Audio Video News

Sort By: Post DateTitle Publish Date
HT Staff  |  May 20, 2001
The Home Entertainment 2001 Show, held in New York City May 11-13, 2001, has received high marks and a standing ovation from show attendees, who came to experience some of the most innovative and exciting consumer electronics products in decades.
 |  May 20, 2001

The Home Entertainment 2001 show, held in New York City May 11–13, 2001, received high marks and a standing ovation from show attendees, who came to experience some of the most innovative and exciting consumer electronics products in decades.

SV Staff  |  Jan 04, 2008
Part 1 (see my post below) was full of tribute albums and cover songs. Now comes my second stash from 2007: The Year in Books About Music. You still have too much disposable cash left over from the holidays, right? Read (and buy) on! -Ken...
SV Staff  |  Jan 04, 2008
Flush with cash from the holidays? Eager to ka-ching those checks and hit the stores? I hear ya! I help ya! All through the past year, I've been gathering nuts & nuggets, squirrel-like, that just couldn't fit into the print mag or anywhere...
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2009
Not that POTUS, but the band The Presidents of the United States of America have a very interesting iPhone app.  For just $3, you can get a complete boxset-worth of material, including unreleased tracks and rare images. The tracks are...
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2008
Quick, to the Batcave! Fox Home Entertainment wants you to enjoy a souped-up Blu-ray version of the original Batman movie in the privacy of your home theater weeks before Warner's newer Batman Begins shows up in Blu-ray and The Dark Knight appears...
Barry Willis  |  May 04, 2003

The key to growth for digital television is a broad array of readily available content, according to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Michael Powell.

 |  Jan 02, 2000

Last week, Audio Line Source announced a new product it calls Richard Gray's Power Company. ALS claims the Power Company reinvents power by delivering high current on demand via a "reactive electronic interface device," that it is the only product of its kind on the market, and that an entire system can be plugged into it.

SV Staff  |  Sep 30, 2008
Sure, some HDTVs are boasting dynamic contrast ratios of 500,000:1. Be prepared to be humbled. Lens giant Carl Zeiss has developed a projector that blasts that number into the stratosphere. The new powerdomeVELVET Planetarium Projector has a...
SV Staff  |  Apr 11, 2017
Taiwan-based CyberLink today released the latest version of its popular PowerDVD movie and media player for Windows PCs.
 |  Mar 26, 2000

Last week, <A HREF="http://www.chips.ibm.com">IBM</A> announced a family of chips that it hopes will accelerate the transformation of TV sets into fully interactive, two-way information appliances. IBM says it is combining high-speed PowerPC processors and other television set-top box (STB) components onto a single "system-on-a-chip" that will give STB makers "significant benefits in system performance, price, and design." IBM claims that the chips will also help drive new capabilities for electronic program guides, Web browsing, and interactive applications such as home banking, e-commerce, and information retrieval.

Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 23, 2008
The Japanese government is bringing together several major TV makers--including Toshiba, Panasonic, Sharp, and Sony--in a joint effort to mass-produce next-generation OEL displays.
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Aug 23, 2004  |  First Published: Aug 24, 2004

The annual CEDIA convention is only three weeks away, and equipment makers are generating plenty of pre-show excitement with new product announcements.

SV Staff  |  Nov 07, 2024
Premium Audio Company (PAC) has unveiled a series of firmware updates aimed at enhancing audio playback, functionality, and room correction on select models from Onkyo, Integra, Elite, and Pioneer. The updates are set to roll out on October 28 and November 18, 2024.

Pages

X