Blu-ray/DVD
Sony Launches Its First New 4K Blu-ray Player In Over Five Years – And It’s Good And Bad News
We're digging a nail out of 4K Blu-ray's coffin to celebrate
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The Power of HDMI® eARC Soundbars for TV Bundling
HDMI® eARC Soundbars can boost consumer satisfaction and average selling prices
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Onkyo Debuts New 5.2 Channel AVR – The TX-SR3100
Elevate Your Home Entertainment Experience with Immersive AV Technology
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Want To Grow Average Sales Price? Don’t Forget The Audio
As consumers upgrade their viewing experience with new high-res TVs, immersing them in audio with HDMI® eARC soundbars is only natural
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LG Announces 2023 Soundbar Pricing
LG Sound Bar C (SC9) and LG SE6 available now at LG.com and select LG-authorized retailers
Products
LG’s New OLED TVs Will Get An Audio Upgrade To Please Home Theater Lovers
DTS:X is coming to LG's 2023 OLED TVs
Audio
Polk Audio Adds Two New Dolby Atmos/DTS:X Soundbars
MagniFi Max AX and MagniFi Max AX SR include 11-speaker arrays featuring dedicated center channels, up-firing height speakers, and Polk’s Stereo Dimensional Array (SDA)...
Audio
Sony’s New HT-A7000 Flagship Soundbar Supports Dolby Atmos, DTS:X And HDMI 2.1
There's also a new HT-A9 four-speaker home cinema system
Audio
Vizio TV Focus: Gaming, Video, Voice Remote
Vizio unveils the game plan for its 2021 AV lineup
The Wire - Press Releases
New Center Channel Speaker for Atlantic Technology’s Flagship 8600 Home Theater System
Ultra-high performance center channel speaker is for uncompromising large-room surround sound systems Norwood, MA – November 16, 2020 – Atlantic Technology has brought to...
Audio
Review: Sony HT-Z9F Dolby Atmos/DTS:X Soundbar
Improves viewing experience in rooms where traditional surround system isn’t practical
Audio
Marantz Launches SR5012, SR6012 Network A/V Receivers
Marantz has introduced two new networked A/V receivers that allow multiroom audio playback via Heos integration. The SR5012 and SR6012 models are equipped with...
Audio
Sony Prices STR-DN1080 AVR, HT-ST5000 Flagship Soundbar, HT-MT300 Compact Soundbar
Sony Electronics revealed pricing for a trio of its newest audio devices, first previewed at CES in January. The lineup includes the STR-DN1080 audio/video...
Audio
Integra Adding MQA, Google Cast, Networked Multiroom To AVRs
Integra is bringing multiple technologies to its audio/video receivers for the first time, including networked multiroom audio, Google Cast for audio, and Master Quality...
Audio
Yamaha Expands Dolby Atmos, DTS:X In Aventage AVR Series
Yamaha is expanding Dolby Atmos and DTS:X object-based surround decoding to all models in its step-up Aventage audio/video receiver series, which ranges from a...
Audio
Definitive Technology Expands Dolby Atmos, DTS:X Support
Speaker maker Definitive Technology is expanding its support of Dolby Atmos and DTS:X surround with a ground-up redesign and re-engineering of its bipolar-speaker lineup....
Audio
Onkyo Goes High & Low With HT-S3800 & HT-S7800 Home-Theater Systems
Onkyo introduced two new home-theater systems on Monday, including one geared toward consumers still sitting on the soundbar/home-theater system fence. The HT-S3800 5.1-channel home-theater...
Audio
Pioneer Brings Wireless Multiroom, Google Cast To VSX-1131, VSX-831 AVRs
Pioneer Home Entertainment is bringing wireless multiroom audio, Google Cast and Tidal streaming to its Pioneer-series audio/video receivers for the first time, joining the...
Audio
Emotiva Prepares For Big Year With BasX, Other Audio Products
It’s turning out to be a big product year for Emotiva Audio, the high-performance component-audio supplier that sells direct to consumers and through retailers....
Audio
Low-Price Denon AVRs Ready For 4K HDR, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X
Denon continues to offer a full suite of capabilities to integrate its latest two S-series audio/video receivers with current and next-generation 4K Ultra HD...
Audio
Dolby Atmos, DTS:X Spread In Yamaha AVR Lineup
Yamaha is bringing Dolby Atmos and DTS:X object-based surround decoding for the first time to its RX-V series of low- to mid-price audio/video receivers,...
