Audio Video News

Marantz’s new M-CR611 “CD receiver” may look old-school but beneath its CD/AM/FM façade is a wireless music streamer that supports high-res playback.

Ultra HD content on a thumb drive? Sure, why not? Mance Media is the first company to sell it—and that makes it the first to sell UHD in a hard-copy format. The Website lists more than a dozen movies priced at $24.99 as well as TV shows. For details, visit buy4kuhd.com. UHD will also be available on forthcoming variations of Blu-ray and is already available via streaming and satellite.

Fantastic Four, which opens today, will be a full-on multi-sensory experience at the Showcase Cinema de Lux in Revere, MA, the nation’s second MX4D theater but the East Coast’s first such venue.

Cost-conscious home theater enthusiasts still waiting patiently for a projector with a bright image and decent blacks for under a thousand bucks could be celebrating this summer with the release of Epson's latest 1080p entries.

Pioneer has packed five-channel discrete amplification, Ultra HD passthrough with HDCP 2 support, and Bluetooth/aptX connectivity into its new budget AV receiver, the VSX-530-K, which carries a suggested retail price of $280.

Consumer spending on digital content accounted for more than half of all home entertainment spending in the April-June period, according to preliminary numbers released by the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG).

The results of last week’s poll are in. We asked if you own a portable Bluetooth speaker and, if so, how often you use it. As you can see from the results below, the scales tip in favor of owning and using a Bluetooth speaker...