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Update from Russ Herschelmann: Wow! <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/shownews.cgi?1203">I asked for feedback</A> about what to do with future Home Theater Architect columns, and you gave it to me! I got 60 replies&mdash;with <I>lots</I> (over 25,000 words) of suggestions and great ideas! Many of you (over 70%) want me to finish discussing Jack and Diane's home theater in detail. Five of you (8.3%) do not. The rest either didn't say, or want me to finish with J&D in the next several issues. Respondents seemed to fall into three groups:

Fire up your HD VCRs, <A HREF="http://www.NBCOlympics.com">NBC</A> and <A HREF="http://www.hd.net/olympics.html">HDNet</A> have managed to put together an impressive schedule of Winter Olympics coverage this year to broadcast in high-definition television on NBC's DTV affiliates and HDNet (channel 199 on DIRECTV). One important caveat however, all programming is delayed one day.

<I>Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason. Directed by Frank Capra. Aspect ratio: 4:3 (full-screen). Dolby Digital mono. 121 minutes. 1941. Image Entertainment B000007SFA. NR. $19.95.</I>

The music industry may be in the dumps, but the home video business is soaring, according to a January report from trade journal <I>Video Business</I>.