Audio
Denon, Marantz Add Auro-3D Surround To Select Components
D+M Group is making Auro-3D surround processing available for the first time as a $200 firmware upgrade available today for four high-end networked audio...
Audio
Onkyo Adding More AVRs With Google Cast, Tidal, Wireless Multiroom
Onkyo is bringing wireless multiroom-audio, Google Cast, and Tidal streaming to three RZ series audio/video receivers priced from a suggested $799 to $1,299. The...
Audio
Entry-Level AVR Hints At Yamaha’s Full AVR Lineup
Yamaha is offering a peek into its 2016 lineup of audio/video receivers with the launch of the opening-price RX-V381, which brings HDR-capable HDMI 2.0a...
Audio
Pioneer Adds Wireless Multiroom, Google Cast, Tidal To LX101, LX301 Elite AVRs
Pioneer Home Entertainment is bringing wireless multiroom audio, Google Cast, and Tidal streaming to its audio/video receivers for the first time. The company also...
Audio
Onkyo AVRs To Get Wireless Multiroom, Google Cast, Tidal
Onkyo is bringing wireless multiroom-audio, Google Cast, and Tidal streaming to its audio/video receivers for the first time. In unveiling four AVRs priced starting...
Audio
Yamaha Readies DTS:X Firmware Upgrades For Audio Products
Yamaha is joining Denon and Marantz in announcing DTS:X firmware updates for currently available products that feature Dolby Atmos. The Yamaha products consist of...
Audio
PSB Gets In On Dolby Atmos Action With Imagine XA Height Speaker
Speaker maker PSB is getting in on the Dolby Atmos action with the launch of its first Dolby Atmos-enabled speaker, a height-speaker module that...
Audio
James Loudspeaker Gives Audio A Wedgie
James Loudspeaker has developed its first two wedge-shaped home-audio speakers, both designed to mount vertically in the corner of a wall and horizontally where...
Audio
CES 2016: Dolby Atmos Comes To Philips Fidelio Soundbar
Another Dolby Atmos-equipped soundbar will come to market in the summer when Gibson Innovations ships a Philips-brand model. Yamaha already offers a high-end Atmos-equipped...
Audio
McIntosh Brings Wireless Multiroom To Luxury Market At CES
Luxury-audio brand McIntosh is bringing wireless multiroom-audio technology to new price and performance levels with the CES launch of two products equipped with DTS’s...
Audio
Samsung Bringing Dolby Atmos Soundbar To 2016 CES
Samsung will go to CES to join the short list of suppliers offering a soundbar equipped with Dolby Atmos object-based surround sound. Samsung’s HW-K950...
Audio
SVS Primes Multipurpose Speaker For CES Launch
Speaker maker SVS is going to CES with a compact speaker that can be used in almost any application in a home theater, including...
Audio
Audio On Key For CES
Audio retailers will head for CES with the wind behind their backs, though the wind might not be as gusty as it was last...
Audio
Marantz Sets Timetable For DTS:X Updates
Marantz will offer DTS:X firmware upgrades for two audio/video receivers and two home theater preamp/processors in February and March. The updates will add DTS:X...
Audio
DTS:X Surround Coming To ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ Blu-ray Disc
“The Last Witch Hunter” will be the fourthBlu-ray disc available with DTS:X object-based surround soundtracks, DTS said. Other Blu-ray titles with DTS:X include “Ex...
Audio
CEDIA Expo: Dolby Atmos, DTS:X Options Grow From Indy Audio Labs, Triad Speakers
Object-based surround options for home theaters continue to grow at the CEDIA Expo, where Triad Speakers expanded its selection of Dolby Atmos speakers and...
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CEDIA Expo: Sony Debuts 4K Laser Projector
Three new long-throw 4K home cinema projectors launched by Sony at the CEDIA Expo include the $59,999-suggested VPL-W5000ES laser projector said to deliver multiple...
Audio
CEDIA Expo: AudioControl AVRs Ready For Latest 4K Sources, Object-Based Audio
AudioControl will go to the CEDIA Expo next week with nine new products, including its first two AVRs equipped with Dolby Atmos, HDCP 2.2,...
Audio
DTS:X Coming To ‘American Ultra’ Blu-ray On Nov. 24
A second Blu-ray title with DTS:X object-based sound tracks will hit the market on Nov. 24 with the availability of “American Ultra” from Lionsgate...
Audio
Pioneer Jumps On DTS:X Bandwagon
Pioneer launched its first three audio/video receivers that can be upgraded to decode DTS:X object-based surround soundtracks. Their predecessors featured Dolby Atmos object-based surround...