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M. Night Shyamalan
Drew Thompson  |  Jan 13, 2003
(Photos by Ebet Roberts) You might not know the name, but you definitely know the movies. The Sixth Sense, the left-field hit of 1999, put director M.
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New Products
New Products--January 2003
SV Staff  |  Jan 13, 2003
Harman Kardon Master of the digital domain-Harman Kardon's DPR 1001 Digital Path Receiver is designed to keep digital signals digital right up to the final output stage. It's rated to deliver 50 watts each to seven channels and can decode Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES soundtracks.
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Toshiba SD-4800 DVD-Audio/Video Player
David Ranada  |  Jan 13, 2003
Finding a product that performs better than its price would lead you to expect is always a pleasure for a reviewer. Toshiba's SD-4800 is just such a product-a relatively inexpensive DVD player that's packed with all the latest features. For example, it plays DVD-Audio discs through its multichannel analog outputs, which also serve for Dolby Digital playback.
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Digital Audio's Last Frontiers
David Ranada  |  Jan 13, 2003
This CES saw the official introduction of what used to be called the IBOC (in-Band, on-channel) terrestrial digital radio system, freshly renamed HD Radio (for high-definition) by its promotor, iBiquity.
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Audio Video News
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 |  Jan 12, 2003

Steven Stone fires up the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?78">Manley Snapper monoblock tube power amplifier</A> to determine whether or not it's finally time "for tube power amplifiers to make an inroad into home theater."

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More for Less and Blasts from the Past
Rich Warren  |  Jan 11, 2003
The Consumer Electronics Association has not yet released total attendance figures, but it appears fairly certain that the 2003 CES will go down as the best attended in CES history.
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Flat TVs Get Bigger, and Cable Crashes the Party
Al Griffin  |  Jan 11, 2003
Roaming the packed halls of CES 2003, I'm not surprised to see a continuation of many of last year's video trends. Flat-panel plasma and LCD TVs are everywhere. Tube-type HDTVs, though upstaged by their slim, wall-hanging cousins, are still around and selling at increasingly attractive prices.
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Act Wirelessly, Link Globally
Michael Antonoff  |  Jan 11, 2003
Somewhere along the way to the 2003 edition of CES, just about everything calling itself a convergence product sprouted wings.
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CES 2003 Scrapbook
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 11, 2003
Dallas Cowboy running back Emmitt Smith relaxes with a little video golf at the Motorola booth.

mont2 Meridian shows off some of the available DVD-Audio titles at its booth.

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CES 2003: The Unauthorized List
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 11, 2003
Virtually every company, brand, and industry coalition that attends the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas takes the opportunity to lay claim to the most "remarkable," "groundbreaking," or-three cheers for everyone's favorite-"innovative" developments at CES. Of course, they can't all be right.
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