Tag archive: soundbar

For many, Haier is the most important electronics manufacturer that you’ve never heard of–which is moderately insane when you realize how massive the company really is. The Chinese based manufacturer doesn’t yet have a huge U.S. presence—with the exception of a marketing partnership with the NBA—and yet in 2010 it sold over $23 billion worth of merchandise worldwide. And still the name isn’t widely known outside of certain tech-friendly… Read More

The Digital Trends crew is on the ground at the Venetian in Las Vegas where we, along with a hoard of ravenous press people, have spent the last hour or so crammed in a room clamoring for images and video of a handful of products while a surprisingly large group of laid back onlookers casually eat shrimp cocktail and sip on wine.  We managed to fight our way to the front of the line at Haier's display, where we got a first look at some of… Read More

We're looking forward to paying Harman Kardon a visit at CES this year. The company, well respected for its excellent sounding audio gear, has been busy breathing new life into its brand with some outstanding sounding iPod speaker docks, artsy computer speakers and, up until now, one  sound bar model. H/K's SB16 sound bar with wireless subwoofer must be doing well, because the company has just announced a bigger, badder model dubbed… Read More

We rarely miss out on a chance to see Peter Tribeman at the CEDIA expo. The President and CEO of Atlantic Technology and Outlaw Audio is so full of charisma and passion for what he does, that he could probably do a presentation on the latest in toilet technology and people would crowd around to see it.  Fortunately for the A/V world, Peter Tribeman isn't in that line of work.  At CEDIA 2011, Atlantic Technology is demonstrating its latest… Read More

Home theater fanatics will often tell you that life isn't worth living without 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound—handled, of course, by painstakingly-calibrated, top-flight satellite speakers strategically placed around a room. However, people who actually live in homes will often tell you home theaters aren't worth having if it means tripping over cables and having ugly speakers occupying every important point visual point in a room.… Read More

  Built-in laptop speakers suck. Even the best we've tested barely manage to cough up enough volume for the occasional YouTube video, much less playing real music with any appreciable volume. And getting even a murmur of bass? Forget about it. Asus, a company not unfamiliar with the notebook sound issue, has its own take on a solution. Rather than launching the typical pair of bland desktop stereo speakers, the company took a cue from… Read More