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HDTV Goes Blue?
Jon Iverson  |  Feb 24, 2002  | 

HDTV fans rejoice: The magic formula needed to bring high definition video into millions of consumer homes may be near. Nine of the major audio/video consumer electronics companies announced last week that they have jointly established the basic specifications for a next generation large capacity optical disc video recording format called "Blu-ray Disc."

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More HDTV Sports To Air
Jon Iverson  |  Feb 24, 2002  | 

Sears and CBS Television announced an agreement last week under which Sears will sponsor high definition television coverage of the 2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. This marks the third consecutive year that CBS has broadcast the Final Four in HDTV.

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MGM Puts Two Films Online
Barry Willis  |  Feb 24, 2002  | 

Here's a formula for an experiment pre-determined to prove there's no demand for downloadable movies over the Internet: Offer two films that nobody wants to see, and make them playable for only 24 hours.

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Screen Maker Hits Century Mark
 |  Feb 24, 2002  | 

One of the home theater industry's premier makers of projection screens is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

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CEA Lauds Copyright Review
Barry Willis  |  Feb 24, 2002  | 

The Supreme Court's recent announcement that it will review an extension of copyright terms enacted during the Clinton administration has won praise from the <A HREF="http://www.ce.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A>.

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Tron: 20th Anniversary Edition On DVD
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 24, 2002  | 

<I>Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes. Directed by Steven Lisberger. Aspect ratio: 2.20:1 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1. Two discs. 96 minutes. 1982. Walt Disney Home Video 23569. PG. $29.99.</I>

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NCAA Finals in HDTV
 |  Feb 23, 2002  | 

College basketball fans will get right in the midst of the high definition action when the NCAA men's 2003 basketball championship series begins next month.

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Audiophile Theater: Totem Acoustic Dreamcatcher 5.1
HT Staff  |  Feb 21, 2002  | 
Ontario's Totem Acoustic is a company known throughout the audiophile world for its excellent, musical two-channel designs. Less well known is the fact that the company also makes multichannel home theater products that sound very good.
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Faroudja Digital Cinema Source Due in March
HT Staff  |  Feb 20, 2002  | 
One of the most respected names in video is pushing the performance envelope again. Faroudja, a division of Sage, Inc., has introduced the Digital Cinema Source (DCS), an innovative new Native Rate Series video processor.
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Meridian 800/861: "World's Best"
HT Staff  |  Feb 19, 2002  | 
British audio technology company Meridian Audio, Ltd. has announced important upgrades to Version 3 of its 800 optical disc player and 861 reference surround controller, including proprietary encryption and signaling technology.
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Plus Corp.'s New DLP Projectors
HT Staff  |  Feb 19, 2002  | 
Last year, Plus Corporation of America rocked the home theater world with the introduction of the Plus "Piano" HE-3100, a compact DLP video projector with great specifications. Home Theater's Mike Wood gave the little projector two thumbs up, saying all the right compromises were made to get it to market at a ground-breaking price of $3000 retail.
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Sharp Will Build New LCD TV Plant
Barry Willis  |  Feb 17, 2002  | 

Large liquid crystal display screens were among the most intriguing video technologies demonstrated at the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show.

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Let the HDTV Rain
Jon Iverson  |  Feb 17, 2002  | 

One of the primary obstacles to getting high-bandwidth video such as HDTV to the home via cable is the limited signal-carrying capacity of what is termed "the last mile." Currently, cable modem users share a data pipe with TV channels that can carry about 30 megabits-per-second (mbps) into their homes.

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New Panasonic DTV Gear at NAB 2002
 |  Feb 17, 2002  | 

Many home theater enthusiasts grumble about the slow pace of the development of digital television without considering the cost of the transition for broadcasters&mdash;approximately $2 million per studio. The great change isn't occurring only in our viewing rooms, but also in studios throughout North America.

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Bridget Jones's Diary on DVD
Hilary Lynch  |  Feb 17, 2002  | 

<I>Ren&#233;e Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, James Callis, Shirley Henderson, Sally Phillips. Directed by Sharon Maguire. Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic).Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 2.0 (French). 98 minutes. 2001. Disney Studios B00003CXT7. R. $29.99.</I>

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