Silicon Image (SIMG) Show First HDMI 1.4 Parts For "Liquid HD" Over Ethernet Systems

Now your even your home network isn't safe from HDMI's unreliable, copy protected connection nightmares. Silicon Image, Inc. today introduced the SiI9387 port processor and the SiI9334 transmitter, the first semiconductor products to incorporate the latest HDMI 1.4 specification features......Read More

Anthem Announces New AVM 50v AV Preamp

Anthem announced at the recent CES trade show the availability of the Audio/Video Master 50v (AVM 50v), a music preamplifier/home theater processor with a built-in tuner and independent source selection for recording. This updated version of the AVM 50 combines......Read More

ANTHEM UPGRADES STATEMENT D2v

More connections, A/V processing and support for the latest audio formats mark v.2 of the D2 preamplifier/processor. Anthem, a manufacturer of electronics for music, home theater and distributed audio systems, announces the availability of version 2 of its Statement D2......Read More

Anthem's D2v AV Preamp Finally Shipping

With most specialty audio-video company's suffering delays getting HDMI-packed AV preamps and receivers to market, Anthem has their highly anticipated Director D2v AV Preamp ready for consumers today. Known by installer and consumers alike as a leader in the troubleshooting......Read More

Can The Home Theater Business Re-price Itself Back Into The Hearts and Wallets of Consumers?

This recession is a bitch. The talking heads on the Sunday morning shows were shooting off this weekend about the fact that the American economy was headed into recession no matter what, but the collapse of the real estate market......Read More

CEDIA 2009 Show Report - Andrew Robinson

While not quite as jammed packed or exciting as previous years, CEDIA 2009 still proved to be the place to be for new product launches, as understated as those launches may have been. Before I get into what excited me......Read More

CEDIA 2009 Show Report - Jerry Del Colliano

For most of the past decade CEDIA has been picking up steam while the winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has struggled with its identity as it struggled to digest COMDEX and the computer geeks that came along with the merger.......Read More

CEDIA 2009 Show Report - Ken Taraszka, MD

CEDIA has been blowing up with new video technology over the last few years. 1080p was the big news just years ago, and while talk of 2K, 1440p and other formats have been thrown around and to some extent even......Read More

Denon To Add VRS From Anchor Bay To Their Blu-ray Players and AV receivers For 1080p Scaling

Anchor Bay announced today that Denon Electronics has chosen to incorporate Anchor Bay video processing chips, with the latest proprietary Video Reference Series (VRS) technologies including Precision Video Deinterlacing and Precision Video Scaling, across their newly introduced product line. Seven......Read More

DENON TO DEMONSTRATE NEW REFERENCE A/V SEPARATES GEARED TOWARD CUSTOM INTEGRATORS IN "DENON THEATER" AT CEDIA 2008

POA-A1HDCI 10 Channel Multi-Zone Amplifier, AVP-A1HDCI Controller Processor and DVP-602CI HDMI Video Processor/Switcher Offer Wide Range of Networking and High-End Home Theater Extras Denon Electronics, a provider of home entertainment components, will spotlight the capabilities of its "CI" (Custom Integration)......Read More

DENON TO PROVIDE ADVANCED PRODUCTS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AT CEDIA

Special Presentations at Denon Booth #204 Throughout the Show Denon Electronics will provide product demos and educational presentations for custom integration professionals at CEDIA. Attendees will be able to participate first-hand in Denon®'s "Boundless Opportunities" proposition in three separate booth......Read More

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Free Lexicon® MC-12 HD v1.21 Upgrade Now Available

New Software Is Free to Current MC-12 HD and MC-12 HD EQ Users and Is Incorporated in New Production Units at No Additional Charge Lexicon®, Inc., a Harman International company (NYSE: HAR), has made available the v1.21 software for the......Read More

HD Video Games Are The Gateway Drug For Generation Y To High End Home Theater and Surround Sound

These days nobody is questioning the economic power and generational reach of video games as they have long surpassed theatrical movies in overall revenue. Amidst the worst recession since the stock market crash of 1929, total hours spent playing video......Read More

