a ps3 and a HD TV (samsung - 32 inch - 1080p), and I was a little dissipointed. The picture was a bit better than my old flatscreen, but not as good as I had expected. I was even getting little flickers across the screen in thin lines. Someone suggested a better cable than the $16.00 HDM1 cable I was using. I Figured, OK, why not? I bought this cable and my jaw dropped at the difference. All flickering noise gone, for starters. Colors brighter, images sharper (by far) and the audio even improved. If you have a PS3 and HD TV with 1080p, I assure you this cable is worth the money. You will see an astounding improvement in both your DVD or Blue Ray discs, and of course your games as well (I have been playing Call of Duty 5, and the difference in image quality is significant). --Mykal Banta
PS3 Monster Cable GameLink HMDI Cable
I have used Monster Cables previously for my PS2 and I knew how good they are. I needed only the standard cables and could not find them at any store. Amazon had the cables at a reasonable price and I could not pass them up. If you want the best picture and sound quality from your PS3 you definitely need to get Monster Cables.
Not significantly better than any 'cheap' USB cable
It's difficult to find a reason for purchasing this item, at this price, for a PS3. USB cables are 'standard' and they tend to be cheap. I've been using USB cables for years already, most of them had come 'free' with the equipment they were supposed to connect and I haven't yet found ONE cable that didn't work or stopped working. Since the PS3 has no special USB requirements - all it needs is a generic/standard wire - there is no reason other than 'marketing' to justify the claim that this cable is specifically for PlayStation 3 or ' for PlayStation 3 controllers' because ALL usb-A to Mini-B will work with PS3 controllers.
The main use for a USB cable with a PS3 is to charge the controllers. Any USB-A male to Mini-USB male cable of any length can be used for this purpose. One comes 'free' with the PS3 and extras such as Amazon's own AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini-B Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters) [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging] can be purchased for a fraction of the cost.
Another use would be to transfer data to/from an attached hard disk that comes with a Mini-B USB interface. The same cable used to charge the controller and, again, one comes with the PS3, can be used.
Finally, in the rare occurrence when your controller needs charging and you want to play while it's charging, the [AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (9.8 Feet / 3.0 Meters) [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging] or any equivalent will give you a total of 16 ft. of freedom by extending a 6 ft. USB cable by another nearly 10 ft.. I know that this works well because I am using one of them myself.
The cable gets 2 stars because it works and Monster would replace it if it didn't but I can't see how it could possibly be rated any higher given its being 3-4 times more expensive than most moderately price similar cables that provide the exact same level of performance.
Don't waste your money
Monster cables have been, and always will be, the most overpriced and over hyped cables on the market. Especially with cables like these. I'm pretty sure that even while plugged in the ps3 controller still transmits over bluetooth. So what exactly is this BS about "maximize data transfer." even if the data did transmit over the cable, NO ONE would notice even the slightest difference between this cable and a $0.99 budget cable of the same length. Durability? give me a break. When was the last time you had a usb cable stop working? (meaning there was nothing wrong with anything but the cable) And at this price you could buy 14 budget cables!! what do you think will last longer? 14 budget cables of comparable quality, or one of these overpriced pieces of garbage? I will never in my life support monster in anything they do. And don't think that, because this is listed as a PS3 peripheral, its any better than a standard usb cable. Do some research. Stay away from monster. they are thieves.
USB 2.0 A to 5-Pin Mini B Cable - 10 Feet
You have got to be kidding me!!
People that would be a sucker to buy this would probably go buy a gold plated tin can, sure it's coated in gold, but it's still a tin can.
Buying this cable doesn't make much more sense.
A usb cable is a usb cable, and insulation and gold plating are just simply NOT neccessary, you would have to go through 6 regular cables before the purchase of this cable would be justified.
As one of the other wise reviewers stated, Monster is notoriously overpriced, and are infamous for insulating and gold plating cables that quite frankly are just for looks and have no functional value what-so-ever.
Overpriced, but great quality
If you can't get HDMI, then Component A/V Cable is the way to go. I have the Monster Game Component A/V Cable for PS2 and it is the same except mine is blue (since blue is the PS2 theme color) and it works on all of the PlayStations since 1997. I would recommend that anyone looking to buy HD cables for their PS3 get a regular brand HDMI cable (Philips is perfect at just $33) or a Sony Component A/V Cable ($14.95 compared to Monster Game's outrageous $59.99!!!!!). Monster Cable's prices are just daft!
Not worth your money
The Sony component cables are $19.99 and cover you under their warranty, and are of the same quality as these monster cables (or as any other component cable). Don't waste your money.
(also, don't be a moron and tell sony you are using 3rd party cables)
Get this Product !!!
I am absolutly blow away by this product. Now that it is only a few dollars more then the sony brand there should be no reason not to buy this product!
I have two PS3's now (one is my dads). On my TV I can run HDMI, but on my fathers TV it is slightly older TV that doesn't have HDMI inputs. When I orginally bought my PS3 I also bought the sony component cable to hook up to my dads tv (because its bigger than mine) and when I used it I was getting diagonal lines running through the tv at all resolution levels. Now using the monster component cable lines are gone and high resolution looks just as good as if it were running with hdmi.
I am completely blown away from by this product and how much of a difference a monster cable does. I always said other cheaper brands are just as good as monster cable... sadly I am going to say it does make a difference in this case. And the price difference is negible now too so there should be no reason to buy the other brands.
The cable itself is about 8 feet long, and about 1/2" thick (not joking the thing is a lot thicker then most power cords), has the 3 component male ends with two stereo audio RCA cables that are all run as a single cord for most of the lenght. Just be carefull when connecting as there are two red coloured wires but slightly different pattern of colouration. The connections were nice and tight and found a slight turn and push method worked the best for getting them in. Perfect fit into the back to the PS3.
