Streaming, Apps, and Downloads News
The future of home theater media is streaming, apps, and downloads. Now, while the future may not yet be here, it is on the way. In this news section, you can find the latest apps and services for your Blu-ray player, LED HDTV, plasma HDTV, or AV receiver and any other developments and breakthroughs that may be happening with the technology.
Update On The Latest Video On Demand Technology
Streaming technology is constantly evolving, bringing better content to your HDTVs faster in and in higher volumes. Adrienne Maxwell checks in on the technology to evaluate the state of the field.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
The Audyssey Audio Dock Air is Here
Audyssey has released their own audio dock compatible with Apple's AirPlay technology. The difference with this dock, however, is that Audyssey's dock contains Audyssey's sound technology to improve sound at every range.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Fox, Warner Bros, SanDisk, and Western Digital to Advance Digital Ownership of High Definition Movies
Fox Home Entertainment, Warner Bros Home Entertainment, SanDisk, and Western Digital have teamed up for Project Phenix, a new plan to make high definition downloadable content available across multiple device and platforms.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Naim Debuts New Super Streamer NDS
Naim Audio has debuted a new streaming media player in the NDS. The NDS using the highest level of technology that Naim has to offer to deliver excellent audio to the user with options for upgrade.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Meridian Announces Availability of the Core Control App
Meridian Audio has just announced an expansion of control platforms for the company's Sooloos media server system. This time Meridian is bringing Meridian Digital Media Systems to the iPad.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
HBO Go Added to Samsung TVs
HBO Go and Samsung has partnered to bring the HBO Go service to the Samsung Apps store, giving Samsung television and Blu-ray player owners the ability to access all of HBO's content.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Verizon Teams Up with Redbox to Offer Streaming Solution
Verizon has teamed up with Coinstar's Redbox to create a new streaming option to compete with the like of Netflix. But the questions remain, how will this service be different and is it too late to the game?... Click Here To Read The Full Review
DVDO Unveils the DVDO AIR WirelessHD Solution
DVDO has announced the availability of the DVDO Air Wireless HD system, which claims to wirelessly stream HD video and uncompressed audio as well as a few other notable features.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
UltraViolet Content Begins to Gather Support
UltraViolet has been making headway into the home media marketplace since the service's launch. According to supporters at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, the service could become a contender.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Rovio and Samsung Partner to Bring Angry Birds to TVs
Samsung has put a lot of effort and energy into building up the company's app platform for the Samsung televisions. Now that effort has brought the wildly popular game, Angry Birds, to the Samsung platform.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Meridian Announces Sooloos Core Control App
Meridian Audio has introduced something that their iPad-owning customers will be very happy with: a Sooloos control app for the iPad. The app has a rather impressive array of features that users will be very happy with.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Sensio Creates 3D Video on Demand Service: 3DGO!
One of the obstacles for 3D to overcome to grow as a technology is the process of providing content. Sensio has begun a process to help combat this problem by creating a 3D Video on Demand service.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Netgear Brings CinemaNow to NeoTV Streaming Player
Netgear recently added access to a lot of content by adding CinemaNow capabilities to the company's NeoTV streaming media player, as well as several other applications and channels of content.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
CES to Feature First-Ever Applications Developer University
The Consumers Electronic Association has decided to completely embrace the new world of home theater apps by hosting the first-ever App Developer University at the 2012 Consumer Electronics show.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Barnes & Noble Nook Now Runs Netflix and More
Barnes & Noble have updated their NOOK Color tablet to allow the device to not only access books and magazines but also stream movies through services like Flixster and Netflix.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Logitech Revue Gets Android 3.1 Update
Logitech has updated the software of the Logitech Revue with Google TV system with Android 3.1. The new update allows for more features and a system that operates faster and smoother.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air Music System Now Available
Klipsch has just made the Apple AirPlay enabled Gallery G-17 Air wireless audio system available for purchase. The Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air features a lot of Klipsch's renowned technology in its small package.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
LG and Intel Create Alliance for WiDi Wireless Display Technology
Intel has come up with a new technology to share content from external devices to HDTVs and now they have found a partner in LG, which will feature the technology in the newer models of the company's television.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Yamaha AV Controller App 2.0 Streams Music from Mobile Devices to Receivers
Yamaha has improved upon the company's AV Controller App with a second version, which adds a new feature that is allows users to stream music directly from the device to the receiver.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Boxee Box Gets SlingPlayer App
To compete with the streaming media players in the market, D-Link has added the SlingPlayer app to the company's Boxee Box streaming media player, allowing control of television from anywhere.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Streaming Media Needs A Killer App To Beat Physical Discs
Streaming is a mainstay of modern media, but what will it's next evolution? How will this new way of delivering content help preserve the fidelity of the media? Well the answer is both simple and complicated.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Onkyo Upgrades Android App to Allow Direct Access to Spotify
Onkyo has continued to embrace the Spotify music service by adding support for the service right into the company's Remote App for Android. And there are quite a few AV receivers that support the service.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
DVDO Adds New Mobile and Wireless Products
DVDO has expanded beyond the company's reputation of video processing to offer a wireless HDMI system that can help eliminate any restrictions is deciding where to place your HDTV.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
UltraViolet Could Be A Contender in the Future of Home Media
UltraViolet is a new voice in the world of digital media distribution. From the ideology and implementation of the service, it looks to be a strong voice, but will it be a voice that anyone hears?... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Onkyo's New App Allows You to Control All Music Across the House
Onkyo, too, has a remote control app for iPods and iPhones. Now the company has upped the ante, though, by releasing a new control app that allows users to control multi-room audio throughout the house.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Integra Announces Remote App for Android
Integra has decided to show some love to those on the Android platform. The company has created a remote app that will allow Android owners to control networked Integra receivers in a variety of ways.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Sony Receives Google TV Interface Update
Google TV has faced some serious struggles with its launch. Hopefully, this software update that Sony has announced will alleviate some of those problems and help users that have adopted the technology.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Crestron Mobile Pro For Android Now Available
Crestron continues to diversify its control offerings by bringing the company's mobile app to Android devices. Now Android owners can enjoy what the Apple device owners have been enjoying.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Western Digital Introduces Spotify to WD TV
Western Digital continues to work on bringing connectivity to the consumer's house along with access to media in different forms. With this new development, the company has added Spotify to that content.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
First 7.1 Surround Sound Mix Available Via Download
VUDU and Dolby Laboratories have made a breakthrough in streaming media and downloads by offering the first movie ever available for download with a 7.1 surround sound mix.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Marantz NA7004 Audio Player Gets Free AirPlay Upgrade
In the modern AV marketplace, network and streaming features are important to have in audio components, especially AirPlay. Marantz has recognized this and decided to help their customers out.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
New Compression Codecs Are Needed To Make a "Disc-less" Future Possible In an HD World
Streaming is the modern status quo, but there are compromises that have to be made to create that convenience. But what if you didn't have to compromise for the convenience? What a world that would be.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Netflix - Can They Recover From Their Compounded Marketing Mistakes?
Netflix has been at the center of a lot of problems and controversy, some of which have been unfortunate breakdowns in negotiations, some of which have been Netflix's own doing. Now Home Theater Review publisher Jerry Del Colliano wonders if the company can survive.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Western Digital Delivers Personal Cloud
With cloud storage coming up on the horizon, Western Digital has decided to embrace the new technology by creating their own cloud storage system and allowing streaming access to their customers.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Kaleidescape Announces App for iPad
Kaleidescape had announced a new iPad app to be used in conjunction with the company's media server systems. There is quite a bit of interesting features and functionality available in this app.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Featured Audio-Video News
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