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.

  • Fluance Marks 25 Years of Audio Industry Innovation

    Fluance has come a long way in the past quarter-century.

  • Anode Cathode Joins HDBaseT Alliance

    The newest member of the coalition will mediate issues that may arise when manufacturers are installing HDBaseT into products

  • SnapAV Introduces New Product Lines and Updates

    The brand announced a new line of subwoofers, a new line of amplifiers, and a new line of touchscreens, as well as expanded lighting solutions, a new Control4 OS...

  • Sound United Finalizes Acquisition of Bowers & Wilkins

    The deal includes third-party distribution and licensing agreements, and the former CEO of Bowers and Wilkins will be President of the Bowers & Wilkins brand

  • Audio Research Releases 50th Anniversary Book

    The company is celebrating the milestone with a new coffee table book that details its history in words and rare photos

  • 2020 CEDIA Awards to Be Held Virtually

    The 2020 CEDIA Awards will be entirely virtual due to COVID-19 concerns

  • Next CES To Take Place Virtually

    CES 2021 will be entirely digital due to COVID-19 concerns.

  • Ambisonic Systems Partners with Origin Acoustics for First Residential Outdoor Speaker

    If you've been thinking about ways to get theater-quality sound outdoors, there's a new option for you to consider. Ambisonic Systems has introduced the Landscape Ribbon Six, the company's...

  • Tix Available Now for HiFi Summit, the World's First Online AV Tradeshow

    AV trade shows have always been a tradeoff. Sure, they can be great for business and business connections, as well as getting a sneak peek at the latest and...

  • Universal Brings First-Run Films Home Early

    Universal is bringing home theatrical releases much quicker than expected due to COVID-19.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 pretty hot on the heels of SnapAV's announcement as...

  • 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 dropped news this week that is now the exclusive...

  • 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 sale of the company and its new owner/president/CEO, read...

  • 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 assistants like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and others. You...

  • 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 up some of the pre-Munich excitement for dealers and...

  • 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 15 years since I set foot inside a commercial...

  • 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 dozen front projection home theaters in various rooms about...

  • 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 experts, AV manufacturer executives, dealers, distributors, consumers/readers... the list...

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