I am running optical cable Mediabridge - Toslink Cable - Optical Digital Audio Cable - 15ft for sound so I don't know how the sound is with this cable.
If you need to run component for the PS3 this is the perfect item.
WhatGives?
The product packaging clearly states "Delivers explosive 5.1 and 7.1 digital surround sound." Problem is, TOSlink optical transport systems by design only allows for transmission of 1.5Mbits/s thereby limiting channel capability to 5.1 Core channels. Anyone care to chime in on this?
Doesn't this constitute false advertising?
3 stars because this isn't a game and it's just a cable, not to mention the misleading specsmanship.
Don't allow yourself to get ripped off
I cannot believe the reviewer who wrote that resolution and color would be better with an expensive Monster cable. This is a DIGITAL SIGNAL. As such, noise would have to be extreme to switch an off signal to an on and vice versa. Let me make this simple for you - you don't need this Monsterously expensive cable for the same reason you don't need a Monster ATA/SATA cable for the hard drives inside your PC.
Still not convinced? Let's look at the claims made by the advertising material:
1) Duraflex protective jacket. Looks great with your PS3. To tell you the truth, I never even SEE the cable attached between my PS3 and my TV, nor is it ever on my mind. As for the greater durability and easier installation, the first is a straw man (you are going to subject said cable to what stress, exactly???) and the second is true of EVERY HDMI cable available in the world today.
2) Dual strain relief, for repeated set up and tear down of the PS3. What, you're so tired of you're system that minute by minute you are disconnecting and reconnecting the cable on the back? How often do you anticipate having to plug/unplug your system, if at all?
3) Silver content solder connections. Transfers delicate low level signals. Complete and utter bollocks. Either the signal transmits or it does not. That is the nature of digital.
4) 24k Gold Contacts. Cuts down on the corrosion. Yep, I'm constantly replacing all of the ribbon cables and power supply lines inside my PCs because they are all corroded. Heh, if gold makes you feel better about getting fleeced, by all means buy Monster.
5) Nitrogen Gas-Injected Dielectric Insulator. Beautiful, if you go for all that Star Trek technobabble. Inverse tacheon retrorefactor emulsifier anyone? This one maximizes your video strength for the best picture possible. But what have we learned so far? The signal is digital - it either gets through accurately or it does not. And unless the cable is poor beyond belief, noise is not even going to factor into the equation.
I'm sorry for the other fellow who defends the pricing of Monster cables. Do yourself a favor and call some local electronics stores/cable makers. This king has no clothing, and spending such a horrible sum will leave you looking very silly indeed.
Completely superfluous - buy a cheap one
While high end cables make a difference for analog signals (such as composite), the difference is far less with digital signals. In fact, digital signals arose mainly because they were not nearly as prone to noise, and small errors could be fixed with error checking. Thus, buying an expensive digital cable is a complete waste of money - the difference will be very slight (if noticeable at all), so save your money for some more games and buy a cheaper cable.
Digital signals don't "vary"
Expensive cables for a digital signal are the worst sort of scam, and people who spend extra money for them are ignorant of the technology. For analog signals, cable-quality can vary your reception-quality (though not as much as people think). But digital signals transmit data in "1s" and "0s." The "1s" and "0s" either get through, or they don't. If they do get through, you have a picture (or sound). If they don't get through, you DO NOT. With digital (unlike analog), you never have to WONDER whether you could, maybe, if only you'd spent a little bit more money, be getting a better result. If you see a picture, you know the "1s" and "0s" got through. If you see NO PICTURE, then your connection is loose, or your dog chewed through the line, or you have a bad cable. There is no in-between. The beauty of HDMI, the beauty if digital, is that you no longer have to wonder. How long will companies like Monster be able to keep this secret. Even worse, they are marketing this cable as "Sony Playstation 3 Monster Cable," as if you needed a specific HDMI cable to work with the Playstation. Shame. You do want to take advantage of the HDMI cable for your Playstation. You don't need to spend more than $15 on that cable though.
compatibility
The PS2 and the PS3 have the same type video output, so if you get or have the PS2 component video cable, it will work with the PS3. Also, the cables labled as for the PS2 seem to be cheaper.
I waited a month fot this item to be in stock, until some guy at Game Stop told me this. I had the PS2's component video cable, so I just connected it to the PS3 and I got my HD. A guy in wal mart also told me that the XBOX 360's cable would work, but this is unverified.
Ignore the stars I assinged, the site won't let you post if you don't rate, and I just wanted to get this info out there.
Just the pack I was looking for with an OK price.
Yes you can get cheaper HD on the PS3 with optical audio, but I didn't feel like running all over town for the 1/4-the-price component + stereo cable and then hunting for a decent length optical toslink cable so I got this instead. It's on the pricey side as you'd expect from Monster but the connectors are nice machined pieces instead of unreliable rolled sheet metal. They wont break the connector board off the back of your TV or AV receiver when you try to plug them in or remove them.
It's also quite long (ladies...) and having both cables the same length means you wont be stuck with unsightly coiled wires in the ten foot span between the shiny new game console on your mantle and your home theatre on the other side of the room.
I feel it's a decent buy because other stores can gouge you for cables (alliteratively named electronics stores, I'm looking in your direction!!) and the combo pack isn't really much more expensive than individual ps2/ps3 component and toslink cables. If you can find them 10 feet long.
Lost an overall star for the high price and my personal shame at buying this brand.
Lost fun-ness stars because well... it's just not that fun.
PS3 Component Cable
This is in one if not the best cables you can buy for your PS3, you can get 1080p without HDMI