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Are 'Monster' Cables Worth It?

Posted by Cliff on from the your-cables-may-bite-you dept.

Digitarius asks: "Are "Monster" cables really better, or are they just more expensive? I'm setting up my HDTV, and I can get Component video cables made by Belkin for half the price of the Monster cable equivalents. Are there any actual stats or studies to back up Monster's claims of superiority? So far most people tell me to get the Monster cables, 'just to be sure,' but what's the real truth?"

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  1. Re:Electrons no different by Deagol · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Oh piss off!

    I live in a rural, mostly poor, white-bread dairy town, and I can tell you there are shiny sports cars in many of those driveways and satellite dishes on many of those roof-tops. The poor-but-must-have-shiny-things mentality crosses all races. I noticed the same thing in Salt Lake City, too, in the white trash 'burbs as well as the poorer minority (mostly hispanic) 'hoods downtown.

    In my small town I've witnessed more poor whites buy loads of garbage with food stamps then drive away in nice cars than the poor hispanics (who at least have the sense and ability to maintain their own 20-year-old cars themselves).

    If there was racism in the origial poster's comment, it was only because *you* perceived it. So you might be the one with the problem.

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  2. Re:Electrons no different by smatthew · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is a chain of stores called "Rent a Rim". The Wall Street Journal actually had a story about them about 3 years back. Went into detail about bling-lovin hoes showing up with the paystubs of their three boyfriends so they could get some sweet rims for their ride.....

    I actually saw one of their stores in a bad area of Phoenix. Busted out laughing. Good times.

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