September 2011
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We've Moved!
For further updates, please visit our new blog here: www.MonsterCable.com/Social
August 2011
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June 2011
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Stop Energy Waste by Your Unused Electronics
Do you own an HD-DVR? Bet you didn’t know that it uses more than half the energy of most new refrigerators and more than an average flat panel TV… and that’s when it’s NOT in use! Cable boxes and HD-DVR’s don’t have to be in use to consume massive amounts of energy. Check out this article on USA Today’s Green...
CEA Line Show
Monster is in full-effect at the CEA Line Show in New York this year and has plenty of surprises in store for the attendees and all of you loyal Monster fans. The CEA Line Show is the consumer electronics world’s official mid-year conference, where industry leaders show off the latest technology trends, gadgets and products that will predominantly be featured in the summer and fall seasons....
Earth, Wind, & Fire and Monster Cable at Bjorn's...
With the Earth, Wind & Fire 40th anniversary tour in full effect, Monster was very excited to be in the house with the band on June 13th for an exclusive meet and greet at Bjorn’s in San Antonio. In addition to the band, Head Monster Noel Lee and influential music bloggers from Austin, San Antonio and beyond were in attendance. Monster recently partnered with EWF for a...
Monster Cable and Earth, Wind, & Fire at Red Rocks
Monster was thrilled to be in the house this past Tuesday June 7th as Earth, Wind & Fire opened their 40th anniversary tour at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheater outside Denver, Colorado. Formed in 1971, EWF is one of the most critically acclaimed and popular funk bands of the 1970s. To celebrate EWF’s 40th anniversary, Monster recently announced a partnership with the band on...
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Get Your Gaming Mic On!
At Monster, we pride ourselves on sound quality, regardless of whether it’s about maximizing your home theater system or upgrading the jams on your MP3 player. But this year, we’re venturing into brand-new territory —the gaming industry.
It doesn’t matter if it’s the soundtrack to Final Fantasy XII or Sonic the Hedgehog, music is an integral part of the video game...
May 2011
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Win Miles Memorabilia with the Musician’s Musician...
Monster celebrates Miles’ legendary accomplishments and his 85th birthday with a special giveaway. We invite all jazz lovers to try your chance at winning memorabilia until the contest ends on June 17.
Each week, one fan will win a copy of the 40th Anniversay Edition of Bitches Brew. One grand prize winner will receive the Collector’s Edition of Miles...
April 2011
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Monster Gaming Headphones Announcement
Monster and Tron fans, we have recently determined that we will not be able to meet the planned April release date for the Tron T1 and T3 headphones. We truly appreciate the interest you have shown in the Tron Headphones and assure you that no one is more disappointed than the Monster team about the delay. As much as we would like to be shipping the Trons now, the simple fact of the matter is...
March 2011
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #11
Tip #11
Pirates, Not of the Caribbean
China Arrests 3001 in product piracy.
Fake Goods Cost Jobs.
Counterfeit products cost the global economy an estimated $600 billion.
Johnny Depp may cut quite the dashing figure in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series, but the headlines tell the story that global piracy in the 21st Century is no laughing matter. In fact, the next installment of the...
February 2011
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #10
Tip #10
Connections, Not Birds’ Nests
From the vantage point where this tip is being written, there are visible three unique installations which, in a sense, could represent archaeological epochs. On top of a filing cabinet, a Samsung DVD-to-VHS recorder is perched atop a Sony receiver and the two feed into a wall-mounted Zenith flat screen. Tucked away in an alcove, a Windows Vista-powered...
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Tron Legacy - Monster Product Update
Dear Monster fans -
Last December just as Tron: Legacy was hitting theaters, Monster introduced a line of Tron inspired products. We’re pleased to announce that the Tron Identity Disk (a.k.a. the Tron Sound Dock) started shipping last week and is now on sale at select retailers including Apple (online), Amazon, OneCall, Frys and many others. If you’re itching for a sneak peak be...
