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Groovy Tubes
Al Griffin  |  Oct 07, 2002
Photos by Tony Cordoza

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Other Tech
Hitachi DZ-MV230A DVD-RAM Camcorder
Teri Scaduto  |  Oct 07, 2002
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Josef Krebs  |  Oct 07, 2002
The Ratings: Movie: 4.5 stars out of 5 DVD: 4.5 stars out of 5
Accept it. If you buy this set, containing a film that is three hours long and a whole separate disc of extras, you will be compelled to get one of the four-disc extended editions.
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New Products
New Products -- October 2002
SV Staff  |  Oct 07, 2002

Kenwood

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Audio Video News
Runco's Big Acquisitions
 |  Oct 06, 2002

October 7, 2002 - <A HREF="http://www.runco.com"> Runco International</A> has recently acquired the assets of Vidikron and Projectavision. Both brands had hit the skids due to serious marketing and management difficulties, and both will be revived as independent brand names under the Runco umbrella, according to a September 27 announcement.

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Audio Video News
Panasonic Ships Combo DVD/Hard Disc Recorder
 |  Oct 06, 2002

TV addicts take note: A thousand bucks will buy you plenty of recording time these days&mdash;and plenty of versatility.

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Audio Video News
SIM2 Leverages HD2 Chipset
Barry Willis  |  Oct 06, 2002

<A HREF="http://www.sim2USA.com">SIM2 USA</A>, a division of SIM2 Multimedia S.p.A., has become the first manufacturer to launch a projector and monitors using Texas Instruments' new HD2 Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) chipset. The company's new projector is the HT300 Plus, the latest addition to the renowned line of Grand Cinema DLP projectors. Also new are two models in its Grand Cinema RTX line.

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Audio Video News
Added to the Archives This Week
 |  Oct 06, 2002

For loudspeaker buffs, we've added Wes Phillips' review of the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?46">M&K S-150 THX surround loudspeaker system</A> and Tom Norton's reviews of the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?44">Revel Home Theater</A>, <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?45">Vandersteen Audio Music-and-Cinema loudspeaker system</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?50">Pioneer Elite Reference loudspeaker system</A>.

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Audio Video News
Monsters, Inc.: Collector's Edition
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 06, 2002

<I>Voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly. Directed by Peter Doctor, David Silverman. Aspect ratios: 1.85:1, 4:3. Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX, DD Surround 5.1 sound-effects-only track, THX-certified. 94 minutes. 2001. Buena Vista Home Entertainment 93968. G. $29.99.</I>

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Projector Reviews
Marantz VP-12S1 DLP Projector
Kevin Miller  |  Oct 05, 2002  |  First Published: Oct 06, 2002
The Marantz VP-12S1 1,280-by-720 one-chip DLP projector is certainly a contender for the best product in its category. The new crop of high-resolution, 16:9, one-chip DLP projectors delivers significantly better picture quality than the earlier 4:3-chip designs. The VP-12S1 is extremely well built, provides superb video processing for NTSC sources, falls in the middle of the category's price range, and therefore represents a really solid value.
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