Industry Trade News (586 Posts)
Universal Brings First-Run Films Home Early
Universal is bringing home theatrical releases much quicker than expected due to COVID-19. Continue Reading
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AXPONA Delayed Due to COVID-19 Concerns
Sound United Will Not Be Acquiring Onkyo's Home Audio Division
Industry Trade News
Its important for every one from the audiophile consumer to the AV store owner to a Wall Street stock analyst to stay on top of the news that surrounds the world of consumer electronics. With billions of dollars of sales worldwide, public companies and cutting edge technologies designed to converge computers and entertainment - the CE business is an every changing marketplace. This HomeTheaterReview.com news archive will keep you with your finger on the pulse of what's going on in the world of all things consumer electronics.
For anything and everything that happens in the industry, such as company partnerships, read the news presented here.
Industry Trade News Archives
Mar 10, 2020
AXPONA Delayed Due to COVID-19 Concerns
The popular regional audio show has been rescheduled from April 17-19 to August 7-9, 2020, due to concerns about the novel coronavirus. Continue Reading
Oct 04, 2019
Sound United Will Not Be Acquiring Onkyo's Home Audio Division
Looks like Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, and Integra aren't coming under the Sound United umbrella after all. Continue Reading
Aug 02, 2019
Control4 and SnapAV Complete Merger
SnapAV and Control4 announced this week that their merger, which was announced earlier this year, is now complete. This follows... Continue Reading
Jun 28, 2019
Klipsch Audio and SnapAV Announce Exclusive National Distribution Partnership
SnapAV, it seems, is intent upon conquering the AV world. Barely six weeks after announcing its merger with Control4, SnapAV... Continue Reading
Jun 27, 2019
RBH Sound Announces New Owner and President
This week, RBH announced that Roger B. Hassing, the company's founder and CEO, has retired. For full details on the... Continue Reading
Jun 10, 2019
How A.I. Is Reshaping the Home Theater
By now, you probably know that artificial intelligence (AI) is being employed to one degree or another in digital voice... Continue Reading
Apr 22, 2019
Some Random Thoughts from AXPONA 2019
CES is officially dead for audiophiles, leaving AXPONA (Audio Expo North America), a regional audio show in Chicago, to pick... Continue Reading
Apr 08, 2019
Thoughts on My First Commercial Movie Theater Experience in 15 Years
When it comes to home theater, I guess I walk the walk and talk the talk, because it's been about... Continue Reading
Apr 01, 2019
MicroLED and Why Front Projection and OLED Should be Scared
Once upon a time, I was a front projection enthusiast. Over the past 15 years, I've assembled more than a... Continue Reading
Mar 04, 2019
Would You Rather Have Big 4K or Smaller 8K?
During my workday I talk with all sorts of people from every corner of the specialty audio/video industry. Public relations... Continue Reading
Mar 01, 2019
Mohu Ups the Ante on Antenna Amplification with FirstStage
The cord-cutting trend doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon, but as more and more consumers opt for... Continue Reading
Feb 19, 2019
Samsung Pulling the Plug on UHD Blu-ray
This news comes to us rather circuitously. Our friends at The Digital Bits are reporting that, according to Forbes, Samsung... Continue Reading
Feb 11, 2019
How Will a Potential 2019 Real Estate Recession Affect Specialty A/V?
Those of us who've owned homes over the past decade have little to complain about in terms of our overall... Continue Reading
Feb 04, 2019
Inventory and Experience Are the Only Way to Compete with Amazon
Right before Christmas, we had a rare power outage here at my house. Thankfully my equipment racks are installed with... Continue Reading
Jan 28, 2019
A Killer Popcorn Recipe Reminds Us How Specialty AV Should Be Sold
There are a lot of really fantastic retail stores in Beverly Hills. Rodeo Drive only starts to highlight what the... Continue Reading
Jan 17, 2019
dARTS Introduces Flyte System
MSE Audio has announced a new system from dARTS, which is set to make its official debut at ISA 2019... Continue Reading
Jan 14, 2019
An Insider's Look at Advertising in the World of Specialty Audio-Video
Outside of my work for HomeTheaterReview.com, I work in advertising and have for the bulk of my professional career. If... Continue Reading
Jan 07, 2019
What the Death of CES Can Teach the AV Enthusiast
CES is pretty much irrelevant to the specialty AV industry these days. But what can we learn from the changing winds at the world's largest consumer electronics show? Continue Reading
Dec 17, 2018
Trump's Technology Tariffs Create Continued Uncertainty for the AV Industry
No one can predict how these discussions will eventually play out. One thing's nearly certain, though: the continued uncertainty will affect the price of many tech products in the coming months. Continue Reading
Oct 15, 2018
Ten Reasons Why Brick-and-Mortar AV Stores Aren't Going Away Anytime Soon
It's not dead yet. Heck, it's barely even resting. Jeff Berman digs into ten advantages that brick-and-mortar AV retail has over online. Continue Reading
