Aurender Introduces Two New Audio Systems Aimed at Audiophiles

Aurender has just launched the X-PAC and N-PAC audio systems aimed at streaming audiophiles. The main difference between the X-PAC and the N-PAC systems is that the X-PAC manages massive collections (up to 20,000 CDs worth) on its internal hard drives, while the N-PAC accesses Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices for multi-room use, as well […]

Aurender Introduces Two New Audio Systems Aimed at Audiophiles

Pass Labs Launches Two New Amps at CES 2015

Pass Laboratories will launch two integrated amplifiers at CES this week — the INT-60 and INT-250. Both are based on Pass Labs’ INT-30A design and the 60-watt INT-60 works best with speakers of 87dB efficiency or greater, features the same power supply and output stages of the INT-30A, along with a really cool glowing meter, […]

Pass Labs Launches Two New Amps at CES 2015

Samsung Unveils WAM7500/6500 Round Speakers as well as New Curved Soundbars

Samsung’s new WAM7500/6500 use something it’s calling a proprietary ‘Ring Radiator’ technology that allows sound to flow in a 360-degree radius. The company claims it has the perfect balance between treble and bass. WAM7500/6500 was in part developed at Samsung’s new audio lab in Valencia, California and is available in two models: stand-type (WAM7500) and […]

Samsung Unveils WAM7500/6500 Round Speakers as well as New Curved Soundbars

Weekly Wrap-Up | An ISE 2015 Blog, Christie & Dolby Co-Development and more!

With the holidays now over, we are beginning to get back into the swing of things and here is a second look at anything you may have missed. This week we are featuring a couple blogs, Christie’s co-development with Dolby Cinema and more. Like it? Love it? Hate it? Let us know. Oh, and let […]

Weekly Wrap-Up | An ISE 2015 Blog, Christie & Dolby Co-Development and more!

Top 10 (Er, 11) rAVe Videos of 2014

As you may know, each year we shoot thousands and thousands of videos each year. For example, at InfoComm we shot more than 1,400 videos. At ISE in Amsterdam we shot 1,500 videos. Add to that a few other trade shows we did during the year and a bunch of custom videos, and in 2014 we shot, produced […]

Top 10 (Er, 11) rAVe Videos of 2014

Revisiting the rAVe Awards of 2014

This year rAVe gave out a number of awards to manufacturers, products and industry people. Here’s a refresher on all the things we thought were award-worth in 2014: The first ever rAVe AV Hall of Fame: All the inductees are here. Best of CEDIA 2014 Awards: The award winners that represent the BEST of this […]

Revisiting the rAVe Awards of 2014

AwoX Acquires Cabasse

AwoX, a self-professed smart home company, acquires 100 percent of the shares of French audio company Cabasse from the Canon Group for €2 million and earn-outs of up to another €2.5 million. Created in 1950, Cabasse is well-known in electroacoustic for its range of high-end acoustic loudspeakers, home integrated sound systems and connected high-fidelity speakers. […]

AwoX Acquires Cabasse

ATSC 3.0: Next Generation of TV Audio

As part of the move to a next-generation TV standard, the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) is working on a comprehensive audio system for the emerging ATSC 3.0 standard, offering a more immersive audio experience for living room and mobile viewers. With membership by America’s most important stakeholders, ATSC members represent the broadcast, broadcast equipment, […]

ATSC 3.0: Next Generation of TV Audio

Samsung, Oculus and the Other “Rift”

Oculus (the Facebook-owned virtual reality company) has teamed up with Samsung to create the Gear VR Innovator Edition, a development kit for mobile virtual reality. Leveraging only the Samsung GALAXY Note 4 (Samsung will have to do additional engineering work to make the new Innovator Edition work with other phones), the Gear VR Innovator Edition […]

Samsung, Oculus and the Other “Rift”

Christie Partners With Dolby Vision Projection Systems

Christie will co-develop, supply, install and service proprietary Dolby Vision projection systems for Dolby Cinema, a branded premium cinema offering for exhibitors and movie-goers. Dolby Cinema will feature the Dolby Vision projection system using state-of-the-art optics and image processing to deliver high dynamic range (HDR) with enhanced color technology. Outfitted with Dolby Atmos, a Dolby […]

Christie Partners With Dolby Vision Projection Systems

Streaming Media Stick Wars

It began in August 2013 when Google introduced the Chromecast. A small, Rubenesque HDMI dongle that allows you to stream music and video to your TV or home theater, the $35 Chromecast was an instant hit. This groovy petite player allows popular media services like Pandora, YouTube, and Netflix to easily be sent to your home theater from any […]

