Audio/Video

Polk Audio continues to sharpen its focus on “solutions and applications-oriented products” with the planned launch of wireless subwoofers and a wireless speaker that...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) might be able within a few weeks to approve the compromise proposal by iBiquity and National Public Radio (NPR)...

Wisdom Audio is adding on-wall planar-magnetic speakers to its Sage Series of in-room and in-wall planar-magnetic speakers. The three, shipping in December, include the...

Invisible in-wall and in-ceiling speakers appeared in the Triad Speakers portfolio for the first time. The Designer-series invisible speakers, intended for distributed-audio and surround-channel...

More than 700 people, including dealers and government officials, attended the grand opening of Crestron’s 8,000-square-foot Experience Center, where dealers, architects and interior designers...

Russound completed its acquisition of Colorado vNet and vowed to maintain the vNet brand and keep its distribution separate. Colorado vNet, the manufacturer of...

Boston Acoustics expanded its selection of wireless subwoofers with three models in its Classic series at street prices of $399 to $599. The company...

AMX has entered the HDMI distribution market, brought out tabletop versions of its in-wall keypads and select touchpanels, and launched its first in-wall touchpanel...

Krell Industries founders and majority owners Dan and Rhondi D’Agostino are in discussions with minority owner KP Capital Partners about “the future direction of...

Crestron is maintaining its home-theater presence with next-generation Procise-series components and an updated version of its Adagio Digital Media System (ADMS) Intermedia Delivery Media...

In unveiling four new A/V receivers (AVRs) and two preamp processors at the CEDIA Expo, Integra expanded its selection of audio components equipped with...

Zvox went to the CEDIA Expo with four new single-chassis TV-audio systems, all designed to connect to a TV’s audio outputs to amplify TV...

Classé Audio, the subsidiary of Bowers & Wilkins, arrived at the CEDIA Expo with its new Custom Theater (CT) series of four amplifiers and...

Control4, the supplier of IP-based home-control systems, was in an expansive mood here at the CEDIA Expo, where it launched its next-generation operating system...

The inclusion of Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) support in Microsoft’s planned Windows 7 operating system will give DNLA “a further push into the...

Retrofit, remodeling, and diversification opportunities along with more affordable home-control systems will move to the top of the agenda for many installers and exhibitors...

Marvell, the maker of chip-based video processing and up-scaling technology QDEO, recently revealed it has developed a Blu-ray test disc to help video enthusiasts...

Beaverton, Ore. – Following last-minute negotiations and arrangements, Planar’s Runco International said Tuesday it now plans to exhibit at the 2009 CEDIA Expo in...

Kirkland, Wash. – Digeo Tuesday sweetened the pot for purchasers of its Moxi HD DVR set-top box for digital-cable subscribers. The company, which is...

SpeakerCraft is developing its first IP-based multi-room-A/V system, which will distribute multiple simultaneous streams of audio and 1080p video over category cable from connected...

Sonic Solutions busily expanded its Roxio CinemaNow online video service in July, revealing plans to launch the first 3-D entertainment content offerings online, to...

Long Beach, Calif. – Pioneer Electronics has introduced a slim portable DVD/CD writer that targets the growing netbook market. Model DVR-XD09 is said to...

Dallas – A recently released tracking study on digital-to-analog converter boxes from Digital Tech Consulting (DTC) found that nearly 7 million units shipped during...

Peabody, Mass. – Boston Acoustics expanded its flagship VS series of in-room speakers to seven SKUs with the shipment of the most slender VS...

Secaucus, N.J. – Panasonic is offering visitors to its www.LivinginHD.com website an opportunity to win a 54-inch class Panasonic Viera V10 series 1080p plasma...

Washington – Home audio products equipped with Internet radio will continue to access a broad variety of pure-play music-streaming sites following a music-industry agreement....

San Diego – Sony introduced Tuesday its latest DVDirect recorder, which is said to be 60 percent smaller than previous models. The Sony model...

Berkeley, Calif. – Sumiko, the importer and marketer of multiple high-end audio electronics brands, has begun shipping its first high-end digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with...

Russound is dropping plans for one powerline-network multi-room-audio system to concentrate on another powerline system that it contends delivers more at a lower price....

Yamaha significantly revamped its MusicCAST wireless multi-room-audio system and unveiled a new type of audio component as its strikes out into new directions. With...

Philips plans fourth-quarter shipment of its first wireless-HD transmitter/receiver system and late-June shipments of its first Blu-ray-equipped home theater in a box (HTiB) system,...

Marantz America launched a two-SKU two-channel component-audio Pearl series to celebrate 30 years of product development by Marantz audio designer Ken Ishiwata. Designed and...

HAI, Lutron Systems Mate NEW ORLEANS — Home Automation (HAI) integrated control of Lutron HomeWorks lighting systems and window-shade control into Version 3.1 firmware...

Continuing its home-theater development partnership with Atlantic Technologies, Epson America last week unveiled three Ensemble HD Home Cinema Systems for the A/V specialty, CE...

Onkyo introduced an add-on HD Radio tuner for its latest receivers and a new iPhone/iPod dock, which is the company’s first dock with Works...

Russound expanded its C5 series of multi-room-audio products with the shipment of the MCA-C5 multizone controller-amplifier and MDK-C5 multiline in-wall keypad at stret prices...

Installed multiroom audio and home theaters held up relatively better than other installed home technologies in 2008 despite the housing market crash and the...

A trio of new low- to midprice A/V receivers (AVRs) from Onkyo include the world’s first AVR with Dolby Pro Logic IIz post processing,...

Unit sales of MP3-player speaker docks continued to rise in 2008 despite the severe economic downturn, and the majority of unit sales came in...

CasaTools has begun shipping the $1,199-suggested CasaTunes XLe and the $2,199 CasaTunes XLe Music Server products for larger homes, multi-home dwellings and offices. Both...

Consumers with iTunes-tagging HD Radios can tag songs broadcast by any HD Radio station that transmits song and artist title in its program service...