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Power Amplifier Reviews
Parasound Halo C 2 & Halo A 51 surround processor & 5-channel power amplifier
Barry Willis  |  Nov 30, 2003

In my student days, I coped with perpetual financial shortfalls in part by moving furniture. After a weekend of toting hide-a-beds and refrigerators to fifth-floor walkups, I would imagine a perfect world in which everything was designed to work with everything else. Not a world of bureaucratic regimentation, but one in which, by common agreement, every sofa would fit into every elevator and every table would slip through every open door.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Silk Stockings
Robert Deutsch  |  Nov 30, 2003

<I>Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), 1.0 (French). 117 minutes. 1957. Warner Home Video 62251. NR. $19.90.</I>

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Gangs of New York
Thomas J. Norton  |  Nov 28, 2003

<I>Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic). Dolby Surround (French), Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround (English). Two discs. Miramax Home Entertainment 24017. R. $29.99.</I>

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Tower Speaker ReviewsSubwoofer Reviews
Audio Physic Virgo III surround speaker system
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 28, 2003

The relatively small German company Audio Physic has had remarkable success among audiophiles worldwide with its line of mostly slim, relatively expensive, high-performance speakers. For two decades now, music lovers have responded to the brand's fast, detailed sound&mdash;a sound that places a premium on re-creating a musical event along with the music itself. Audio Physic speakers are best known for pulling a sonic disappearing act by producing holographic, 3-dimensional images and dramatic 2-channel soundstages, but communicating music's emotional content has always been paramount to founder and chief designer Joachim Gerhard. In my opinion, he's succeeded: My current reference speakers are Audio Physic Avanti IIIs; before that, I owned a pair of the original Virgos.

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Other Tech
Julian Hirsch, 1922 - 2003
SV Staff  |  Nov 26, 2003

Julian Hirsch, an engineer and magazine writer who was instrumental in transforming hi-fi from an esoteric hobby into a multibillion-dollar global industry, died Monday, November 24, at the age of 81 after a long illness.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
There's Something More About Mary
Michael Metzger  |  Nov 24, 2003

<I>Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliot, Lee Evans, Lin Shaye, W. Earl Brown, Markie Post, Jeffrey Tambor, Keith David, Brett Favre, Jonathan Richman. Directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly. Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1. 119 minutes. 1998. 20th Century Fox 37985. R. $21.99.</I>

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Faroudja PlasmaSync 42MP4 & Native Rate Series Digital Cinema Source Plasma Display & DVD player-digital video processor
Joel Brinkley  |  Nov 24, 2003

Faroudja has long made among the very best video processors&mdash;the company virtually invented the industry. NEC has made outstanding plasma televisions for several years. Combining an NEC plasma that incorporates several important Faroudja enhancements with a top-of-the-line Faroudja processor and selling them as a package was an inspired idea that presented me with an intriguing product for review.

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Audio Video News
NBC - Digital Expansion?
HT Staff  |  Nov 24, 2003
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) may up the ante in the digital broadcasting game, according to a November 22 report from New York.
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Audio Video News
Added to the Archives This Week
 |  Nov 24, 2003

Joel Brinkley gets his hands on the <A HREF="/accessories/1003faroudja">Faroudja PlasmaSync 42MP4 & Native Rate Series Digital Cinema Source plasma display & DVD player-digital video processor</A> and puts it to the test. Combine a NEC plasma display with Faroudja processing and you get "an intriguing product for review," says JB.

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Other Tech
Holiday Gift Guide 2003
Shannon Mccarthy  |  Nov 23, 2003
Not so long ago, people used the 12 days after Christmas as an opportunity to continue to give gifts - and from that generosity the well-known carol was born.
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