HDMI 1.4 - Another New Example of Planned Obsolesce Imposed On The Home Theater Market

I just read an editorial by controversial filmmaker Michael Moore last week on the Huffington Post about one of his most popular topics, General Motors. Before he got to a pretty empowering outlook for what the company could do going......Read More

Krell Releases S-1200 and S-1200u Surround Sound Preamp/Processors

Krell Industries today announced the initial shipments of the S-1200 surround preamp/processor. The $10,000 S-1200 release culminates more than two years of design work and is the latest addition to the Krell HMI 1.3 capable surround sound processor lineup. The......Read More

Krell Takes On An Investor To Make New Future-Minded Products

Krell confirmed to HomeTheaterReview.com today that they have taken on KT Capital Partners as an equity investor. Krell is one of the most respected high end audio companies in AV history. Krell's Dan D'Agostino retains controlling interest in the brand......Read More

Lexicon® Offers MV-5 Processor

Lexicon®, Inc., a Harman International company (NYSE: HAR), offers the MV-5 Processor, an audio and video preamplifier and processor. Offering capabilities previously only available in the flagship Lexicon MC-12 HD, the MV-5 can accommodate a pair of HDMI source devices,......Read More

Marantz Shows New Bluetooth iPod Doc

Marantz America recently annouced the introduction of its Bluetooth-capable IS301 Wireless Dock for iPod (SRP: $250). The Marantz IS301 system offers simple connection and wireless audio playback through a home entertainment system, allowing users to access their familiar iPod interface......Read More

Mark Levinson Launches No.502 A/V Preamp

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Mark Levinson® No502 Media Console: First in the Next Generation of Products

Following in the Tradition of the No40 Media Console, the No502 is the First in a New Range of Mark Levinson® Components Mark Levinson®, a business unit of Harman International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE: HAR, announces the launch of a new......Read More

Meridian Offers Summer Trade-up Promotion

Meridian Audio has announced that it is offering owners of its CD players and Surround Sound Controllers a unique opportunity to trade-up to a higher level of performance this summer. The "Excellence to Perfection Program" will run from June 15th......Read More

NAD's New M15HD Masters Series AV Preamp

NAD Electronics just introduced the Masters Series M15HD Surround Sound Preamplifier, a versatile component designed to serve as the brains of any surround sound system. The M15HD offers NAD's Modular Design Construction (MDC) in addition to innovative circuit designs, proprietary......Read More

Parasound Delivers Purist Analog Preamp for Stereo and Multichannel Audio in its Halo Family of Products

Parasound, a manufacturer of audio components, has introduced an audio preamplifier designed for sound purists seeking low-noise performance from classic stereo sources as well as multichannel music and movies from Blu-ray, DVD-Audio, and SACD players. It will be marketed in......Read More

Radio Shack Earns New Sales With Green Trade-in Program

If you thought sex sells then wait until you see how green sells. Radio Shack is the latest player in the consumer electronics space to cash in on the opportunity to open a sales dialog with consumers by suggesting that......Read More

Saving Audiophila: How To Get a Young, New Generation of Audio Enthusiasts Hooked

Let's be honest with each other - audiophila has become more of a geeky hobby than a serious business or luxury goods market like it was in its hey days in the late 1970's through the early 1990's. Baby Boomer......Read More

Upgrade Module Program Adds Technologies to Existing NAD Products

NAD Electronics has introduced a unique Upgrade Program enabling dealers and installers to offer custom configurations to owners of NAD's high-value A/V products. Each Upgrade Module allows an owner to install one or more elements of NAD's innovative new mechanical......Read More

What Defines an AV Receiver These Days Anyway?

In the old days a "receiver" was roughly defined as an AV component that included a preamp, an internal power amp and some form of AM/FM tuner all in one chassis. While integrated amps (a preamp and amp all in......Read More

What if HDMI Actually Worked?

Let me be clear with the fact that without HDMI there wouldn't be volumes of 1080p HD content, complete with beaming video, 7.1 uncompressed HD audio and all of those feature-laden supplemental materials that we get from Blu-ray. At the......Read More