Monster, Dr. Dre & Interscope Records Introduce Headphones
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 6, 2008 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CES 2008
Show coverage sponsored by ASUS
Monster's founder, Noel Lee, was on his Segway again this time at CES introducing a few new products. Mr. Lee was on his education kick once again, asking for the press' help to educate consumers on why some HDMI cables cost $125 while others cost $25.
Why is this education necessary? Well, it could have something to do with the fact that Monster is announcing a brand new member of its speed rated cable lineup: the Ultimate High Speed M1000HD HDMI cable. The Ultimate High Speed cables are rated for speeds greater than 14.93Gbps, but as we outlined before the performance rating is overkill for the most commonly used short cable runs.
The big announcement of the day however was the introduction of a new set of headphones, branded by none other than legendary hiphop artist and producer Dr. Dre. Along with longtime friend and Chairman of Interscope records, Jimmy Iovine, Dre introduced his new headphones called: beats.
Appearing in a velour track suit, Dr. Dre didn't really fit in with the Monster crowd, but his reputation as a perfectionist is supposedly what drove the development of the beats headphones.
The beats by Dr. Dre will be available starting in May/June of this year with a price tag of $399.95. The beats headphones will ship with an iPhone compatible connector.
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blwest - Sunday, January 6, 2008 - link
Behold, the power of digital. My 6' $10 hdmi cable works fine. The only way I'd purchase a higher quality cable is if I had a REALLY long run that was permanently sealed in a wall. I can order 12 more online from Amazon (free shipping) if this one somehow fails.YSL - Sunday, January 6, 2008 - link
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I can't say anything but this is idiotic. If he doesn't realize by now that people have figured out he's full of tihs by now, he never will.bob4432 - Sunday, January 6, 2008 - link
i guess places like monoprice are getting at his bottom line - he need to create more propoganda....and kill the internet - too much information as to why people don't need my fancy boxed $6 cable that is marked $125.dr dre looks real happy to be there....
HotdogIT - Sunday, January 6, 2008 - link
Haha, yeah, Dre looks very, very... bored. Poor guy.j@cko - Sunday, January 6, 2008 - link
does this headphone make me rap as good as dre?bob4432 - Sunday, January 6, 2008 - link
i am sure according to mr monster it would, hahaSamus - Sunday, January 6, 2008 - link
how do they overclock?Iketh - Sunday, January 6, 2008 - link
oh man where are the post ratings?? i laughed so hard...kristof007 - Monday, January 7, 2008 - link
samus that is 6 star post. way to go!