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Jedidiah De N'importe Quoi was in search for gold as he headed west in 1836. What he found instead was lots of copper. He decided to stop making horse shoes because the competition was so great, and decided that he would make computer cables. He made all types, SCSI, Ethernet, CAT6, USB, FireWire, DVI and HDMI. Now these were crude versions of today's models, but none-the-less, they were better than any other computer cable in the western frontier.He would travel from town to town, selling his cables. Most cowboys would use them to tie up their horses. But he made a living at it. He ended up settling in Orem, Utah, mainly selling his computer cables to the trappers and Indians, who would use them to fish and catch animals.

Jedidiah's grandson, Samuel De N'importe Quoi, took over the business in 1900. He bought some machinery that automated the computer cable production. However, iron was so popular that he tried using iron connectors, which made the cables even less-useless for this time period. He would travel all over the western states selling his computer cables, mainly having success to fishermen who would use the iron cables as anchors for their boats.

Samuel's grandson Richie De N'importe Quoi decided that every home needed a computer cable, for it would not be long, a few short decades, until computers would be in every home. This of course was laughed at as people were busy buying a washing machine and television for their homes. Richie knew the day would come when cables would be in high demand. He had some success selling Ethernet cables to school kids because they could use them as a jump rope. Eventually the business was sold to a railroad which used the cables to tie down freight. Today every home does have a cable, just like Jedidiah, Samuel, and Richie De N'importe Quoi dreamed would happen.

The above history is of course fictional. However, had Professional Cable existed back during these time periods, it would have been extremely successful.

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For the last decade or so a new fad has caught the minds and hearts of both the rising generation and the more experienced at life. What, may you ask, is this great new phenomenon? It’s the Cellular Phone, More commonly known as the cell phone. People used to live their whole lives tied to a phone that was stationary. With the invention of this great item it allowed people to be contacted anywhere. With the advances that have been made to cell phones people have started using these phones to run, or ruin?, their whole lives. The one in particular that caught my attention was the Google phone, otherwise known as the G1, through T-mobile. Since I started using it I have noticed some great things about it, and a few things that could be better. Here is what I have noticed.



First, the operating system itself is Linux based, referred to as android. While it has frozen once or twice it has not been nearly as troublesome as the mobile version of windows. The down side to this is that you have to find applications that will do the work that you would normally have Microsoft office mobile for. They are mostly available through the Android market, an application that comes with the phone for purchasing and downloading applications. Of these many different applications one of my favorite so far has been shop-savy. It utilizes the phones 3 mega-pixel camera to scan bar codes and search local stores and the Internet for the best prices of an item. Since this is a phone produced by Google it naturally has access to all the Google application that everyone uses including Google maps. Very handy if you’re the kinda person that needs directions and gets lost easily. Another thing I like about the phone is that it has a flip-up screen revealing the full keyboard underneath. Having this makes it much easier for texting. I mentioned before that it comes with a 3 mega-pixel camera, it’s pretty good for a camera-phone. It takes some pretty great pictures too. I’ve started using it as my main camera. It also works as a MP3 player, whoever make sure you have the right adapter for it so you can plug in your head phones, as the speaker, located in the center of the back, isn’t the greatest and could be better. For memory storage the phone relies on micro sd cards, which are becoming more and more common. Getting the music and videos, as well as other media that you would like to read, listen to, or watch, onto the phone does require a mini usb to usb connection cable. It does come with one but the cable its self is fairly short, I would suggest getting a longer one. Whatacable!.com is a great place to get them. The full touch screen is a nice feature to it as well, making it easy to navigate around the phone. If this isn’t your forte’ then the phone has a trackball mouse that works excellent too. For memory storage the phone relies on micro sd cards, which are becoming more and more common. Getting the music and videos, as well as other media that you would like to read, listen to, or watch, onto the phone does require a mini usb to usb connection cable. It does come with one but the cable its self is fairly short, I would suggest getting a longer one. If you lose one or need an extra Mini USB Cable Whatacable.com is a great place to get them. As well you can use a micro sd card adapter to plug the card into a card reader and transfer the dad that way, you would need to have a USB card reader for that though, which you can also get at WhataCable.com J charging the phone does require a mini-usb cable. Now if your like me you have limited usb ports with which to use on your computer. I run out very often trying to connect everything, my solution…a 7-Port USB hub, also available on WhataCable!

This phone may not be for everyone, but it has been my favorite phone that I have had to date. It is one that I would recommend to most anybody, the business professional or the general consumer. It's just a great phone.

(Written by: Guest Editor Z-Cable-Guy)

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Have you ever wondered how you can split your screen so that two monitors show the exact same thing? If you are looking for a video splitter, there are a few options on the market. You'll need to know what type of monitor you have. 1. VGA/SVGA 2. DVI or 3. HDMI.

1. For VGA or SVGA, you can go with a "Y" cable, that will split the signal. You can pick these up on WhataCable.com for about $12. This is good for short distances and if you have a good video card. For laptops or longer distances, I would recommend a powered splitter that will help to boost that analog signal. You can split it up to 8 monitors (8-way VGA splitter). This would be used in a classroom or like you see at an electronics store when all the TVs or monitors have the same image going. WhataCable.com has these powered VGA video splitters, or multipliers starting at about $22.

