Video-Cable Reviews

If you want to get the very best out of your video equipment, definitely upgrade your cable to Monster cables. We couldn't figure out why our picture on our 52" TV looked so inferior, despite having satellite -- turned out to be nothing more than inferior cables that came with the set! Even if you have new equipment, it may come with cheaply made cables. Monster cables are excellent -- worth every penny! I also bought some to connect one VCR to another when copying tapes. If you have older equipment and aren't happy with the quality of the picture, this is an inexpensive fix! You'll be glad you did it!

I agree with Max. Don't use those inferior cables that come with your DVD player. I just bought a DVD player and immediately got these Monster cables to connect between the TV and DVD. Image quality is the best I can get on my 20" TV, really cool.

I use these cables with my DVD player. I didn't want to spend($) or ($) on just cables! Also, I didn't want the crappy cables that came with my DVD player. If you are using the video cables that came with your DVD player, throw them out! Get these. They are sooo much better. Amazon says these are good for VCRs but you have to have a good VCR to appreciate Monsters.

Anyway, if you don't want to spend a ton of money on cables, and want quality, choose these.

After having some trouble with the picture on my DirecTV, I decided to try replacing the cables. It was probably the best decision I could have made.

If you've got a lot of things connected in a home theater environment, then you probably know how the signal from some wires can somehow cross over to the other wires close by, and cause little zig-zag lines on your television set or static in the sound. Quite annoying, and fairly common with the cheap free-in-the-box wires, it seems.

These cables from Monster not only improved my picture and sound, but I was impressed at how thick and strong they were. They just blow the cheap wires out of the water if you compare them side-by-side. The high quality design, gold plated connectors, and double shielded coatings work wonders in preventing radio interference and static from other wires and sources. There really is a difference, and it shows. Yet another great product from Monster Cable.

Someone recommended checking out the J2HCAMSM6 which is the same as this product but twice as long and $10 less. If the extra length does not interest you, there is a better option.

For the same price as this excellent product, you can buy an even better Monster Cable, model number I203ASVP1M POD 203. It is an all-in-one cable with even better materials and will help minimize tangled wires. The easiest way to find it is to click on the "high performance connection kits" link while browsing the Monster Cable "audio-video hook-up kits." Check it out.

look up the "Monster Cable J2 HCAM SM-6 Hi-8/S-VHS" kit. Although it is titled for camcorders, it has the Super Video 2 (6 ft) and the Interlink 250 (6 ft) for $10 less. Trust me on this one... I went and looked at the packages to compare. You can also look up the products on the Monster Cable homepage. Enjoy listening!

Several recent upgrades and additions to two different home theater systems necessitated several new audio and video cables. Researching the right video cables for two sets of Sony VCR's and Sony receivers came to the conclusion that Acoustic Research's AP001 video cables would be perfect both in quality and pricing. As we all know, picture quality in VCR's can somewhat suspect at times based on many reasons, primary among them is the quality of the video cable used. After upgrading to these particular video cables, I've found the picture quality to be as perfect as can be expected for a taped VCR.

Overall, I highly recommend Acoustic Research's AP001 Video Cables for both quality and pricing. {ssintrepid}

This is a great cable. I was forced to buy this one at best Buy because they did not have a coax digital audio cable. But thinking this is the next best thing, I bought it and its great. I used it as a subwoofer cable on my home theatre when I'm not using the coax input. Very good, and its even better when not used with video.

Several recent upgrades and additions to two different home theater systems necessitated several new audio and video cables. Researching the right video cables for two sets of Sony VCR's and Sony receivers came to the conclusion that Acoustic Research's AP001 video cables would be perfect both in quality and pricing. As we all know, picture quality in VCR's can somewhat suspect at times based on many reasons, primary among them is the quality of the video cable used. After upgrading to these particular video cables, I've found the picture quality to be as perfect as can be expected for a taped VCR.

Overall, I highly recommend Acoustic Research's AP001 Video Cables for both quality and pricing. {ssintrepid}

This is a great cable. I was forced to buy this one at best Buy because they did not have a coax digital audio cable. But thinking this is the next best thing, I bought it and its great. I used it as a subwoofer cable on my home theatre when I'm not using the coax input. Very good, and its even better when not used with video.

The sad truth is, if you're using the cables that came with your machine, you probably aren't getting the most out of your DVD player. No matter how much you spent on the player, the cables it came supplied with are probably not good enough. Its the same story as with hi-fi equipment, as regards cables and speakers. They skimp on them to give you a lower price. So, for a perfectly reasonable price, you can upgrade. You just plug 'em in, and hey presto, better quality. It really is that simple. So simple, in fact, it'd be a shame not to do it. You could be enjoying better pictures, greater sharpness, more vivid colours.

And you paid enough for the player, after all. You might as well get it perfect!

I set up a home theatre system it loved it. I eventually went the extra mile and purchased the Monster Interlink Connections, S-Video (for my DVD and Satellite), and Speaker cables. What a difference. My wife walked into the house just as I had finished connecting and couldn't believe it was the same system with only different cables. It made the system sound MUCH better. One thing I read once and now believe...reserve about 10% of your home theatre budget for cables (If you are spending or plan on spending $5000.00 on TV, surround sound, speakers, etc, then plan on spending about $500.00 for cables. It makes a world of difference!

This cable completely changed a new, small TV's picture with better color and resolution. The difference was so major we switched all our televisions to Monster. If you get cable ... get Monster.

I bought my Mom a small TV/VCR combo for her bedroom. We first used standard cables (from a well known electric company), and had a drab, mediocre, run-of-the mill picture. When the MV2F's arrived (4 meter - from Amazon.com, of course), the picture changed dramatically. Better colors, better resolution, better everything. The reception was so good on the 13 inch bedroom, my parents watched it more than the 32 inch in the family room. My Mother wanted to know why Monster wasn't on all the TV's in the house. I did order the MV3F's and Z series for the larger 32 inch set ... which died before the cables arrived. The 32" was replaced by a nice, heavy, 27" Sony Flat. The cables did arrive in time for the new TV. The TV man couldn't believe the picture. It never had a picture that good, in the store, even when playing a DVD. I read other customer reviews, at Amazon.com, before my first Monster purchase. The best review said, in effect, that Monster will make your TV do all it can do, it won't make it a better TV. For the new TV's in my parents house...the difference was major. MH

the cables are great they are very strong but bendable at the same time also look cool and most importantly the give a great piture actualy i havent compared it to anything bet i had a component for my ps2 now i have it for my xbox and the the dvds look a lot better with monster cables for my xbox than normal sony component hook up for my ps2 the cables are overall great and the colors really look more real and alive and if u notice with normal av cables u see color mixing and the backgrounds look fuzzy (kinda) and component get rid of 99% (rarely u see a very little color fade or something in a couple of movies in the wrold) and it uses 3 anlog cables for video instead of the 1 anlog that is standerd so u colud say it makes the picture 3x better

Why hasen't any else reviewed this great product? Anyways I got my component cable a few days again and can certainly say I notice a great improvment in video quality over my previous S-Video connection. You can certainly tell the difference in the action packed DVD's like Xmen,Spiderman,Terminator and such. But in movies like Bruce Almighty you may not notice the difference.
These are definitely worth the cost.