We should start our own hardware blog.
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BrutulTM
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By "we" do you mean the 5500 registered users of rerolled.org? Might be difficult to split up the stuff evenly hehe. You could start one and link it here, but I think you need to get some readers before people start sending you review units, and even then you usually have to return them after the review is done.
Joeboo
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Noodleface
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Man... reading that... my parents would totally buy those cables for that reason. That's some smart-ass marketing.
I'll review all dragon dildos
I'll review all dragon dildos
Skanda
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Fuck those cables. Gold plated steel connectors? What kind of crap is that substandard wannabe company trying to pull. Your TV picture will be absolute dog shit without solid gold connecters. Everyone knows this. So what if they cost more than your car. You can't put a price on REAL quality.
Noodleface
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To the average human being they believe there is magic between the two connecting ends of the wire. Whatever goes on between those 6-24 feet of wiring is beyond them, for all they know there is magic dust performing miracles. The gold just makes it so the magic happens faster, more clear, and virus free.
Side note. My dad has a older dual core PC. It started blue screening whenever he started doing a lot of stuff on his computer. I took a look at it, and finally determined it was a bad stick of RAM. I think it brought his 2GB down to 1GB, or something like that. Told him I'd show him on Newegg what to order since it would most likely be cheaper, instead he went to Best Buy.. but I digress. With the new RAM in his computer obviously ran a lot faster and smoother.. but then he told me it made it better in another way. His picture was now way clearer and more sharp, from his new RAM. He put in 16GB in his 32bit OS, and it showed as only recognizing 3.5GB. I didn't have the heart to tell him that he 1) wasted money and 2) RAM does not affect your video sharpness and clarity. He's just one of those dudes that is always right and you fight an uphill battle if you argue. Ugh. Sorry to throw the thread off track.
Side note. My dad has a older dual core PC. It started blue screening whenever he started doing a lot of stuff on his computer. I took a look at it, and finally determined it was a bad stick of RAM. I think it brought his 2GB down to 1GB, or something like that. Told him I'd show him on Newegg what to order since it would most likely be cheaper, instead he went to Best Buy.. but I digress. With the new RAM in his computer obviously ran a lot faster and smoother.. but then he told me it made it better in another way. His picture was now way clearer and more sharp, from his new RAM. He put in 16GB in his 32bit OS, and it showed as only recognizing 3.5GB. I didn't have the heart to tell him that he 1) wasted money and 2) RAM does not affect your video sharpness and clarity. He's just one of those dudes that is always right and you fight an uphill battle if you argue. Ugh. Sorry to throw the thread off track.
Abefroman
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Fucking parents! My dad was watching a HDTV get advertised on QVC the other day and asked me if he should buy it because "I can really tell how much better the picture on that TV on QVC looks".
Noodleface
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This is the same guy that argued with us that his blu ray component cables gave the same picture as our Hdmi cable. Argued for hours despite the night and day difference.
agripa
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Its easy to argue with stupid show them something cheap.
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I remember a few years (decades?) back a big audiophile website did a speaker wire test. Sample A was 100% pure, uncut Monster Cable brand goodness. Sample B was some cheap off the shelf speaker wire of the same gauge. Sample C was 2 metal coat hangers...
Signal loss between all the samples were identical up to something like 5 feet. It was pretty funny.
Signal loss between all the samples were identical up to something like 5 feet. It was pretty funny.
Noodleface
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The only thing I like about Monster, and this may only apply to guitar cables, was if one broke any store had to replace it free of charge no questions asked. I busted many a guitar cable and got free replacements for life.
Mist
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This is partly true. Because they won't be the exact same brand and model. They usually have 1 letter different and are some inferior model. The flagship models they carry aren't like this, but the other ones sometimes are.