Rocketfish cables at FS & BestBuy - impressions? - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

eightninesuited · 2006-09-24, 10:20 PM

Has anyone tried these cables? Futureshop and Best Buy carries them. They look similar to Monster cables and slightly cheaper. How good are they?

Maelstrom · 2006-09-29, 06:16 PM

my first impression of a rocketfish component cable is i hate how the cables aren't joined. 3 seperate wires makes for more working cleaing up the cable mess

JesseJ · 2006-09-29, 06:30 PM

They have rocketfish memory cards there too...

eightninesuited · 2006-09-29, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Maelstrom

my first impression of a rocketfish component cable is i hate how the cables aren't joined. 3 seperate wires makes for more working cleaing up the cable mess

But how is the construction, or video quality? The component cables have a nice braided jacket, something you see in high end Monster series - for $39.99.

JohnnyCanuck · 2006-09-29, 07:32 PM

Good cables ... certainly as good as or better than Monster, but still overpriced. If you are looking for an HDMI, TOSLink, or Digital Coax ... basically any brand will do. If you are carrying an analogue signal, then you need good quality cables. Rocketfish seem good but overpriced ... Monster are extremely overpriced.

eightninesuited · 2006-09-29, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyCanuck

Good cables ... certainly as good as or better than Monster, but still overpriced. If you are looking for an HDMI, TOSLink, or Digital Coax ... basically any brand will do. If you are carrying an analogue signal, then you need good quality cables. Rocketfish seem good but overpriced ... Monster are extremely overpriced.

Well, price really isn't too much of an issue. I have a friend who works at Best Buy (CD section) who says his cost is about $10.

$10 for a component cable is quite good. But since he doesn't know much about cables or electronics, he's unsure of the quality.

JohnnyCanuck · 2006-09-29, 09:38 PM

They are definitely good quality for that kind of price. They are better cables than Monster and you would have to pay significantly more to do better generally.

kold · 2006-09-29, 09:38 PM

I'm sure you could order from monoprice.com and come out ahead in price, with as good or better quality.

JohnnyCanuck · 2006-09-29, 10:38 PM

Better than $10 for a component video cable? I think he's got a line on a pretty good deal.

kold · 2006-09-29, 11:16 PM

Yeah, for a component video cable that is a good deal. Some of the other things such as Toslink cables and so forth might be more competitively priced at monoprice.

tat2 · 2006-09-29, 11:34 PM

Rocketfish products are manufatured for BB & FS, hense the really good deals for BB & FS empolyees (who pay cost +10%). Cable have huge markup anyway.

eightninesuited · 2006-09-29, 11:53 PM

This is the cable in question.

gaz · 2006-10-02, 11:32 PM

I can tell you from first hand experience that the rocketfish cables are pretty cheaply made. I've used their component cables and was not impressed as the ends popped off a couple of times. Also, they are just as ridiculously tight on your AV components as the monster cables with their "turbine connectors" Almost wrecked more than one set of inputs on my TV.
Other than those negative things they are well priced and certainly better than spending 3x the amount on monster

Mik · 2006-11-17, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by eightninesuited

Has anyone tried these cables? Futureshop and Best Buy carries them. They look similar to Monster cables and slightly cheaper. How good are they?

These are a private label cable. Probably made for them by Ultralink or sourced out of the Orient. The fancy braiding make it look high end--but the quality of the connectors, the guage of the conductor and the shielding are what counts.

Mik

Nuje · 2006-11-17, 01:29 PM

I bought a 2m Rocketfish from FS for $70; then found everydaysource.com had a 4m one for $11.99; no difference in picture quality (quel surprise!!!)

2006-09-24, 10:20 PM	#1
eightninesuited Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 358	Rocketfish cables at FS & BestBuy - impressions? Has anyone tried these cables? Futureshop and Best Buy carries them. They look similar to Monster cables and slightly cheaper. How good are they?

2006-09-29, 06:30 PM	#3
JesseJ Veteran Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Calgary, Shaw Digital HD Plus, 3416 & Expander Posts: 6,313	They have rocketfish memory cards there too... __________________ SHAW 2012 HD Count: +8 (51 Total not counting SC or SNETWorld)

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Nuje Veteran Join Date: May 2002 Location: A charted un-desert isle Posts: 2,465	I bought a 2m Rocketfish from FS for $70; then found everydaysource.com had a 4m one for $11.99; no difference in picture quality (quel surprise!!!) Last edited by Nuje; 2006-11-17 at 01:38 PM.

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2006-09-29, 06:16 PM	#2
Maelstrom Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 7	my first impression of a rocketfish component cable is i hate how the cables aren't joined. 3 seperate wires makes for more working cleaing up the cable mess

2006-09-29, 07:32 PM	#5
JohnnyCanuck Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 4,645	Good cables ... certainly as good as or better than Monster, but still overpriced. If you are looking for an HDMI, TOSLink, or Digital Coax ... basically any brand will do. If you are carrying an analogue signal, then you need good quality cables. Rocketfish seem good but overpriced ... Monster are extremely overpriced.

2006-09-29, 09:38 PM	#7
JohnnyCanuck Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 4,645	They are definitely good quality for that kind of price. They are better cables than Monster and you would have to pay significantly more to do better generally.

2006-09-29, 09:38 PM	#8
kold Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Edmonton Posts: 48	I'm sure you could order from monoprice.com and come out ahead in price, with as good or better quality.

2006-09-29, 10:38 PM	#9
JohnnyCanuck Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 4,645	Better than $10 for a component video cable? I think he's got a line on a pretty good deal.

2006-09-29, 11:16 PM	#10
kold Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Edmonton Posts: 48	Yeah, for a component video cable that is a good deal. Some of the other things such as Toslink cables and so forth might be more competitively priced at monoprice.

2006-09-29, 11:34 PM	#11
tat2 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Stoney Creek Posts: 670	Rocketfish products are manufatured for BB & FS, hense the really good deals for BB & FS empolyees (who pay cost +10%). Cable have huge markup anyway.

2006-09-29, 11:53 PM	#12
eightninesuited Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 358	This is the cable in question.

2006-10-02, 11:32 PM	#13
gaz Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: motorola 6412 phase 3 Posts: 11	I can tell you from first hand experience that the rocketfish cables are pretty cheaply made. I've used their component cables and was not impressed as the ends popped off a couple of times. Also, they are just as ridiculously tight on your AV components as the monster cables with their "turbine connectors" Almost wrecked more than one set of inputs on my TV. Other than those negative things they are well priced and certainly better than spending 3x the amount on monster