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highly impressed!
Have a ps2 with an lcd tv recently purchased, first thing I noticed was how crappy the ps2 looked with the new lcd, red the reviews for the monster component cable, it cost $30 with shipping included, I hooked it up to the playstation and was blown away at how much better the game looked, much better grafics and depth of color than the standard tv set I had, all I have to say is trust the customer reviews.

Terrible.
This cable comes up first in Amazon search results for “Gamecube Component Cable” amoungst other Gamecube video cables, so I ordered it…

Only to find out this is for PS2!

I’m sure this is a high quality cable, but why was it listed for Gamecube!?

I’m very unpleased.

Definite improvement, check the cost
I have a Samsung 46″ HDTV. With the standard composite Playstation 2 cable, resolution is simply very poor. With this component cable, resolution is noticeably improved. It is a worthwhile improvement.

I purchased this version as it was actually less expensive at the time than the 3 cable component version (that version doesn’t include analog sound, this version does). I have a digital connection from my PS2 to my home theater, which does provide clearer sound than using this cable. But, if you don’t have the capability for digital audio, this cable will still provide more than adequate sound.

When I purchased this cable it was priced competitively, meaning more than the really cheap cables but on par with the other quality cables. Browse Amazon and you’ll see what I mean: half the cables are very cheap (thin cable, flimsy looking connector) and the other half are “quality” (thicker cable, better quality connector). I think the cheap cables will mostly work, but there will probably be a slightly noticeable quality difference between the two. The difference between a “quality” cable from XYZ brand, however, and a “premium” cable from Monster, is all in the marketing.

Like I said, I bought this cable because it was priced competitively to the other quality products at the time I purchased. I’ve noticed the price seems to swing wildly (as I’m writing this review, it’s 50% higher than when I bought it). With that said, if the price is right, you can’t go wrong with this. If it’s dramatically more expensive than other cables that look identical, either wait or buy one that looks well made and has good reviews. Wrapping rubber around a wire isn’t exactly rocket science (the real rocket science is in building a brand name to convince someone to pay 50% more for a difference they can’t even notice).

Excellent
I just bought this cable for my ps2 and my new LCD TV and the Quality change a LOT!!! I recomended 100%

Don’t break your TV, break the cable!
Here are the three main points of my review:

1. As of May 1, 2008, you can buy this item at circuitcitydotcom for $8.96 not including tax or shipping.

2. Since this item does not include a digital audio cable, if you want digital sound, you can buy the Monster THX 1000 digital audio cable at circuitcitydotcom for $8.39 not including tax or shipping.

3. Most importantly, if you don’t want to ruin the input ports on your expensive flat screen TV make the following modification to your cable: take some needle nose pliers and bend outwards the teeth around the output tip. This will allow them to fit around the TV input ports. I’d rather ruin a $9 cable then a $2100 TV.

Read on for more details about my fascinating discoveries!

So I read all the reviews for this item before buying it online at circuitcitydotcom yesterday, April 30, 2008. I paid $8.96 plus tax. Since this doesn’t come with a digital audio cable, I found one, the Monster THX 1000, ULTI1000FO4, at circuitcitydotcom for $8.39. For both, I paid $22.18 including tax and shipping.

I chose in-store pickup for the component video cable. I just got done installing the PS2 component video cable into my brand new Sony Bravia KDL-40XBR4 and there is a noticeable improvement above the composite cable that came with the PS2. The graphics are clear and sharp. I’m glad that I bought this cable and hope you do too. It helped take advantage of my new TV’s capabilities.

After reading the reviews about people ruining their input ports and TV’s, I was careful not to force the plugs into the ports. I’m not sure why anyone would use excessive force when working with expensive electronics. Obviously there is something incredibly wrong if it takes fifteen minutes, let alone an hour, to install five plugs. My installation took less than 10 minutes.

For me, the PS2 end of the cable fit perfectly, even better than the Sony supplied composite cable. I then tried to install one plug into the TV and it didn’t go in easily. I stopped immediately! I went to grab some needle-nose pliers and proceeded to bend the teeth surrounding the plug. I was careful but some of the teeth broke off. This actually was okay.

In the end, after breaking off one or two teeth from each plug, it made the plug fit into the port like butter. You don’t need to bend the teeth very far to make the plug fit but it doesn’t take much to break them off completely. So if your plugs don’t fit, don’t be afraid of breaking off several teeth while trying to bend them outwards. Except, it’s probably a good idea not to break off all or most of teeth. The plug would then have little or no support and might fall out of the input port.

I’m sorry for all the people who paid close to $60 for this and had problems. I hope people who read this review will be able to save money by buying the parts the same way I did.