Monster Goes to MacWorld 2011
Don’t know what MacWorld is all about? Check out our recap video to get a better idea! Monster posted up and gave attendees the chance to try out a bunch of headphones and other products that are “Mac-friendly.”
January 2011
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Straight From CES 2011: New Monster Products on...
Have you been wondering where you can get detailed information on new 2011 Monster products? We’ve got the scoop! But not just written details, we mean video info on the hot new stuff we rolled out at CES? Even better, detailed videos on new 2011 Monster products from Monster product managers themselves, on the CES floor?
Here are a few videos to get you started (PowerNet, Headphones,...
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Monster at NAMM 2011
Monster exploded into 2011 with a series of exciting and innovative product and partnership announcements. At the recent NAMM tradeshow in Anaheim, California, Monster’s booth was packed every hour of the 4 day show. Celebs were in abundance including Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Earth, Wind and Fire, Slayer’s Kerry King, Filter, and many more. Top DJs like DJ K Sly dropped by to rock the...
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #9
Tip #9
A Powerful Tip From The Floor at CES
A Powerful Tip From The Floor at CES
The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is well underway here in Las Vegas and while it’s impossible to take in everything (it is the world’s largest trade show after all) one thing is perfectly clear: the need for speed has never been greater!
Everywhere you go, there’s a new take on the convergence of...
Monster CES 2011 Wrap-Up
We had a blast at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas! We revealed some new Monster products, highlighted some old, and kept things interesting with continual announcements and multiple celebrity drop-bys! Here’s a little recap of the weekend for those who couldn’t make it or may have been snoozing...
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Miles Davis Trumpets High Performance In-Ear...
Stuff.tv, the major tech and lifestyle site, is on the CES beat keeping tabs on the hottest new gadgets. They just named the Monster Miles Davis Trumpets High Performance In-Ear Headphones as a top CES Hot Stuff award winner! Check out their recap.
The Miles Davis Trumpets follow the Miles Davis Tribute High-Performance In-Ear Headphones. The new Miles Davis Trumpet ...
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Monster Cable Press Conference Kicks Off CES 2011
Today we kicked-off the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show with our Monster-style press conference! While it’s not everything we have in store for you at this year’s CES, we did hit on a lot of exciting new products, announcements and partnerships. Whether you were looking forward to new headphones, or maybe hoping for some HDMI announcements and innovations, Monster didn’t fail...
December 2010
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Joel Silver of ISF on Signal Quality & HDMI...
Joel Silver, Founder & President of the Imaging Science Foundation, Inc. (ISF) has dedicated his professional life to improving video quality and has consulted with us here at Monster Cable. ISF’s mission is to improve the quality of electronic imaging. Toward that end, Silver and ISF travel the globe, consulting manufacturers; certifying and training video engineers and installers in...
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #8
Tip #8
A Tip About Tips
If you happened to score a new set of earphones, you may be experiencing the frustration of phones that fall out of your ears or fail to block out external noises. Or maybe they fit okay, but the in-ear speakers just don’t sound as good as you think they ought to.
There could be a very simple fix for your problem – and it doesn’t require smashing your new phones with a...
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #7
Tip #7
Clean Up Your Mobile Phone!
They look so sleek and modern, seemingly attached like permanent fixtures to the hands of people world wide. Cell phones, mobile phones, smart phones, whatever you call them, the hallmarks of the modern era have progressed rapidly from exotic Dick Tracy fantasy to daily necessity. And, in the process, they’ve morphed from simple communication devices to...
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #6
Tip #6
Wired For Your Best Game!
If your household is home to one or more devoted video gamers, chances are you’ve been subjected to non-stop pestering for the newest game consoles like the Sony PS3 or the Xbox 360. No doubt about, these machines are the best of the best and deliver performance unimaginable even a few short years ago.
One of the greatest features of the latest generations of...
Monster HDMI and Daniweb.com's 50-Foot Cable...
Putting in your dream video theater this holiday season? Making the right connectivity choices DOES matter - particularly if you’re going for in-wall installation. Check out the results of Daniweb.com’s Round-up of 50-foot HDMI Cables...
