LATEST CONSUMER ELECTRONICS NEWS

HARMAN Revel has just announced that it’s shipping its Architectural Series loudspeakers.  The series comprises 21 in-wall and in-ceiling speakers.  The loudspeakers have been designed to integrate with any décor and have a patented RollerLock tool-free [...]

As you may have already read in the pages of CANADA HiFi, two 3D TV formats are currently available in stores – one which uses active LCD shutter glasses and the other which uses passive polarized [...]

Cary Audio is just releasing their new Cinema 12 preamplifier-processor (pre-pro), which is the successor to their well received Cinema 11a processor. The Cinema 12 pre-pro builds on the Cinema 11a feature list, while increasing performance [...]

Just in time for the warmer weather, Kevro International, the North American distributor for Monitor Audio, has announced the shipping of the new Monitor Audio Climate Series of outdoor speakers. The new Climate range promises true [...]

Chord Electronics just announced their new Chordette Maxx stereo amplifier with DAC.  Good things come in small packages – well, that could possibly be the case with this little but deceivingly powerful 30 wpc stereo amplifier.  [...]

Not to be left out without a piece of the tablet game, Sony is the latest company to launch its own tablets.  Both of Sony’s new tablets promise the perfect combination of hardware, content and network [...]

Nintendo has just announced that it is planning to replace its Nintendo Wii console with a new model in 2012, as the company tries to stay competitive with the Xbox 360 and PS3 systems.  The company [...]

Resonessence Labs has just introduced their new Invicta stereo DAC. The DAC is relatively compact, at 5cm X 22cm X 28cm and can be rack mounted. The Invicta is ASYNC 1.0 (not 2.0) USB Audio compliant. [...]

It looks like Bryston is about to announce a new headphone amplifier called the BHP-1.  The ‘leak photo’ above just began surfacing on the Internet. We’ll post the details about the unit as soon as the [...]

Want more “bang” in your media / rec. room? Bang & Olufsen (B&O) has just introduced the BeoVision 4-85, their first 3D TV display, which has everything going for it in terms of size. The 85-inch [...]

Home theatre enthusiasts looking to achieve the best possible resolution on their TV or projector will definitely want to take a look at the new Creston HD-SCALER High Definition Video Scaler, the latest addition to the [...]

Abbingdon Music Research has just recently introduced their new DP-77.  The DP-77 allows the user the option to select between the 16-bit (non-oversampling) and 32-bit (oversampling) chips, so that optimum performance can be obtained between both [...]

  Research In Motion’s answer to Apple’s iPad went on sale this morning in Canada and the US. The BlackBerry PlayBook is a Wi-Fi only tablet which is available in a choice of three models, featuring [...]

If you’re setting up a 3D projector or a projector in a brighter environment, you might want to consider the new Screen Innovations (SI) Black Diamond G3 screen series. The Black Diamond G3 allows viewers to [...]

If you aspire to a video wall rather than just a TV, you might want to take a look at Sharp’s new mammoth 70-inch TV.  Sharp has just announced that it is shipping its 70-inch class [...]

Krell Industries has just announced that they will be adding 3D upgrades to their current family of surround processors.  3D upgrades are available for Evolution 707, S-1200, and S-1200u customers. The upgrade price is $1,500 U.S., [...]