Audio/Video

More than 300,000 receivers and processors sold worldwide include THX Surround EX decoding technology, Lucasfilm announced. More than 23 home electronics companies worldwide have...

JVC announced a DVD promotion offering purchasers of any JVC home or car DVD or TV/DVD player a free DVD movie and/or DVD-Audio software...

EchoStar this month began a new retail program aimed at controlling subscriber churn. EchoStar CEO Charlie Ergen told analysts in a recent quarterly conference...

The Bluetooth special interest group stepped closer to finalizing a car Bluetooth specification that will let cellular phones connect wirelessly with an in-car hands-free...

CEA’s Video Division Board approved a series of 1394 interface logos that manufacturers can apply to products and packaging to help consumers identify 1394-equipped...

Bluetooth-enabled camcorders unveiled here by Panasonic and Sony underscore the potential and limitations of the emerging network technology and how manufacturers are hoping to...

As manufacturers and service providers continue to mine new revenue streams few consumer electronics products going forward will undergo as much change as the...

Following the lead of rival networks CBS and ABC, NBC began airing one of its new prime time television programs, — “Crossing Jordan” —...

Philips and Toshiba are looking to spark sales of their respective DVD players by offering special DVD disc giveaways with select new players this...

Audio Design Associates (ADA) is expanding the appeal of its distributed-AV system brand with the introduction of a pair of multiroom systems suitable for...

Be At Home has added a new lighting-control option to its home monitoring and control system and service. It is Lutron’s Radio RA RF-based...

Dealers and installers were surrounded by the latest surround formats and implementations during the CEDIA Expo. Suppliers increased the selection of receivers equipped with...

Ericsson, the marketer of wireless phones and telecom infrastructure, is targeting retail distribution for its broadband DSL and cable modems and a planned Internet...

Multidisc DVD-Audio/Video changers and multichannel SACD players drew attention at the CEDIA Expo, where the selection of DVD-A/V changers and multichannel SACD players grew....

Representatives from Sony’s Columbia Tri-Star Home Entertainment unit staged a CEDIA press conference to unveil its Superbit DVD encoding process that produces higher resolution...

Escient: The $1,999-suggested FireBall is a “music-search engine” that streams Internet audio (via the Radio Free Virgin service), stores music on its internal hard...

Infinity is stepping up the performance and price of its architectural speakers with the new CAS series, consisting of two models at $1,000 each...

AMX: A new 4- and 6-inch color touchscreen are the first touchscreens with motion sensors to automatically lights up the panel and hard buttons...

B&K: The company’s first multizone stereo receivers are the three-zone CT310 and six-zone 610 due in Q4 at a suggested $2,798 and $3,498, with...

For a product category set solidly in the high-end enthusiast range, significant attention is being given to promoting digital light processing (DLP) home theater...

Distributed-A/V products, home networking and products that centralize control of all home subsystems will get their fair share of attention during the CEDIA Expo....

According to the District Court ruling, the rules for streaming music over the Web, based on the 1995 Digital Performance Rights in Sound Recordings...

Startup Full Audio will concentrate on launching its subscription music-download service and put a hold on plans to offer related hardware, which would have...

Few successful business stories show more vision-turned-reality than the past seven years of growth by the U.S. DBS industry. What began on Dec. 17,...

Finalizing the mp3PRO codec is taking longer than expected, likely pushing back the launch of new RCA-brand mp3PRO-equipped Internet audio portables to 2002 from...

Samsung will diversify its portfolio of Yepp Internet audio portables in the summer and fall with its first MP3-CD portable, its first pendant-style flash-memory...

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA), DirecTV and EchoStar are appealing a recent court ruling that must-carry rules in the Satellite Home Viewer...

Klipsch will launch a revamped Aragon line in September and temporarily suspend Acurus marketing early next year after current Acurus inventories are depleted, Klipsch...

Motorola and Compaq are getting closer to introducing hard-drive-based audio jukeboxes intended for home A/V systems. Compaq’s first product, the iPAQ Music Center, is...

Klipsch wants to bring as much focus and clarity to its marketing efforts as its horn-loaded speakers bring to audio reproduction, the company says....

Samsung Electronics Co. announced it will integrate Bitstream Inc.’s Font Fusion rasterizing engine technology into its entire, worldwide product line of high-end entertainment devices...

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — Onkyo is rounding out its 2001 Onkyo-brand lineup with its first DTS ES-equipped receivers, its first LCD touchscreen remote,...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) will revamp its regional education program next year by adding small trade shows to...

NEW YORK — Philips Consumer Electronics has joined forces with director Martin Scorsese on a consumer education campaign to communicate the benefits of watching...

IRVINE, CALIF. — If all goes according to plan, what is believed to be the first mass-market approach to TV-set-based home-AV networks should arrive...

WESTBOROUGH, MASS. — Arch Wireless, a leading wireless messaging and mobile information company, signed a long-term agreement with Gemstar-TV Guide International to enable wireless...

The youthful PC-network category has not met supplier expectations at retail, but sales are likely to ramp up for the holiday season and take...

NEW YORK — In its biggest product launch in 1 1/2 years, Polk Audio introduced 13 products here during the Home Entertainment 2001 show...

BENICIA, CALIF. — NHT says it will change with the times. By next January, the company hopes to replace the rest of its non-custom...

LOS ANGELES — AIX Records will pack its first three DVD-Audio discs with multiple multichannel audio formats and multiple full-motion video tracks. The independent...

VENTURA, CALIF. — Four electronics industry consultants with different areas of expertise have banded together to form Cebiz (Cebiz.net), a one-stop marketing development and...

LITTLETON, COLO. — EchoStar said it is now offering an infrared-to-UHF upgrade kit that will enable consumers with Dish Network receivers powered by infrared-only...