Consumerist
-
recession
Who Is Mourning The Death Of Circuit City? Monster Cable
The notoriously litigious manufacturers of insanely and (some would argue) needlessly expensive cables, Monster Cable, are apparently hurting after the death of Circuit City. USAToday says that the company is slashing prices in order to increase market share. More » -
monster cable
The "Monster Difference" Is Easy To See When You Compare HDMI To Crappy Composite Cables
Engadget says they've caught Fry's electronics and Monster Cable pulling a fast one on their customers, again. They first noticed this cute little display last year, but it's apparently still being used. Here's how it works. More » -
cables
Remember: You Don't Need To Buy Expensive Cables For That New TV
Adam writes in with a reminder for those of you who got a new TV, Blu-Ray player, or video game system this holiday season: you don't need to spend a fortune on fancy HDMI cables. -
monster cable
MonsterCable Offers Wilted Olive Branch To MonsterMiniGolf
With the launch of monsterminigolftruth.com MonsterCable has offered a wilted olive branch to Monster Mini Golf. In summary: More » -
monster cable
Tell Monster Cable To Stop Suing A Monster-Themed MiniGolf Park
If you would like to tell Monster Cable that they're jerks for trying to shut down the family owned and operated Monster MiniGolf... More » -
monster cable
Monster Cable Sues Monster MiniGolf For Trademark Infringement
Monster Cable has decided to sue Monster MiniGolf for trademark infringement. Monster MiniGolf is a family startup by Patrick & Christina Vitagliano glow-in-the-dark monster-themed minigolf franchise with 23 locations. Monster Cable, which has an illustrious history of suing anything and everything with Monster in its name, makes the expensive cables that Best Buy is always trying to upsell you on that are no better than coat hangers. More » -
Here's a new excuse for bad service: AT&T is being plagued by copper thieves in Tennessee. The thefts of copper cables "has caused disruptions to voice and data communications, as well as emergency calls, company officials said." [The Tennessean]
MORE » -
defective products
Apple's MagSafe Adapters Still Fraying, Melting, Sucking
Apple's perpetually melting and fraying MagSafe adapters—apparently these things are made out of Styrofoam and rice paper—continue to cause trouble. Christine, call Apple and explain your problem, and see if they'll replace it for free.Hey Consumerist,
More » -
-
CBC Marketplace compared Monster cables with a midrange and a $12 HDMI cable. Both to the naked eye and to a computerized hardware test all the cable performed flawlessly. The only difference was the price. [CBC Marketplace]
-
hdmi
CNET Says Cheap HDMI Cables Just As Good As Pricey Ones
CNET has weighed in and agrees with what we've been telling you: cheap HDMI cables are just as good as pricey ones.Do you really need to spend that much money on a single HDMI cable? Absolutely not—those cables are a rip-off. You should never pay more than $10 for a standard six-foot HDMI cable. And despite what salesmen and manufacturers might tell you, there's no meaningful difference between the $10 cable and the $50 cable...The editors at CNET are so confident that cheap HDMI cables offer identical performance, we've been using inexpensive Monoprice HDMI cables in the CNET Home Theater Lab for more than a year with no issues.
They recommend buying from Monoprice. -
ask the consumerists
How To Design A Monster Vs Coat Hanger Experiment?
One of our readers is an enterprising psych major and he would really like to recreate the Monster Cable vs Coat Hanger test with laboratory-grade methodology, controls, and statistical measures. However, Adam needs your help. What is the minimum equipment he should buy, both audio equipment and coat-hanger-wise? -
An AT&T spokesman says yesterday's data network outages across the U.S. were the result of the cut undersea cable in the Mediterranean that's caused Internet and phone disruptions across Northern Africa, India and the Middle East. The cable will take 12-15 days to fix, although AT&T's U.S. network was back up by the end of the day yesterday. [The Seattle Times]
-
survey says
Best Buy Says You Don't Know What You're Doing With HD
Best Buy hired a firm to take a survey of the state of the American public's knowledge of HDTV, and sad results are in. You don't know what the hell is going on with your television. More »
- 1
1-13 of 13 for "Cables"
