Monster's CEDIA booth tour

To no one's surprise, Monster was out in force at this year's CEDIA, and it was probably packin' enough cabling to wire up the whole show by itself. 'Course, it also brought along its home control devices, wall mounts, power conditioners and the obligatory shag wagon, but notably, the Einstein Home Control System was no where to be found. The reason, along with an assortment of walkthrough pics, is over on EngadgetHD.

[DaLa @ Sep 7th 2007 2:05PM]

Monster is a company that preys on the unaware and unknowledgeable consumers in the electronics market. Everyone knows that, and ever video engineer in the field will agree. If you want a markup in the thousands of percentages above no name accessories, then Monster is your vendor. And FYI, I do work in that field.

[Zeal @ Sep 7th 2007 2:18PM]

Amen.

[Zeal @ Sep 7th 2007 2:18PM]

Amen.

[Peter @ Sep 7th 2007 5:36PM]

I don't mind paying 130 bucks for an HDMI cable, just because they look so god damn cool! =)

[JohnH @ Sep 7th 2007 2:21PM]

Too pricey for undocumentable/dubious claims for me.

[Bobo @ Sep 7th 2007 2:23PM]

I expected them to roll up in one of those covered wagons from the 1800's with the words Snake Oil printed across the side.

[Jesse S @ Sep 7th 2007 2:44PM]

I'm an audiophile (luckly, not a crazy one, I just care about music and getting good sound), and even I know Monster is complete bullshit. Poor consumers.

[Pete @ Sep 7th 2007 3:37PM]

So, they're delaying the Einstein system, huh? The updates on the PlutoHome website www.plutohome.com have slowed down significantly. I wonder if Monster is still using plutohome software for the Einstein system.

[Eli @ Sep 8th 2007 3:06AM]

A guy there spent five minutes explaining to me how their $399 'power conditioner' (read: surge protector) was an AWESOME deal because it also included an IR remote relay.

At least he gave me a shirt. I felt dirty for even walking through that booth.

[ashmist @ Sep 11th 2007 3:07AM]

I think a real power conditioner might have some validity in the audiophile world, assuming its not just a surge protector.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-power-conditioner.htm

[Steve @ Sep 9th 2007 1:10PM]

Monster is no better that the $10 cables in the no name aisle. Anybody who wants to argue about it can blow me because it's a FACT.