Audio/Video

NEW YORK – Audio suppliers are filling up the fourthquarter pipeline with a variety of products that fill niches from the low to high...

HALF MOON BAY, CALIF. — GoPro recently introduced the next generation of its popular go-anywhere 1080p HD video camera – the HD Hero2. The...

PURCHASE, N.Y. – Yamaha will expand its selection of active soundbars, headphones and iPod/iPhone-docking tabletop audio systems at January’s International CES, Yamaha Electronics president...

HARRISON, N.J. – Panasonic announced a three-year extension of its sponsorship of Major League Soccer (MLS), and added a sponsorship program with U.S. Soccer...

SUNNYVALE, CALIF. – Silicon Image recently expanded its popular InstaPort technology for HDMI-enabled TVs and source components with InstaPrevue, a system designed to take...

INDIANAPOLIS – Multi-room-audio supplier NuVo entered the wireless-audio market here at the CEDIA Expo, where it launched two amplified zone players that use Wi-Fi...

INDIANAPOLIS — Among the biggest developments to come out of the recent CEDIA Expo 2011 was the introduction of a pair of technologies that...

INDIANAPOLIS — TiVo introduced at CEDIA Expo, here, its Premiere Elite cable-based set-top box featuring four tuners and 2TB of hard-drive capacity and targeting...

INDIANAPOLIS – Digital Projection International (DPI) traveled to CEDIA Expo to present a new twist for natively handling 2:35:1 aspect ratio material without a...

ELKHART, IND. — Lexicon will go to the CEDIA Expo with a surround-sound preamp/processor incorporating Harman’s proprietary Quantum- Logic Surround 3D (QLS 3D) post...

NEW YORK — A challenging economy and challenging high-end market haven’t dampened the enthusiasm of enthusiast-run audio companies that continue to bring new products...

LOS ANGELES – Audyssey Laboratories is expanding its portfolio of tabletop audio products with its first pair of active speakers, which contain a variety...

SWAMPSCOTT, MASS. — Zvox is bringing new features to its Z-Base series of low-profile single-cabinet sound systems that improve flat-panel TV sound, deliver virtual...

SAN DIEGO — Sony this month unveiled a new affordably priced SXRD 3D projector, which is slated to ship in the U.S. next month...

NEW YORK – Samsung will begin a 3D VOD streaming capability on its 3DTVs beginning this month, according to Tim Baxter, president of the...

SHARON, MASS. – Lenbrook America will begin on June 1 to sell its NAD and PSB home audio brands through in-house regional sales managers...

NEWMARKET, N.H. – Sister companies Russound and Colorado vNet are focusing on IP-based multiroom- audio distribution in a series of new products. The vNet...

OAKDALE, MINN. — TDK Life On Record has begun rolling out its expanded selection of premium audio products, including iPod-docking boomboxes, an iPod-docking tabletop...

Buena Park, Calif. – Yamaha launched a quartet of moderately priced A/V receivers that feature improved integration with Apple devices and reduce the opening...

NEW YORK – Samsung revealed the pricing of its 2011 home audio lineup, which includes the industry’s first A/V receiver with embedded 3D Blu-ray...

NEW YORK — As the first of the 2011 3DTVs start to arrive in retail stores, the consumer electronics industry finds itself in the...

NEWMARKET, N.H. — New media sources, including cloud-based A/V streaming services, will play a larger role in Russound’s future. The company plans May shipment...

ARLINGTON, VA. – Sales of home audio products that incorporate MP3-player docks, Internet radio and HD Radio are on the rise, Consumer Electronics Association...

COLUMBIA, MD. – HD Radio developer iBiquity Digital forecasts strong OEM gains among automakers in 2011. The company expects a total of 109 vehicle...

SAN DIEGO – Sony said it is now offering Mac compatible software for owners of its Bloggie Touch camcorders. The streamlined editing and publishing...

LAS VEGAS — Among all of the companies that attended the 2011 International CES, Sonic Solutions had to be one of the busiest. Just...

LAS VEGAS — One of the biggest head turners at the recent International CES was not a mammoth flatscreen TV or new eye-popping larger-than-life...

LAS VEGAS — Onkyo will adopt Avnera-developed Rocketboost wireless-audio technology this year in AV receivers to deliver music wirelessly to a second audio zone,...

LAS VEGAS — New pocket camcorders were positioned at International CES to expand beyond the bare bones feature set that propelled the category to...

LAS VEGAS — It’s been suggested that consumer confusion over and aversion to wearing 3D glasses have been among the biggest inhibiters to 3D...

LAS VEGAS – Teac is focusing on twochannel solutions in its Reference series and very-high-end Esoteric series. In the Reference series, six new two-channel...

LAS VEGAS — More iPad-docking speaker systems, more iPad speaker systems with rotating docks, and more high-end iPod speakers priced up to $599 will...

LAS VEGAS — With the popularity of Internet radio streaming to PCs on the rise, CE companies are trying to take PCs out of...

LAS VEGAS — Ever-thinner TVs are leaving little room for cinema-sized sound to go with their cinema- sized screens. Enter sound bars, the single-chassis...

NEW YORK — Home theater in a box (HTiB) systems with 3D Blu-ray players will proliferate at International CES, where the selection of active...

OAKDALE, MINN. — TDK, known originally for blank media and then audio, will re-enter the U.S. audio market next year with a new audio...

MONTEBELLO, CALIF. – Audio-component supplier Amplifier Technology (ATI) has added B&K Components to its house of audio brands, which includes ATI, AudioAccess, BGW and...

NEW YORK – Home audio products unveiled in time for the holiday selling season underscore the variety of new music sources influencing the development...

NORTHRIDGE, CALIF. — Harman Consumer is rolling out active displays at retail for a variety of its brands to drive up sales, said Dave...

ATLANTA — Darbee Vision and Entertainment Experience (EE) used the recent CEDIA Expo to demonstrate new 3D processing systems that combine their individual technologies...

ATLANTA — Sonos came to the CEDIA Expo to add a wireless iPod/iPhone dock as a new music source for the company’s wireless multi-room-audio...

ATLANTA — SpeakerCraft is changing its product and distribution strategy to survive the downturn in home construction and remodeling and win the allegiance of...