Streaming Media Stick Wars

Mobile Charging Bags For Traveling AV Pros

The secret to not just surviving but thriving on business travel is to take care of both yourself and your equipment. Just like we need adequate rest, food and hydration to enjoy traveling, our gear needs to stay charged. For AV pros who find themselves constantly on the go, there are plenty of options. The […]

Mobile Charging Bags For Traveling AV Pros

Atlantic Technology Launches New In-ceiling Speakers

Atlantic Technology has announced the first in-ceiling speaker specifically designed to reproduce “object based” elevation channels. In the last several months, Dolby and Auro (soon to be joined by DTS) have introduced algorithms designed to envelop the home theater listener with a bubble of sound coming from above. All of these formats are modeled on […]

Atlantic Technology Launches New In-ceiling Speakers

Weekly Wrap-Up | An Awesome Speaker from BenQ, cAValry Rides @ ISE 2015? and More!

There were some big announcements this week and we want to make sure you didn’t miss any of important news from the week. cAValry Rides has announced a campaign to raise funds to get them to ISE in February, BenQ launched an awesome looking and impressive Bluetooth speaker, DSE announced a new show and more! […]

Weekly Wrap-Up | An Awesome Speaker from BenQ, cAValry Rides @ ISE 2015? and More!

FX Luminaire Intros New MO LED Wall Fixture

FX Luminaire announced the release of the new MO, a LED wall fixture that complements both commercial and residential landscapes. The MO is available in a choice of four metal finishes, and 10 powder coat finishes made of die cast brass with one or three LEDs for any application. Like other FX Luminaire fixtures, it […]

FX Luminaire Intros New MO LED Wall Fixture

CEDIA Releases Details for Inaugural Business Xchange

CEDIA has finalized the format and presenters for the first CEDIA Business Xchange set to take place at the Hilton NASA in Houston April 29 – May 1, 2015. The event will center around two half-day workshops and unconference sessions. “The Business Xchange is not about sitting and listening to a presenter and seeing a […]

CEDIA Releases Details for Inaugural Business Xchange

Pakedge Intros RE-2 Enterprise Grade Router for AV Market

Pakedge Device & Software is introducing a new addition to its RE router series dubbed the RE-2 — an enterprise grade four-port router. The RE-series of routers is designed for smaller commercial and residential networks where high performance is required at a cost effective price. The RE-2 is built around a powerful chipset and processor […]

Pakedge Intros RE-2 Enterprise Grade Router for AV Market

Parasound Ships New ZoneMaster 1250

Parasound’s new 12-channel amplifier is designed for custom installers building multi-room audio and modular home theater systems integrating with Dolby Atmos. Dubbed the Parasound ZoneMaster 1250, it’s spec’d to be unconditionally stabile into 2-ohm loads enabling total output power in excess of 1200 watts RMS with all channels driven. Each channel is rated at 50 […]

Parasound Ships New ZoneMaster 1250

BenQ Ships treVolo, the World’s First Electrostatic Bluetooth Speaker

BenQ America entered the audio market today with their new treVolo, the company’s first audiophile-grade Bluetooth speaker. BenQ’s treVolo portable speaker uses electrostatic technology to provide the overall tonal balance that BenQ says was previously only available on high-end, floor-standing speakers. And, the speaker features dual woofers with dual passive radiators — something most small […]

BenQ Ships treVolo, the World’s First Electrostatic Bluetooth Speaker

THIEL Audio Introduces the TT1 Loudspeaker

THIEL Audio has announced the introduction of the TT1 floor-standing loudspeaker. The TT1 is part of the company’s Avenue Collection, named after the street in Nashville where THIEL is now located. The 3rd Avenue Collection features speakers aimed at both traditional two-channel music systems as well as home cinema. The THIEL TT1 utilizes a four-driver […]

THIEL Audio Introduces the TT1 Loudspeaker

AVnu Alliance Announces First Certified Audio Endpoint Reference Platform

XMOS and AVnu Alliance have announced the first AVnu-certified Audio Video Bridging (AVB) audio endpoint reference platform. The XMOS software-defined solution has passed all testing for certification and will now bear the AVnu-certified Logo. According to AVnu, the newly AVnu-certified XMOS AVB hardware and software reference platform is an affordable, scalable and production-ready solution that […]

AVnu Alliance Announces First Certified Audio Endpoint Reference Platform

Crestron DM Ultra Cable Ships

Crestron today announced its new high-performance DM Ultra Cable is now shipping. The Crestron DM Ultra Cable is specified by Crestron for 4K HDMI signals via HDBaseT up to 100 meters. The DM Ultra Cable is a Cat7a shielded twisted pair cable designed for 10 gigabit Ethernet.  Crestron has a special DM-CONN-20 connector, which doesn’t […]

