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Satellite Radio's Big Year
Rob Medich  |  Apr 06, 2006  | 

Thirty-six floors above Rockefeller Center - or Times Square, depending on which side of the building you're gawking from - Jim Collins is giving a tour of Sirius Satellite Radio's Manhattan headquarters. The VP of corporate communications points out a bunch of empty cardboard equipment boxes propped up against a glassed-in control room.

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HD DVD vs. Blu-ray: The Format War Goes Nuclear
James K. Willcox  |  Apr 05, 2006  | 
Remember when the DVD was introduced? Remember how all the hardware companies and Hollywood studios played nice together, bringing out a steady flow of players and movies? Well, you can forget about that when the HD DVD and Blu-ray high-def disc formats debut over the next few months.
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LG VX9800 Cellphone/Media Player
 |  Apr 05, 2006  | 
$300
•V Cast multimedia capability •QWERTY keyboard for messaging •MP3 player •1.3-megapixel camera/camcorder •Bluetooth version 1.1 compatible •4.5 x 2 x 1 inches •5.25 ounces •
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Tech Talk: Laser-Driven DLP Projectors
David Ranada  |  Apr 04, 2006  | 

04/05/2006 On Monday I heard that later this week Mitsubishi will be showcasing some rear-projection TVs based on Texas Instruments' digital micromirror (DMD) DLP technology.

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Targus SoundUP iPod Sound Enhancer
Al Griffin  |  Apr 03, 2006  | 

The compact Targus SoundUP iPod sound enhancer plugs into any third- or fourth-generation iPod or iPod photo and is said to "recreate studio-quality sound" from digitally compressed music. That's a big claim for such a little device - one we had to check out.

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Ramble On
Bob Lefsetz  |  Apr 03, 2006  | 

"Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" was my favorite track on Led Zeppelin II. Maybe it was just teenage hormones, but the way the song took off like a shot appealed to me. Like you could OUTRACE society. And I've always been about playing outside society.

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A/V Networking Goes Mainstream
Eric Taub  |  Apr 03, 2006  | 

Within a day of returning from the consumer electronics show, I was asked the same question by at least 10 people: "What was the most exciting product you saw in Las Vegas?" Unfortunately, my answer didn't excite anyone because, aside from a few clever little gadgets, I didn't see anything thrilling.

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Qsonix Q100 Music Server
John Sciacca  |  Apr 03, 2006  | 
What We Think
This multiroom music server offers excellent sound and an interface as gorgeous as it is easy to use.
A board game called Othello came up with the ingenious
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Garmin nüvi 350 Personal Travel Assistant/MP3 Player
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 03, 2006  | 
$900
•GPS receiver with voice prompts •MP3 music and JPEG photo player •Optional travel and language guides •3.5-inch touchscreen •Text-to-speech synthesis •3.875 x 2.875 x 0.875 inches •5 oun
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Televés DAT-75 UHF HDTV Antenna
Rob Sabin  |  Apr 03, 2006  | 
The Short Form
$200 / 72 x 22 x 28 IN / 10 LBS / antennavoodoo.com / 206-323-8845
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DLP vs. LCoS
Rob Sabin  |  Apr 03, 2006  | 

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The List
SV Staff  |  Apr 03, 2006  | 

We've added five products to The List this month. The Sony and HP rear projectors in this issue are both highly recommendable. The Qsonix Digital Music System, while pricey, is so distinctive and lovable that we had to include it despite its being a work in progress (at least it's upgradable). Garmin's nüvi Digital Travel Assistant is also expensive but beautifully executed.

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What's New with HDTV
 |  Apr 03, 2006  | 

HD Movies Free on Cable "Free" and "cable" don't usually go together. Yet about 80% of Comcast households are being offered a sprinkling of high-def video-on-demand movies free each month. April titles will include Cliffhanger, Desperado, and The Fifth Element.

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Digital Silk Purse?
David Ranada  |  Apr 02, 2006  | 

Apparently, Dolby isn't satisfied with getting its 7.1-channel Dolby Digital Plus and 8-channel lossless TrueHD technologies into the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc systems (as requirements in the former, as options in the latter). At the Consumer Electronics Show, Dolby's Audistry subsidiary was demonstrating some new technology intended for the other end of the sound-reproduction scale.

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Is the Cell Phone the New Killer App of A/V?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 02, 2006  | 

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