Brands
Home theater brands: who makes what, and what each is good at
Most brands here are excellent at one thing and ordinary at the rest. These pages say which is which, what a range costs to keep running once its updates, pads and couplers are counted, and where the same factory sells the same tool under three badges.
In brief
32 brands, from Klipsch (14 products), Polk Audio (11 products), Teufel (7 products) down to makers with a single model. Each page lists every product of the brand reviewed here and its Amazon.com offer on October 25, 2026.
- Epson Japan The 3LCD house, and the one that states ANSI lumens 2 products
- BenQ Taiwan DLP, and a specification sheet that names its conditions 2 products
- Acer Taiwan The value end of DLP, specified plainly 3 products
- XGIMI China Laser and battery, with the operating system as the product 3 products
- Hisense China Ultra short throw, sold as a television replacement 3 products
- celexon Germany Screens for every mechanism, specified the same way 5 products
- Denon Japan AV receivers with the measurement conditions printed 3 products
- Yamaha Japan Receivers and stereo amplifiers from the same house 5 products
- Teufel Germany Direct sales, and systems designed as systems 7 products
- Klipsch United States Horn-loaded, and unusually easy to drive 14 products
- ESMART Germany A screen range organized by mechanism and width 4 products
- Polk Audio United States Ranges built so a system can grow 11 products
- Canton Germany German speaker engineering, sold by the piece 2 products
- Panasonic Japan Disc players, specified format by format 6 products
- Bose United States Small enclosures, and system design over specification 2 products
- Vogel's Netherlands TV mounts with a published load, VESA range and outside testing 1 product
- Hama Germany Accessories across every shelf, plainly specified 2 products
- Magnat Germany Bookshelf speakers and network electronics 2 products
- Aurzen Compact projectors sold on their built-in apps 1 product
- Logitech Switzerland A 5.1 system with no receiver, and the Squeezebox 2 products
- auvisio Television audio accessories at the entry tier 1 product
- Pyle United States Passive speakers and stands, specified by the numbers 3 products
- Donner Multi-channel amplification at the accessible end 2 products
- Perlegear Hong Kong (BESTQI Innovation Technology); the PGMF24B is made in Vietnam Mounts sized by screen diagonal, weight and reach 1 product
- Audizio Active speakers and network audio at the entry tier 2 products
- Bennett & Ross Compact systems and floorstanders with a stated RMS figure 2 products
- Fenton Speakers and sets at the accessible end 1 product
- Amazon Basics Amazon's own label Amazon's own label, priced at the floor 1 product
- VEVOR China The marketplace generalist, present on most shelves 3 products
- Dynavox Small components and the cable between them 1 product
- Elektron Surround speakers and the stands for them 1 product
- Thomson A licensed name across several unrelated categories 1 product