2. For DVI you can get a high-quality DVI "Y" cable splitter for about $17 from WhataCable. DVI is a digital signal as opposed to the analog signal of VGA or SVGA. DVI has a number of connections on the market which makes it confusing. Make sure on the female side that you get one that accepts all the pins that your DVI connection has. WhataCable! has one that will accept any DVI connection because it is in the DVI-I Dual Link female configuration.

3. For HDMI I only suggest going with a powered splitter. The reason is that DCP (digital content protection) will sometimes detect that you are splitting the signal with a "Y" cable and will shut the video off. This is really annoying and can be mostly avoided with a powered HDMI splitter box. WhataCable.com has them from $94 for a 2-way HDMI powered splitter. You can go all the way up to an 8-way splitter (multiplier) if you need to have a bunch of HDTVs displaying the same thing.

With all splitters, don't forget that you might need to purchase cables, because even with a two-way powered splitter, you'll need one cable from the computer to the splitter box, then one cable to each TV/monitor/projector. With the "Y" cable you'll only need one cable to each monitor/projector.

Until next time
The Cable Guy

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CEO of Monster Cable says their cables aren’t necessary for today’s technology.

I’ve been telling people for years that HDMI certified cables from companies like WhataCable! are just as good as the expensive fancy packaged Monster Cables that you’ll find at Best Buy for $129 (8 feet length). However, some people just can’t believe that there will be no performance difference. I try to explain that if you have a 1” pipe at one end (Blu-ray player) and a 1” pipe at the other end (HDTV) and decide to run a 2” pipe in between (Monster Cable), you still only get the same amount of water that you would with the 1” pipe, because the limitation is wherever there is the smallest pipe. In other words if you have a 1080p HDMI 1.3V Blu-ray player and a 1080p HDMI 1.3V HDTV, as long as you have a cable that meets those specifications, 1080p and HDMI 1.3V compliant, there is no need to go above and beyond those specifications.

When asked if you really need a Monster Cable for today’s technology, Monster Cable CEO Noel Lee said, “Do you need the high performance (Monster) cable today? Probably not. But with bigger displays and 3-D TVs coming down the pike, you will, eventually.” (USA Today, April 28, 2009 Page 6B) Are you kidding me? You are asking people to buy cables for technology 3 years down the road when we don’t even know what the specs. are going to be 3 years down the road. In 1999 maybe I should have been selling super high-quality parallel printer cables for the future 2002 parallel printer technology. But, oops. By 2002 everyone was using USB for their printers. Yeah, that makes sense.

So there you have it. You don’t need a Monster Cable for today’s technology. This is what I’ve been telling people for the past few years. HDMI cables, like the ones that are found at places like WhataCable.com meet the HDMI 1080p 1.3V standards, which is what all the electronics out on the market require. However, the sales rep. at Best Buy will tell you that you need the $129, 6-8 feet Monster Cable, because it is even better than what the HDMI specs. require. Well, that might be true, but if you put high performance racing tires on a VW bug, you still have a VW bug. It won’t make your Blu-ray or HDTV perform any better than the technology that is in them.

Other bloggers feel the same way. Joshua Topolsky, editor-in-chief of tech blog Engadget says “You buy a new cable with the new TV – not three years ahead of time.” And the fact is, I guarantee that in three years if we have higher demands and new HDMI requirements, Monster Cable (and the sales guy at Best Buy) will be telling you that your 3-year old Monster Cable is no longer sufficient for today’s high demands and you’ll need to buy a new cable. Speaking of huge profits the Monster Cables at Best Buy provide, Richard Doherty an independent analyst at Envisioneering Group said, “(Monster) Cables are enjoying percentages consumers would scream about if they knew the markup on them.” He goes on to say, “Monster used higher-quality products in the analog era to give you better sound, but as things went digital, it either works or it doesn’t. Now there’s an awful lot of $15 cables out there which would give you the exact same performance as Monster Cable.”

But despite the evidence, people every day across the nation are gladly paying the $129 for the feet Monster HDMI cable at Best Buy. I guess if they’ve just thrown down $3,000 for a TV, it makes them feel good to buy the fancy packaged cable.

So how big is Monster Cable? The Oakland Tribune recently cited Monster’s yearly sales at $100 million, but Monster Spokesman Daniel Graham says that’s “Way too low.”

It goes to show you that marketing works. People have been told for so long that they need a Monster Cable for high performance, that they believe the message.

Please save yourself some money and give the cables at WhataCable! a try. They back them with a limited Lifetime Warranty. They have supplied thousands of HDMI cables to professionals installing million dollar home theaters. Yet it continues to be the do-it-yourselfer who will pay the big bucks for the Monster Cables, because they don’t know better. I guaranty the professionals aren’t running Monster Cables on their jobs, especially in the media closets where nobody can see them.

Until Next Time
The Cable Guy