Mediabridge Ultra Series – High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet

Mediabridge Ultra Series – High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet

Available] (Electronics) Just in case someone may feel guilty for not
paying a lot more for, basically the same thing, let’s look at our top of the
line offer, Monster
HDMI 1000HD Ultra-High Speed HDMI Cable (2 meters) and do a quick
comparison.

This item supports the HDMI 1.3b standard which is almost as
good as it gets (1.3c doesn’t add anything special). Any HDMI 1.3 cable can
carry up to 10.2 Gbit/s. Hmmm… I suppose the Monster is much better, right?
Well… it “guarantees a certified cable bandwidth of 10.2″ Okay, but the
Monster also supports “x.v.Color, and Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD”. It turns out
that, all of the above, and more, are part of the HDMI 1.3 specs and they are
fully supported by every cable that complies to the standard and can be had for
about 90% less in the Mediabridge. The expensive brand presentation simply
enumerates the HDMI 1.3 specs as if it being HDMI 1.3 compliant was a really big
deal. It is not a big deal. Even a cable that costs 95% less is HDMI 1.3
compliant.

My suggestion: if you think that the proponents of the
expensive brand have a point when they claim that their product is a lot more
durable, buy TWO Media Bridge wires and still pay almost 80% less than you would
pay for one of the expensive ones.

Mitsubishi 3DA-1 3D Adapter Pack

I received my adapter yesterday and am using it with the DLP link glasses. One
small item that I ran into when setting up the adapter with my Mitsubishi 73873
DLP HDTV and PS3 (FW ver. 3.5) was that there was a final step to get these
items to work together with the Blu-ray 3D media.

1. Attach HDMI cable
to from PS3 to the adapter.
2. Attach HDMI cable from adapter to T.V.
3.
Turn on T.V.
4. Set you T.V. to 3D mode by pressing Menu button then moving
to 3D mode category and change to “Yes”.
5. Set Reverse option to “Yes”
(only if you are using the DLP link shutter glasses).
6. Turn on the PS3,
then turn on the adapter (you should not have to use the select button on the
remote. The adapter will automatically set itself to the correct “checkerboard”
mode.
7. You will see a window that says “3D Mode Normal” when the PS3 menu
opens. This is the adapter turning on.
8. On the PS3, go to the Setup screen
-> Select Display Setup -> Automatic discovery -> Press “X” button to
save.
9. Turn on shutter glasses and insert 3D media.

Make sure you
complete step 8 to tell the PS3 to enable 3D display modes. If you skip this
step your 3D media (Blu-ray 3D) will not recognize that it is in a 3D compatible
player and restrict you to 2D mode.