Hands-on with Unity home theater

Unity's street price is $999 and will be available later this year. Pictured with a 47-inch TV. (Credit: Christopher MacManus/CNET) During CES , I got a chance to hook up with Engage, the company behind Unity , a well-built home theater system. Unity is the brainchild of Todd Beauchamp, an ex-Apple audio engineer (he worked closely on iPhone acoustics, for example) and Mike Fidler, an individual ...

Sony keeps Google TV alive with new Blu-ray player, set top box

Sony's NSZ-GP9 Blu-ray player with Google TV has a completely redesigned remote. (Credit: Sony) LAS VEGAS--Sony was one of the few early supporters of the Google TV platform, and the company is doubling down on its bet with two new home theater products at CES 2012. Sony announced an updated version of its Google TV-powered Blu-ray player, the NSZ-GP9, as well as its first-ever Google TV set-top ...

Sony 2012 Android smartphone models, pricing leaked

With Sony now in full control over its mobile division, the electronics giant has come out with both guns blazing. Its first smartphones free of Ericsson branding have burst onto the scene with blazing fast 1.5GHz processors, snappy styling, and tight integration with Sony’s home theater products. Thanks to a leaked roadmap, it now looks [...]

Sony Now Makes a Portable Blu-ray Player. Why? [Home Theater]

# hometheater I'm sure there are 3.5 people out there who will put Sony's portable Blu-ray player to great use. It has a 9-inch screen, 4.5 hours of battery life, and 1080p output via HDMI. But for the rest of us, The Sony SX910 is an extremely niche-y, borderline unnecessary piece of tech. More »

A whole new slate of audio electronics from Sony in 2012

Sony didn't hold back its engineers this year when it came to iterating on its extensive lineup of audio products for 2012. The new STR-DH820 AV receiver features five HDMI inputs that'll pass 3D and an integrated iPhone/iPod dock. There are three new Blu-ray enabled home theater systems, the BDV-N890W is leading the way with built-in 802.11N, wireless rear speakers and an iOS app for audio ...