Home audio glossary: Basic speaker terms and definitions
What’s the difference between a tower and a monitor? Our home audio glossary lays down a primer on all the basic speaker terms and definitions you need to get started understanding home audio.
Get courtside in your living room with a home theater upgrade for NBA season
Enjoy the coming NBA season in style with a new TV, home audio system, or just a better subscription TV package to catch all the games.
Bose takes on Beats Pill XL and Big Jambox with SoundLink Bluetooth speaker III
Priced at $300, the new speaker offers better battery life, promises more bass and appears well-positioned to compete with the Beats Pill XL and Jawbone Big Jambox
LG slashes price on 55-inch curved OLED in half, now under $7,000 with rebate
LG has chopped the price on its 55-inch curved OLED television by half, bring the total cost to under $7000 with an instant rebate.
Sony banks on NFC and 4K, teases 4K OLED TV
Sony has built an entire ecosystem around NFC pairing, is exploiting the living daylights out of its 4K/Ultra HD empire, and has a 4K OLED TV in the works.
Forget $60,000 speakers, we’ll take the GoldenEar Technology Triton Seven
GoldenEar Technology's Triton Seven speaker delivers huge sound from tiny tower speaker with a price a small as its footprint.
Aperion Audio’s Allaire Bluetooth Speakers nail every feature and sound spectacular
Aperion Audio managed to bundle nearly every desirable modern feature into a classic set of bookshelf speakers. Looks like AudioEngine just got put on notice.
Tired of busting up your earbuds? Rockets in-ears are virtually indestructible
It takes a lot for something on Kickstarter to get our attention these days, but the Rockets headphones managed to do it.
DirecTV boots The Weather Channel from its lineup over fee dispute
Another fee dispute makes headlines today as DirecTV and The Weather Channel dicker over licensing fees, while TWC goes dark on the satellite provider's feed.
Toshiba stages comeback with aggressive new line of upgraded televisions
Tohsiba's new television lineup benefits from some refinements in processing, backlighting technology and smart TV platform.
Panasonic announces 4K LED TV lineup, touts ‘plasma-like’ 1080p LED TVs
Panasonic did unveil a couple of 4K Ultra HD televisions, and it has refreshed its LED TV lineup, but somehow the new products fail to fill the plasma void.
Roku breaks outside the (set-top) box, introduces its own Roku TV line
Roku will now offer its popular streaming media interface as the operating system for a new series of televisions,
Yamaha launches two new sound bars, offers inside look at its Aventage A/V separates
We get up close with Yamaha's two latest sound bars, the YAS-152 and YSP-1400, and get a look inside it's new high-end A/V separates. Here's the rundown.
Want giant TV, will travel: Seeing the latest TVs now requires Delta instead of FedEx
Last year required tens of thousands of miles of travel, airport food, and cramped seats in order to get access to the year's hottest televisions.
AllCast gives Android users streaming skills, but no Chromecast support yet
The AllCast app is back, using DLNA to let Android users stream pictures and videos to compatible devices sych as Roku and Apple TV boxes, smart TVs and more.
Here we go again: Samsung answers back with its own 105-inch curved 4K TV
In what is becoming an annual TV "swordfight," Samsung and LG are each claiming to have the world's first and largest 105-inch curved 4K Ultra HD TV.
Luxury home theater gift guide
When money is no issue, this is the sort of home theater you could (and should) build. Check out our outrageous list of home theater components.
Yamaha Soavo speakers are part grand piano, part speaker, all awesome
Yamaha's Soavo speaker line doesn't make it to the US very often, but when it does, it usually makes a splash. Check out the gorgeous NS-F901 floor-stander.
Yamaha’s hi-fi alarm clock spares your tender waking ears, charges your gadgets
Leave it to Yamaha to reinvent the alarm clock. This powder-coated, wireless wonder offers enough custom features to make waking up a little more pleasant.
Hidden Radio & Bluetooth Speaker gives users ultimate simplicity
This tiny and sleek canister hides an AM/FM radio and 80 dB Bluetooth speaker in its modern form.
