Audio Video News

Comes the spring and a young person's fancy turns to thoughts of…3D?

Now that the Federal Communications Commission has granted limited use of selectable output control to the entertainment industry, the "window" structure of video releases may be in for radical change. Video providers are more likely to offer hot movie titles via video on demand before disc release. But two clouds lurk on the horizon. The VOD will be very expensive to consumers. And it may antagonize theater owners.

Canon's effort to establish a new video display technology called SED has finally hit a wall. SED is dead, at least as a consumer product.

Thinking of buying some outdoor speakers? Then look at the Boston Acoustics Voyager and Voyager Rock, which will be sold for 20 percent off through July 31, 2010. You can buy from a participating dealer or from the Boston Acoustics website.

Best Buy's newly acquired CinemaNow will stream movies on the same date as their DVD release.

Acura has started showing commercials questioning the nature of luxury, taking pot shots at audiophiles in the process. The commercial shows various luxury items, including an expensive tube amplifier, with the owners weakly trying to justify...

Sony and Logitech will be the first manufacturers to produce Google TV devices, it was announced yesterday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. And the Dish Network will be the first video provider to feature Google TV.