Crestron DM Ultra Cable Ships

AptoVision Claims World’s First AVB Capable Chipset for Uncompressed AV Signal Distribution

AptoVision has announced Ethernet AVB protocol support for its new BlueRiver NT chipset, which AptoVision says is the first and only AVB capable chipset for distribution of uncompressed AV signals over 10GbE switches. In addition to having an AVB capable transport layer, the BlueRiver NT chipset delivers a complete end-to-end solution for professional audio-video (ProAV) […]

AptoVision Claims World’s First AVB Capable Chipset for Uncompressed AV Signal Distribution

BenQ Announces BL3201PH 4K IPS Monitor

BenQ America just launched a 32-inch 4K monitor dubbed the BL3201PH. Made specifically for CAD/CAM community and for users looking for accurate color reproduction desktop monitors, the IPS panel inlaces two modes of operation: 100-percent sRGB color accuracy, and BenQ’s own RevolutionEyes mode. BenQ’s BL3201PH is considered a 4Kx2K (3840×2160) UHD resolution display that uses […]

BenQ Announces BL3201PH 4K IPS Monitor

Kramer Debuts VS-211HA HDMI Auto-Switcher

Kramer has announced the VS-211HA, a two-input HDMI auto switcher that can be set to select between autoswitching (last-connected or priority) and manual switching modes (manual and manual override). VS-211HA detects actual HDMI signals (instead of just 5V presence) allowing auto switching only to sources actually in use. HDMI 5V output turns off when no […]

Kramer Debuts VS-211HA HDMI Auto-Switcher

Kaleidescape Introduces a New Movie Player

Kaleidescape today announced the launch of the Kaleidescape Alto, a movie player that is the first movie player to import 100 percent of its locally-stored content from the cloud, via downloads from the Kaleidescape Store — with over 8,500 movies and 1,600 TV seasons licensed from the major motion picture studios. Kaleidescape Alto can play […]

Kaleidescape Introduces a New Movie Player

CEDIA Announces 2015 Leadership

CEDIA has announced the 2015 volunteer Board of Directors. The board has three new directors: Omar Hikal, Kris Hogg and George Walter. “CEDIA’s Board of Directors continues to be filled with distinguished members of the industry and we are excited to welcome these three new additions,” said CEDIA Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, Don […]

CEDIA Announces 2015 Leadership

Universal Remote Control Ships SNP-2 Streaming Network Player

URC’s SNP-2 Streaming Network Player merges all music sources into one solution and graphical menu, providing access to streaming music services such as SiriusXM and Pandora, Rhapsody, vTuner and thousands of other internet radio stations — plus your own music collection that’s stored on an attached NAS drive, PC, and/or Apple computer. Windows Media, iTunes […]

Universal Remote Control Ships SNP-2 Streaming Network Player

Panel Makers LCD TV Target Growing by Only 3 Percent in 2015, as They Shift to Larger Sizes

We collect business plans of TV panel makers in the Quarterly LCD TV Value Chain & Insight Report, and the current 2015 target is 257M, up only 3 percent Y/Y from 2014, which is 249M, as described in the Quarterly Large-Area TFT Panel Shipment Report. However, 2015 will show strong area growth, as large panels […]

Panel Makers LCD TV Target Growing by Only 3 Percent in 2015, as They Shift to Larger Sizes

Pakedge Intros Fiber Optic Cables

Pakedge Device & Software is launching its own brand of fiber-optic cables for residential and commercial AV projects. Designed specifically to work with Pakedge routers, switches and GBICs, the new cables offer multiple benefits over copper Ethernet cables, including less electromagnetic interference, greater speed capabilities (up to 10 Gbps), greater bandwidth, greater durability, less signal […]

Pakedge Intros Fiber Optic Cables

AV People: Penny Sitler of Draper

Penny Sitler is a staple of the AV industry… but working in AV wasn’t something she originally thought she’d do! “I really did fall into the industry,” Penny explained. “ I went to DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. My passion was for languages and business and I was a romance languages and international business major. […]

AV People: Penny Sitler of Draper

Séura Intros New GEO Collection of Lighted Mirrors for HDTVs

Known for its HDTVs embedded behind mirrors, Séura’s introduction of the Séura Design Series, a family of etched designs called the Geo Collection, is way more than the typical mirror with a TV inside. In the Geo Design Collection, the first in the Design Series, Séura uses geometric shapes and patterns that accentuate the elegance […]

Séura Intros New GEO Collection of Lighted Mirrors for HDTVs