LAS VEGAS — The International CES has ended for another year and has given us a glimpse at the technology we’ll be seeing for the next 12 months and beyond. In the audio realm there were a handful of surprises — especially from Google, which doesn’t even exhibit at the show. But this was more …

LAS VEGAS — Panasonic has announced the first disc player that is expected to support the 4K Blu-ray standard when it becomes available later in 2015. The prototype player supports additional standards such as the HEVC codec and High Dynamic Range which Panasonic expects to see in the next Blu-ray Disc standards. High Dynamic Range is expected to debut soon …

LAS VEGAS — Channel Master has announced that its DVR+ set-top box will be upgraded with its LinearTV technology in early 2015 and will enable users to access linear Internet channels as part of the program guide. Online broadcast channels will appear in the guide alongside over-the-air broadcast channels and the existing inclusion of streaming applications Vudu, Pandora and YouTube. …

LAS VEGAS — The multi-room music market may be currently more crowded than a clown car, but it won’t stop German company Raumfeld from introducing its range of wireless products to the US in 2015, having already launched in the UK. What makes Raumfeld different? First, it does true hi-res audio — not down-rezzed-to-CD-quality like Play-Fi or refuse-to-play-at-all like Sonos …

They Might Be Giants’ new Dial-A-Song service features 52 songs for 30 bucks. Related stories Top 6 sites for buying FLAC Drip.fm: Record club for the 21st century What is FLAC? The high-def MP3 explained Tidal carves streaming-music niche OK, so it’s 5 minutes to midnight on Christmas Eve and you still haven’t got the music lover in your life …

Screenshot: Ty Pendlebury/CNET Sonos has become the latest manufacturer to announce support for the fledgling streaming music service Tidal, which launched in the UK and the US in late 2014. But what makes Tidal different from the gaggle of other services on the market? In a word: lossless. If that term is Greek to you, you’re not alone. But the …

If you’re looking to buy speakers for your home system, then the lion’s share of your budget should go to your front speakers. Spending in the neighborhood of $1,000 isn’t for the weak of heart, but it will reward you with bigger bass, better detail, and party-making volume levels. So once you decide on your budget, you need to work …

If you’re looking to buy a Blu-ray player, the most important thing, in our book, isn’t image quality anymore. The fact is, nearly all of today’s players can put out identically fantastic images. It’s speed. How quickly a player can boot into Netflix or access a disc varies widely, and if you can shave up to a minute off waiting …

Joe Sinnott/THIRTEEN Productions The “Cheek to Cheek” performance featuring Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, a recreation of the No. 1-selling jazz album, was recorded in July at the Rose Theater in NY exclusively for LG. It was designed as a showcase of Ultra HD video, complementing the high-res version of the duo’s release. Representatives from LG told CNET the producers …

DENON Sonos co-founder Craig Shelburne advised via a blog post that his company was suing Denon’s parent company D&M Holdings as it believes HEOS is “merely copying Sonos’s system”. “Beginning with its product name and messaging (which in some instances they have just copied word for word), Denon borrows liberally from virtually all aspects of the Sonos story”, Shelbourne alleges. …