Onkyo Unveils Sonos-Ready RZ-Series Network AVRs
Onkyo introduced this week some of the first fruits of its recently announced collaboration with wireless multi-room music system giant Sonos by introducing a trio of Sonos-ready AV receivers. Onkyo AV receiver models TX-RZ830 ($1,399 suggested retail), TX-RZ730 ($1,099), and the TX-RZ630 ($899), will distribute…
Yamaha Unveils 2018 Aventage AVR Lineup With AI Tech
Yamaha introduced Monday the six-model RX-A 80 series of its popular Aventage premium network Audio Video Receivers (AVRs). Select models will begin shipping this month, with more advanced units slated to arrive in July. Three of these higher-end receivers — models RX-A1080, RX-A2080 and RX-A3080…
Review: Denon AVR-X6400H Offers Great High-End Value
As one of the leaders in audio/video receiver development, Denon is often the first to market with the industry’s latest innovations in home theater audio and video capabilities. It’s not surprising to us then that Denon’s AVR-X6400H audio video receiver stands as one of the…
Denon Launches Six S-/X-Series AVRs
Denon introduced two X-series and four S-series audio video receiver models Thursday. The range brings popular features including, Amazon Alexa Voice Control skills, and Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and DTS Virtual:X surround sound. Other enhancements include multi video-format support and multi-room wireless music distribution via the…
Integra Dot 1 Series Custom AVR, Controller Bring 4K HDBaseT Support
Integra DRX-R1.1 Network AV Receiver with 4K HDBaseT support. Higher-end custom-installation brand Integra this week announced new “Dot 1” series AV controllers and receivers, including the first such products with support for 4K HDBaseT wired distribution networks supporting 4K/60 fps/4:4:4/HDR10/Dolby Vision in runs of up…
MStar Television SoCs To Add DTS Virtual:X Surround Sound Support
The DTS Virtual:X post-processing surround sound technology developed by Xperi’s DTS, is being added to a wide range of television set system on a chip (SoC) processors coming from Tiawan’s MStar, the companies revealed Wednesday. With the added capability, television manufacturers using applicable MStar SoCs…
Polk Unveils `The Command Bar’ With Alexa Mic Array
Sound United is using CES 2018 to unveil the Polk Audio Command Bar, which was developed in association with Amazon to produce a soundbar that is kind of like an Amazon Alexa speaker on steroids. In other news, Sound United said today that it…
Panasonic Unveils 2018 Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Lineup
Panasonic unveiled at CES 2018 Monday four new Ultra HD Blu-ray players, including some of the first models to include support for the new HDR10+ dynamic metadata high dynamic range (HDR) platform. The players include the latest generation HCX processors, which are said to…
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