Audio Video News

Sort By:  Post Date TitlePublish Date
Audio Video News
February 2017 Top Picks at a Glance
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2017  | 
February may be the shortest month of the year but it was long on noteworthy product recommendations from your favorite magazine, including three that made our Top Picks of the Year list. Among these most recent picks is a cinema-caliber projector, an affordable yet powerful home automation system, a killer subwoofer, and a speaker system that is striking sonically and visually.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Audio’s New Powerhouse: Sound United Acquires D+M
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2017  | 
Sound United today announced its acquisition of the D+M Group, a move that unites five venerable brands in one of the biggest brand consolidations in the history of audio.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video NewsNew Products
Vizio Kicks Off New E-Series with 75" and 80" Screens
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2017  | 
Vizio today unveiled the new SmartCast E-Series of video displays featuring built-in Chromecast streaming, full-array LED backlighting in screen sizes from 32 to 80 inches, and high dynamic range (HDR) capability in models with screens 55 inches and larger.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Alexa Update Coming to Yamaha MusicCast Products
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2017  | 
Yamaha today announced that a free firmware update due out this fall will bring Amazon Alexa voice control to its MusicCast series of wireless multiroom products.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
2016: A Record Breaking Year for Audio
SV Staff  |  Feb 27, 2017  | 
Audio ended 2016 on a high note with global sales growing 28 percent to $10.2 billion in the last three months of the year, according to new google research from U.K.-based Futuresource Consulting.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
New Chip Brings VR Audio to Any Headphone
SV Staff  |  Feb 27, 2017  | 
Waves Audio, developer of audio processing technologies, today announced an integrated circuit said to enable any device to “faithfully reproduce” 5.1 and 7.1 surround and virtual reality (VR) audio content over ordinary stereo headphones.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Is a 4K Apple TV Just Around the Corner?
SV Staff  |  Feb 24, 2017  | 
Apple is testing a fifth-generation Apple TV capable of streaming in 4K/Ultra HD (UHD), according to a recent BloombergTechnology report. The news comes weeks after Apple hired away the executive who had been running Amazon’s Fire TV division.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
LG Announces 2017 OLED/Super UHD TV Pricing
SV Staff  |  Feb 23, 2017  | 
LG today announced pricing and availability for many of the OLED and Super UHD TVs unveiled at CES in January.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video NewsNew Products
Bryston Unveils ‘Lightning Fast’ Digital Music Player
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2017  | 
Bryston today announced a digital music player/entertainment hub that supports “virtually all” digital file formats and resolutions including DSD 128 and high-resolution PCM up to 32-bit/384kHz.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
LG Smart TV Platform Certified for Cybersecurity
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2017  | 
LG’s webOS has become the first smart TV platform to be cybersecurity-certified by UL, the independent safety testing company.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video NewsNew Products
Como Audio Expands Wireless Speaker Lineup
SV Staff  |  Feb 21, 2017  | 
Como Audio has expanded its line of wireless music systems with a two-way speaker that converts its entry-level Solo into a stereo system.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Smartphones: It’s All About Video
SV Staff  |  Feb 21, 2017  | 
The thought of watching video on a smartphone might have seemed crazy a decade ago, yet nearly six in 10 consumers (57 percent) around the world watch videos on their phones every day, according AOL’s annual advertising study—virtually the same as the number of people (58 percent) who watch videos on a laptop or desktop every day.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video NewsNew Products
Elite Unveils Light-Rejecting, Ultra Short-Throw Screen
SV Staff  |  Feb 21, 2017  | 
Elite Prime Vision (EPV) has introduced an ambient-light-rejecting projection screen designed for use with ultra-short-throw projectors that sit against the wall at the base of the screen.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video NewsNew Products
Esoteric ‘Opens New Horizon’ with $27K SACD Player
SV Staff  |  Feb 20, 2017  | 
Sometimes a product name says it all. Like the recently introduced Grandioso K1 SACD player from Toyko-based Esoteric, which sells for a cool 27 grand.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Facebook TV Video App Coming Soon
SV Staff  |  Feb 20, 2017  | 
Facebook has announced plans to launch a free app in the coming weeks that will let owners of Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung Smart TVs watch Facebook videos on the big screen.
Continue Reading »

Pages

X