Home-automation leader Control4 continues to break records in Q3 2017, and CTRL stock price has tripled in 52 weeks. The company plans to cut its less-committed dealers to make way for enthusiastic newcomers.

Just Add Power, Vanco International, Stewart Filmscreen, Crestron Electronics and more bring in awards for home theater and multi-room AV in the CE Pro BEST Awards 2017.

Modulus lets you rip DVDs and Blu-rays, record content from Hulu and Netflix, share shows to Plex-enabled devices, replace your cable DVR, skip commercials and control it all by voice, app or qwerty remote.

Dish Network preps for 5G world where video is transmitted via cellular network, bypassing the Internet.

The newly announced Kin series of architectural speakers from Totem Acoustic include the IC81, IC61, IC82, IC62 and the dual-tweeter stereo IC62ST single enclosure loudspeaker.

DTS claims its Phorus PS10 is first Alexa-enabled smart speaker to support high-resolution audio (24-bit/192kHz); works with other wireless Play-Fi devices for whole-house music.