Nobody responded to my question, but I kept trying stuff and fixed my problem, thought others might like to know my results.
My original question was: will the HIGH $$$ Monster Black platnimum HDMI cable "fix" my slight ghosting problem while playing standard DVDs on my Toshiba DVD player. Well the answer turned out to be NO they will not, I noticed somewhere between none to a VERY slight improvment ....certainly not enough to justify the $100.00 price tag for a 8 foot jumper. I was so frustrated at this point, I was nearly ready to return EVERYTHING, big screen and all. Drove back to Best Buys and was wanting to talk to the GEEK squad dudes ..... that didn't happen, talked to another salesperson again. He asked about my DVD player and told me the standard DVDs are NOT 1080 but 720 and the player UPconverts that signal to 1080....not a "TRUE" 1080 HD signal. So instead of getting another standard DVD player I got a BlueRay/DVD combo SONY BDP-S3200.
That player did NOT help while viewing standard DVDs, but, if you throw in a Blue Ray disc is looks PERFECT no ghosting at all. For the FIRST time since getting my new 50" HD big screen I'm happy with the picture .....
