CE Pro 100 dealers, the largest smart-home pros in North America, reveal their top brands in home-tech categories such as audio, video, networking, home automation, HDMI cables and lighting controls.

Vutec Corp.'s founder and CEO Howard Sinkoff, an innovator in screen technology, dies following a brief illness.

The newly announced $9,995 Wolf Cinema 4K PRO-817 Projector produces contrast ratios as high as 2,000,000:1 and includes HDR10 support.

One of the first Amazon Alexa-controlled projectors, the Optoma UHD51A has a TI chipset to deliver 4K home theater images at $1,699.

As part of the annual Sapphire Marketing roadshow stop in Boston, the rep firm showed its commercial and residential brands, including James Loudspeaker.

Adding to its selection of 4K projectors is the new Optoma UHD50 that produces up to 2,400 lumens of brightness.