Audio/Video

Universal Electronics and Jasco rode the Z-Wave home-automation trend into International CES. Universal expanded its OEM selection of Z-Wave-equipped handheld remotes with its first...

Custom-installation suppliers showing off new products at CES include: Audioaccess: The $499-suggested aDock connects iPods to the company’s $2,199-suggested AVR21EN A/V receiver with built-in...

A trio of new wireless multiroom audio products from Philips consists of two stereo shelf systems and a standalone hard-disk music server. The introductions...

Custom-install growth will moderate in 2007, given the downturn in new-home construction, but most product segments will nonetheless continue to post healthy growth, many...

In one of its broadest product launches in decades, Polk is unveiling at least 21 new home speaker models that include the company’s first...

The high-definition optical disc format war is expected to build in intensity at International CES following recent pre-holiday Blu-ray Disc (BD) player introductions and...

TWICE: Are PC- and IT-industry brands winning the hearts and minds of music lovers at the expense of traditional audio suppliers and CE suppliers?...

LAS VEGAS—”Other video devices (videocassette recorders, digital video recorders such as hard drive and DVD recorders, etc.) that receive television signals — 100% of...

Sometimes looking ahead requires some looking back. It was in 2002 that the cable and consumer electronics industries began the sometimes painful and always...

The introduction of the compact disc more than two decades ago helped lift the fortunes of the home audio industry, which was reeling from...

Home audio products, from components to systems, will embrace new sources of content at next month’s International CES, where more products will control optional...

TWICE: Describe the potential for satellite radio and HD Radio in the home in 2007. Bales: Satellite radio will continue to grow and offer...

Soundmatters plans first-quarter shipment of a shoebox-size 250-watt powered subwoofer to complement an existing shoebox-size model with less than half the amplifier output. SUBstage...

In time for the holidays, Philips introduced two large-screen flat-panel TV sets — a 47W-inch 1,080p LCD TV and a 63W-inch 768p plasma set....

U.K.-based Arcam is now selling in the U.S. what it calls a “DVD/universal audio player” with advanced video upscaling for “near 1,080p resolution.” The...

Harman Kardon is launching its first iPod speaker system, which doubles as an AC/DC boombox and steps up the brand’s commitment to iPod connectivity....

The HD Digital Radio Alliance kicked off the final installment in its one-year $200 million marketing campaign on Nov. 13, when new radio ads...

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)-developed speaker-installation guide complements multiroom-audio system-design standards released last year to give installers all the information they need to design...

Electrograph Systems, a major player in the distribution of plasma and LCD TVs, will be the exclusive distributor of a line of flat-panel displays...

A wireless-connectivity technology backed by six major CE suppliers would be the first wireless technology to simultaneously stream multiple high-definition (HD) video programs in...

New Magnolia stores opening Oct. 27 in Santa Monica and Santa Clara, Calif., will be the first consumer retail showcases for Exceptional Innovations’s Lifeware...

Sanyo has launched a new home-theater-targeted LCD projector which is said to produce a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. The projector, model PLV-Z5 ($1,695 minimum advertised...

Single use digital camera manufacturer Pure Digital announced today that its video recorder is now able to upload video directly to Google Video or...

Just as “Full HD” 1,080p displays turned out to be the hot trend in TV technologies last year, flat-panel TVs with super high-contrast performance...

JVC put its name for the first time on home and portable audio products that dock with and recharge Apple’s iPods. The devices’ dedicated...

Fujitsu General America used CEDIA Expo to give A/V specialty retailers and custom installers a sneak peek at a new step-up high-end flat-panel TV...

Definitive Technology is expanding its custom Reference series with two models, one of which is the company’s first in-ceiling speaker with angled baffle for...

Polk focused on both ends of the price and performance spectrum at the CEDIA Expo, where the company expanded its architectural speaker presence to...

DENVER — Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America showed custom installers who attended CEDIA Expo this month a pair of high-definition 73W-inch 1,080p DLP TVs, and...

DENVER —Samsung showed at CEDIA a pair of new big-screen flat panel HDTV sets slated for distribution through A/V specialty and custom installers later...

KEF plans October shipments of its first iPod dock, which connects iPods and other-brand MP3 players to its two KEF Instant Theater HTiB systems....

Single-family housing starts are poised for their biggest percentage decline since 1990, but the custom-installation market continues to expand, and so will next week’s...

Zenith Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of LG, said that six digital television (DTV) manufacturers – Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu General, Enseo, Jabil Circuit, and Orion...

Yamaha incorporated the latest video technologies in new A/V receivers and DVD players to keep pace with the launch of 1,080p high-definition displays and...

Canon announced a string of new camcorders last week, including its first consumer-level HD camcorder, two additions to its professional HD series, and a...

Audio Design Associates (ADA) continues to roll out new audio products for the custom channel, expanding its line with a third home theater preamp/surround...

LG announced a portable DVD drive for transferring camcorder video to discs or for backing up personal data. The multi-format GSA-5169D features a one-touch...

Niles Audio plans new products numbering in the triple digits to mark the largest product introduction in its 28-year history. The company plans 115...

Apple’s Airport Express with AirTunes music-networking PC software has been available for two years, and during the 12 months ending May 2005, the combo...

Audyssey Laboratories has added its name to the short list of suppliers with room-compensation components that are equally at home in multiroom audio systems...

The number of home media servers sold in the United States will quintuple from about 11 million in 2006 to almost 50 million in...

Some audio suppliers see potential in applying room-acoustics compensation technology to multiroom audio systems. Some don’t. Two that do are TacT Audio and Polk,...