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By Noel Lee
The skyrocketing popularity of home theater has
brought a whole lot of new components into our living rooms. It used to mean a
record player, cassette deck, receiver and a single pair of speakers. Now it's
an A/V receiver with surround sound, HiFi VCR, DVD player, satellite receiver
and maybe even a video game console. Add to that at least three additional
speakers plus all the old gear you already have and you've got one complex home
entertainment system.
This new abundance of electronic equipment has
unlocked more entertainment options than we ever dreamed possible. But it has
also unleashed a huge rat's nest of extra cables: one extra pair of audio cables
for each of the new components plus a whole slew of video cables you never
needed before. While not too many years ago you only needed a dozen or so cables
to hook up your system, now it can easily take 50 or more. And there's almost no
way you way you can make 50 cables look neat and tidy in your living room. Even
the most sophisticated equipment rack can't contain them in a way that both
reduces cable clutter while making it easy to reconfigure your components.
Enter the POD - Monster's integrated cable
solution for home theater. Each POD contains a set of stereo audio cables and a
composite video cable in a single, compact casing. Just switching to the POD,
you can reduce most of the cable clutter in your system by two thirds.
Before and After with Monster POD
The POD is truly a new concept because it's the
first integrated A/V cable built to Monster Cable's high performance standards.
You've probably seen integrated audio/video cables before in the form of the
black plastic cables that come packaged with most video components these days,
including your VCR. But these cables are of the lowest possible quality, made
from the cheapest materials and poor construction. They don't last very long and
they rob your system of the sonic and visual fidelity you paid a lot of money to
achieve.
But the POD incorporates the same advanced
construction found in our Interlink® interconnects and Monster Video MiniÔ 3
cable. Even though it's very slim, the Video Mini 3 features double shielding
that all but eliminates interference in the cable, pure copper conductors for
maximum signal transfer and true 75-ohm construction that preserves every last
bit of frequency response and picture detail that your equipment is capable of.
The audio cables in the POD feature Monster's revolutionary XLN® (Xtra Low
Noise) windings for low hum and buzz, a 100% coverage foil shield for low
interference and channel crosstalk plus a balanced construction to help reject
noise.
Every cable in the POD comes tipped with gold
contact, color-coded RCA connectors that simplify hookup. The colors on each of
the connectors match the colors of the jacks on your components. The gold
plating and rugged design of these connectors maximize signal conductivity,
eliminate corrosion and retain the impedance and frequency response of the cable
for outstanding performance.
The Interlink AV POD 203 combines Monster
Interlink 250 balanced conductors for left and right channel audio with a Video
Mini 3 cable for excellent performance. For systems demanding maximum
performance, the Interlink AV POD 403 features the same high quality Video Mini
3 cable with Monster Interlink 400 MkII audio cable technology. Interlink 400
MkII cables feature Bandwidth Balanced® construction with conductors specially
wound for smooth frequency response and Time Correct® windings that incorporate
multiple gauge wire networks that even out the transfer of high and low
frequencies. The AV POD 403 also features Turbine Design® RCA connectors that
use a shell with multiple diagonal cuts, like fingers instead of a single
cylindrical collar, so that the connectors grip jacks tightly for maximum
conductivity.
Switch to the POD and not only will you notice an
immediate improvement in your system's appearance, you'll also see a big
improvement in picture and sound as well.
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