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #5
Tip #5
Wire Your Home … Without Wires!
You don’t have to be clairvoyant to read the tea leaves and see that the delivery of entertainment on physical media is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Audio cassettes and VHS tapes gave way to CDs and DVDs which are now in turn being replaced by online digital delivery of content. For movie fans, the final moment of truth came when popular DVD...
Monster Music's George Benson Nominated for Grammy
George Benson, the renowned jazz, R&B and soul musician, was just nominated for a Grammy for Best Surround Sound album for his, “Songs and Stories”. We are honored to have him on Monster Music! “Head Monster” Noel Lee played a key role in the mix of the album as a surround producer along with John Burk and Marcus Miller. The album was released on a Monster HDS...
Monster Tron Legacy T1 Headphones on USA Today...
USA Today released “Accessorize: Gift ideas for the gadget geeks in your life,” an awesome gift guide by Marc Saltzman that works as a go-to reference when searching for the perfect something for your perfect albeit geeky someone. The guide covers Monster’s Tron Legacy T1 Over-Ear headphones as well as Heartbeats by Lady Gaga. Also, the guide points to some cool smartphone...
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #4
Tip #4:
5 Tips to Safe Shopping & Avoiding Counterfeits
With the holidays approaching chances are you’re getting excited to grab a new product at a great deal. But before you go shopping online for Monster headphones, Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, hdmi or any other Monster product be aware, as strange as it may sound, there’s an entire world of counterfeit electronic products out there that...
November 2010
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #3
Tip #3:
A Hint for HD Travelers
Hotel rooms just aren’t what they used to be – and that’s a good thing! Warehouses around the country are filling up with the bulky cabinets that used to house the equally bulky 25” cathode ray TVs that were the hotel standard for decades. Those relics have now been replaced – virtually overnight, it seems – by sleek wall-mounted HDTVs.
At the same time,...
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #2
Tip #2:
It Isn’t HD Without HDMI!
Buying an HDTV, Blu-ray player or HD DVD is always exciting. With prices dropping and screen sizes getting bigger and bigger more and more people are taking the plunge. Whether for a holiday present or a last-minute splurge before the Big Game, ‘newbies’ are always thrilled the first time they hook everything up and turn on the large screen.
Instead of...
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Monster Connectivity Weekly Plug-In Tip #1
Tip #1:
Connecting a Smart Phone to your High Definition Television
The newest generation of Smart Phones shoot both high definition video and higher resolution still pictures than ever before. What most people don’t realize is that to get the most out of these new devices, you still need HDMI cables just like you use with your HDTV. Phones like the HTC EVO and Droid X now come equipped...
Statement from Monster
Monster was recently made aware by Apple that some of our Jamz™, Turbine™ and Heartbeats™ headphones with ControlTalk™ may experience some irregularities under certain circumstances (it does NOT affect ControlTalk™ Universal). This irregularity potentially affects a very small fraction of our headphones and to this date we have received no customer complaints. However, because the customer...
October 2010
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Mobile Jamz FTW!
Monster’s Mobile Jamz Headphones Deliver
Gregg Ellman, technology and gadget reviewer, recently experienced our Mobile Jamz in-ear headphones… check out what he had to say:
“Monster’s Mobile Jamz high-performance music headphones not only put the finishing touch on any portable music system with great sound, but also help you get the music from computer to portable...
Monster + Daft Punk = ?...
Monster Finished a Triathlon!
Well, kind of…
In all honesty, it was one of our amazing Monster and Beats supporters, Jim Ragual, who completed the Ironman Triathlon World Championship. The insanely long race (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, 26.2 mile run) took place in Kona, Hawaii this past Saturday. To make things even more impressive, this wasn’t just his first time competing, but Jim’s second time in...
