Audio/Video

It hasn’t been easy for custom installers to attract new clients during the past two years, but it has been relatively easy for CEDIA...

The cable industry is working to help consumer electronics retailers simplify the process of selling HDTV and other cable services by deploying an interactive...

High-definition TV manufacturers advise retailers to begin working with their local cable operators now to prepare for the arrival of digital-cable-ready TV sets later...

Audio suppliers are making walls, in a sense, disappear so they can deliver the best possible sound quality. Yamaha, Bang & Olufsen and Meridian...

Long established as a major Chinese OEM resource for leading consumer electronics brands, Amoisonic this month began selling products under its own brands —...

Home and commercial automation devices incorporating a new low-power wireless-network standard could be available in the second or third quarters of next year, according...

Tivoli Audio CEO Tom DeVesto has launched a new company, Sapphire Solutions, to fill a niche for what he called affordable high-efficiency home speakers...

The Windows Media Audio (WMA) format got another boost in the portable audio market when b-to-b download service MusicNet adopted the WMA format to...

Sony used the Home Entertainment Expo here to unveil new lines of A/V speciality products under the ES, Grand Wega, XBR Plasma Wega and...

Feeling the need for a promotional campaign that is “more focused” on the DVD-Audio format, members of eight companies and organizations announced the formation...

Organizational changes at Atlantic Technology will expand customer support, improve training and accelerate product development, according to majority owner OAC Group. The changes will...

High-definition television will take center stage at this week’s National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) show, as manufacturers introduce expanded lines of HD-capable digital...

Sony will venture to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) show this week to unveil a new generation of HD capable set-top boxes,...

Apple’s new authorized download service, the iTunes Music Store, transfers downloaded songs only to Apple’s new trio of iPods, and it might stay that...

Panasonic is incorporating DVD-Audio playback in three of five component DVD players, one of four DVD-VCR units, two DVD-RAM recorders a two-speaker shelf system...

TDK is stepping up its diversification drive with the shipment of its first hard-disc-drive (HDD) home jukebox, which will be followed later this year...

Sony Electronics introduced the DCR-PC105 Mini DV Handycam as the latest edition to its family of ultra-compact Mini DV format digital camcorders. The new...

A re-entry into fully integrated HDTV sets, and the announcement of a TiVo “home media server” with a free basic subscription offer, highlighted Toshiba’s...

Although the 2003 edition of Runco’s Mexico Getaway for top-selling dealers was focused on Runco’s lines of elite video systems, company executives were preparing...

NHT will take over sales of Fosgate Audionics and MB Quart home audio products on May 1, but the three brands’ engineering and technical...

Sonance’s first custom-install source unit, a multizone 160GB music server, enables the company to offer an “end-to-end Sonance-branded system,” said marketing director Petro...

The Professional Audio Video Retailers Association (PARA) mixed somber, survival-strategy seminars with pep talks during its 24th annual conference. About 400 A/V retailers, custom...

Digital 5.1-channel surround is getting the “high five” from the content community. The availability of 5.1-channel digital TV (DTV) continues to grow through digital...

On March 30, 2003, all-sports cable TV network ESPN will make history with its first baseball game — between the California Angels and Texas...

Custom home-theater installer Starpower launched Zenith Electronics new HDTV-capable personal video recorder (PVR) at the retailer’s biannual High Definition Expo-Spring 2003 event this month....

Falling prices, stepped-up retail merchandising and advertising programs and an intriguing form factor have combined to fuel explosive growth levels for flat-panel TVs in...

Anyone looking for clues on how the audio market is evolving should take a look at Sony’s 2003 products. The lineup includes Dolby Digital...

Sony plans March shipments of a minisystem that connects wirelessly to a home PC. The minisystem, expected to retail at an everyday $300, comes...

Vivitar introduced a video-projector line including several models focused on home theater presentation. In all, the new compact video projectors will include two LCD-based...

The Petters Group has entered the competitive DVD-player market with products it will market under the popular Polaroid brand. Petters will use the trademark...

Panasonic held the top market share in U.S. plasma TV sales, according to a new report released by Audio/Visual market research group TFCinfo Corp....

Ethernet-based home networking products will gain a stronger foothold in the custom-installation market in 2003, when upscale home control will become available to a...

Thomson expanded its selection of portable hard-drive-equipped music players, introduced its first portable audio/video recorder, and launched the industry’s first home-theater-in-a-box (HTiB) system equipped...

More than two-thirds of the home-theater-in-a-box (HTiB) systems sold to consumers during the first three quarters of this year were equipped with separate or...

Suppliers will go to CES in January with plans to unveil more audio products that network together and with PCs, more products that integrate...

LAS VEGAS — Key video trends likely to emerge at the 2003 International CES will include more and larger flat panel televisions; lower-cost DVD...

For the first time ever, PARA will offer management seminars at CES, said PARA member services director Jeannette Howe. Eight three-hour sessions at the...

Philips Consumer Electronics recently presented The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) here with recordable DVD+RW equipment to help the center transfer...

Audio importer/marketer Sumiko is expanding its selection of Vienna Acoustics-brand loudspeakers, Primare-brand electronics, and Sonus Faber speakers to tap new segments in the component-electronics...

The DVD Forum denied a published report that it had approved a Toshiba/NEC HD DVD blue laser disc format, saying it continues to study...

The four-year-old inter-industry effort to develop an installation-training curriculum is making inroads with private and public technical schools and colleges. In 2001, more than...

Presidents who prefer wholesome entertainment alternatives in the White House can thank Lynn Fields of San Francisco-based Linstall for the custom home theater that...