Stop! Think twice before you rush for that bin of bargain electronics
Don’t be fooled by the slashed prices and impressive displays: The electronics you see piled at the front of your local big-box retailer aren’t just bad deals, they’re often bound to disappoint.
Swann’s DIY-friendly 960-H security system takes widescreen security video to your HDTV and the Internet
Swann's latest security DVR takes DVD-quality, 16:9 widescreen video and delivers it to your HDTV, computer monitor or mobile device.
This wireless bamboo speaker charges in 5 minutes and plays for 6 hours
Sam Beck and his company Blueshift aim to bring a bamboo-clad, portable wireless speaker to market that charges in a flash and lasts for hours.
JLab’s Epic earbuds bring epic bass without the epic pricetag
JLab unleashed today the skull-pounding Epic, a sort of half in-ear headphone with massive 13mm drivers, a whole wardrobe of eartips and single-button mic.
Blockbusted: Blockbuster to shutter remaining stores, kill off movie-by-mail
Dish Network has announced it is closing down the last remaining Blockbuster retail locations and will kill off its movie-by-mail program.
End of an era: Panasonic calls it quits on plasma TVs
Go buy a plasma now. Panasonic has confirmed that it will no longer make plasma televisions, with sales to cease by March of 2014.
B&O’s new Beolabs are adorably named, insanely designed, exceptionally wireless
Bang & Olufsen revealed two wireless speakers and a wireless subwoofer in New York which are the first to be certified by WiSA.
LG keeps the OLED under wraps, succeeds in distracting us with pretty 4K pictures
LG showed off its full line of 4K Ultra HD televisions today at on offsite event held during the CEDIA Expo. Here are our first impressions.
Break into Sonos’ walled sound garden with the $200 Play:1 wireless speaker
Sonos finally has a wireless speaker that delivers the stellar Sonos experience without the typically shocking Sonos price. The Play:1 will be $200.
Samsung unleashes 2013 TV line-up, including 85-inch Ultra HD and 55-inch OLED models
Samsung's 2013 TV lineup includes a goliath 85-inch Ultra HD model, a 55-inch OLED still shrouded in mystery, and more refined Smart TVs further down the line.
Cable or Netflix? Samsung’s Smart Media player stops asking you to choose
Samsung's new set-top box is different than all of the others because it works as both a cable box and a media streaming device in one.
Vizio’s new Co-Star LT stream player lets you watch live TV while browsing Internet apps
Vizio's latest streaming set-top box divorces Google TV but keeps HDMI pass-through so viewers can keep watching live TV while surfing VOD apps.
GoldenEar Technology proves in-ceiling speakers can hang with the best
GoldenEar Technology's insanely ambitious in-ceiling speaker demonstration was a wild success. Here's our ears-on impressions.
Zepp Labs lets you check out your tennis, baseball and golf swing in 3D on your iPad
Zepp labs has developed an improved sensor which functions at the heart of its new Zepp Sports platform swing analyzing systems for use with mobile devices.
Inside the House Of Rock: Celebrities, debauchery, and a whole lotta microphones
We take a tour with the people behind the House of Rock, an historic home in Santa Monica, CA that has been converted into the ultimate tribute to Rock and Roll. Not only that, but the entire house functions as a state-of-the-art recording studio where artists come to be inspired.
Intel VP behind its OnCue Internet TV service may be jumping ship for Hulu
If the VP of Intel media and the leader of the OnCue streaming TV project is considering heading up Hulu, what does that mean for OnCue's future?
Intel says its groundbreaking new OnCue service and set-top box will have to wait until 2014
Intel has pushed back the launch date of its OnCue OTT service until sometime in 2014, and it doesn't appear Sony is any further along.
Anthem unleashes refreshed receiver line, Paradigm flashes 7.1 sound bar
Anthem finally refreshed its MRX receiver line, and Paradigm showed off its sleek (and expensive) new 7.1 sound bar at CEDIA this year.