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Ask The Expert: How Important is 1080p Input Capability?
 |  Jun 06, 2006  | 

Q. I have a Sony Qualia 005 LCD HDTV that accepts a 1080i video signal through its HDMI inputs but not 1080p. Now I'm interested in Sony's upcoming BDP-S1 Blu-ray Disc player, which has a 1080p video output. Are these two components compatible? If not, how can I view a 1080p video signal on the set? Chris Strigos Beacon, NY

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S&V Q&A — June 2006
Ian G. Masters  |  Jun 05, 2006  | 

A Classic Hummer

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S&V Talks with Filmmaker Neil Jordan
Josef Krebs  |  Jun 05, 2006  | 

From The Company of Wolves to The Crying Game, Mona Lisa to Michael Collins, and Interview with the Vampire to The Butcher Boy, Neil Jordan has consistently made films that take us deep into the woods of his unusual characters' imaginations.

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Beatles Recording Engineer Geoff Emerick
Ken Richardson  |  Jun 05, 2006  | 

In your new book with Howard Massey, Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles (Gotham), you write that "true Beatles fans" should get the mono versions of Revolver and Sgt.

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Alan Parsons Does 5.1 Live on XM
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 05, 2006  | 

Live music in surround: You just can't beat it. When S&V was asked if we'd like to head down to our nation's capital and see Alan Parsons do an installment of Artist Confidential in 5.1 for XM Satellite Radio back on March 4, we jumped at the chance.

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The List
SV Staff  |  Jun 05, 2006  | 

We've added four products to The List in June. Yamaha's VX-2600, at about $1,000 retail, delivered great sound and video scaling to win our receiver shootout. The Westinghouse 42-inch LCD flat-panel is an exceptional value and boasts 1080p display and input. Crystal Acoustics, a British speaker outfit, scored with its $2,000 THX-certified system.

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Step By Step: How to Program a Universal Remote
John Sciacca  |  Jun 04, 2006  | 

STEP 1: CHOOSE THE RIGHT REMOTE "You get what you pay for" definitely holds true with universal remotes. Cheap models offer basic features such as channel-changing and play-stop-skip controls but usually can't handle full system control.

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Satellite Goes Surround
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jun 04, 2006  | 
Shown above is the special microphone configuration Neural Audio came up with so XM can capture all the channels for a surround sound broadcast of a live performance from a single position.

Maybe I'm just someone who's easily impressed, but the whole idea of sending audio and video data tens of thousands of miles into space to hit satellites that then send the data back to earth amazes

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The Skinny on Everything
Bob Lefsetz  |  Jun 03, 2006  | 

P2P. No longer the story. The press is burned out on it. As are the insiders at music conferences. Bring up file-trading, and they wince. But more people are downloading more files than ever before.

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Pioneer Inno XM2go Portable Satellite Radio
John Sciacca  |  Jun 03, 2006  | 

Movie sequels are rarely as good as the originals. Fortunately, just the opposite is true with consumer electronics, where Gen 2 is almost always a good thing, loaded with extra features and tweaked for better performance. In the case of the new Pioneer Inno XM2go portable satellite radio, it's a great thing.

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In Search of the Lossless Chord
David Ranada  |  Jun 02, 2006  | 

Confused about which audio codec to use to encode music for your portable player? Drowning in the alphanumeric soup of AAC (iTunes/iPod), MP3, and WMA (Windows Media Audio)? Want to guarantee that you'll get the best possible sound out of your hard-disk collection of ripped CDs?

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Installations: The House That Jim Built
James K. Willcox  |  Jun 02, 2006  | 

•Photo Gallery

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Coming Soon to a Brain Near You
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jun 02, 2006  | 

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Inner Workings: Inside a Touchscreen Remote
Rob Medich  |  Jun 02, 2006  | 

True, it's not as cool a user experience as moving holographic frames in midair, like Tom Cruise did in Minority Report. But admit it: You get the slightest thrill when you work a touchscreen. And if that screen just happens to be built into a remote control, well, you feel as finger-empowered as E.T.

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Home Sweet HomePlug
Rob Medich  |  Jun 01, 2006  | 

Electricity Practically runs through Kevin Post's veins.

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