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Thanks for the Memories
David Ranada  |  Jul 05, 2006

"So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye." So goes the song. But only some of those sentiments apply to four digital-audio formats that have gone, or are about to depart, from the consumer-electronics scene. DAT, DCC, MD, and SACD never did fare "well" in the marketplace.

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New Product: Hitachi 42HDS69 42-inch Plasma HDTV
Peter Pachal  |  Jul 05, 2006

Keep It Real It's kind of a bizarre resolution for a plasma TV - 1,024 x 1,080 pixels - but Hitachi just might know what it's doing here. Those 1 million pixels are driven by a technology called ALiS (Alternate Lighting of Surfaces) to get the most detail out of 1080i signals (the most common HD format) and bestow a smoother, more filmlike picture.

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New Product: AudioReQuest S4.2500 Music Server
Peter Pachal  |  Jul 05, 2006

TERABYTE POWER Unless you're Sony BMG, you'll never run out of room for your music in the AudioReQuest S4.2500. Its massive 1.5-terabyte hard disk can hold 2,500 CDs worth of music - and that's uncompressed. If you go the MP3 route, there's enough room for 360,000 songs! Even the most dedicated Deadhead could fit his collection on that.

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30 Minutes with Ian Gillan
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2006

So I was just in the S&V sound room, listening to the surround mix of Gillan's Inn.

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Alpine Blackbird PMD-B100 Personal Navigation Device
Doug Newcomb  |  Jul 05, 2006

Thanks to their portability, personal navigation devices (PNDs) are finding their way into the hands of more and more drivers of multiple vehicles. PNDs not only assist in getting you from point A to point B - as well as locate every ATM and Starbucks in between - they also offer features such as MP3 compatibility and real-time traffic info.

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2006 Dodge Charger R/T Boston Acoustics Sound System
Doug Newcomb  |  Jul 05, 2006

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Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on the Future of Recorded Music
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2006

What do you think of downloading? In the days when I grew up, you really had to work hard just to find music.

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30 Minutes With Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2006

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is quite animated when discussing the current and future state of recorded music. Back in the early months of 2000, Anderson and I sat down in a hotel restaurant in New York City to discuss similar topics. It's interesting to see how things have progressed since then - or not...

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Joe Elliott of Def Leppard
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2006

Are we close to the point of seeing CDs disappear entirely? Could that happen? Hey, listen: Vinyl's almost disappeared. 78's disappeared. I'm not a soothsayer, and I can't really say if people are going to give up on the physical side of intellectual property.

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The Future of Recorded Music - Part 5
Rob Medich  |  Jul 05, 2006

In part one we asked if the compact disc was dead. Here we offer a timeline of the Compact Disc's history - and prehistory - from 180 years ago to the present.

The 1800s

The Big Bang? Beethoven! In a way, it all begins with his Symphony No. 9 (see 1979).

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