Evolving Social Media through Consumer Electronics
The movie “The Social Network” hit theaters this weekend and while it may seem like a stretch from consumer electronics, at Monster we see social media and technology evolving together. Just a few years ago a TV was a completely one way device: you watched what it played. Now thanks to Internet TV technology you can open YouTube Videos, go to Twitter, and even post content right from some devices...
August 2010
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Monster announces CleanTouch for Touchscreens… How...
For years now Monster has been offering Screen Clean products to safely and effectively clean your TV, Laptop, GPS, Camera and all sorts of other portable electronics and this week we unveiled our latest clean product – CleanTouch.
With so many touchscreens in our lives from iPads & tablets to the latest smartphones fingerprints are everywhere. Clean Touch is a new product from Monster...
Monster hits the Concorso Italiano Car Show in...
This year and every year in August is what automotive enthusiasts call the perfect storm that happens in the sunny and quaint town of Monterey. The 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance weekend is comprised of events such as the Italiano Concourso on Friday, Race of the Historics at the famed Laguna Seca track on Saturday, and to complete the perfect three-day weekend at the historic Pebble Beach...
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Greetings from Shanghai with Yao Ming!
Greetings from Shanghai!!
We just completed our last Yao Monster press conference over here in Asia! Woohoo! It’s been extremely fun and a great learning experience but we are all ready to get home!
Once again Monster and Yao Ming put on a spectacular event for local press and dealers alike. The event started with Noel Lee, the Head Monster, showcasing Monster’s incredible product offerings to the...
July 2010
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A First Look at Monster Mobile Jamz!
The kind folks at the YouTube tech channel Tech Waffle have posted a great unboxing/1st impressions video for the new Monster Mobile Jamz High Performance Music Phone Headphones! You can check out the video below, and be sure to follow the channel for an upcoming full review and details on how you can win a pair!
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Monster introduces Taipei to the new Yao Monster...
Yesterday we made our way over to Taipei, Taiwan to put together two fantastic events for the Yao Monster line at the night club Spark in the world famous Taipei 101 (the second tallest building in the world). The day started with a dealer introduction & training where we electronic retailers come from all over the country to learn about Monster products and M5. For many of them this is the...
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Behind-the-Scenes of the 'Yao Monster' Lifestyle...
Hi everyone!
This is Crystal (Product Marketing Manager) from Monster. I’m checking in from China where we just announced our new partnership with NBA star Yao Ming and the launch of a new line of ‘Yao Monster’ lifestyle products in China!
Here’s an insider look at everything we’ve been up to this week preparing for the launch:
NBA players arriving Wednesday to the Crown Plaza Hotel...
June 2010
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Sound, Comfort, Fit – Selecting the Right Ear-Tip
“There’s a better way to get a good fit…”
As consumption of mobile media through iPod, iPhone, iPad and mobile music phones has grown, so has awareness that better sound can be had with alternative headphones to what came packaged with these devices. As a result, more and more third party headphones are being purchased. Because of price and portability, the choice of...
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Pro MI: Getting the most out of your IEC Cable
In this first blog posting for Monster’s Professional Musical Instrument (Pro MI) line we are going to talk about a cable that musicians use every day but many have most likely have never considered upgrading. The cable is generically referred to as an IEC cable. An IEC connector is the common name for the set of thirteen mains electricity cable mount female connectors (called the connector in...
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Apple's iPad and the Fight Against Fingerprints
Apple’s popular new iPad is the latest, and one of the most exciting, developments in personal computing. It combines high functionality with a sleek design and an engaging interface that’s fun and easy to use. But with a lot of use comes lots of fingerprints, leading to dirty and grimy screens. There’s even an app that pokes fun at the problem!
So what’s the best way to keep your...
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May 2010
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You've Never Heard of a Guarantee this Good for...
When you buy a premium, high-performance product, like Turbine Pro In-ear Speakers, you expect it to last a lifetime. It shouldn’t only perform at an extremely high level out of the box, but it should keep performing as long as you own it. That’s why Turbine Pros come with a lifetime warranty on parts and manufacturing. It’s a no-brainer and a warranty we offer with full...