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Theater Automation Wow Rock+ video processor-scaler
John J. Gannon  |  Oct 24, 2002

In the November 2000 <I>SGHT</I> I reviewed the HD800, an 8-inch CRT video projector from a Florida Internet startup called Theater Automation Wow!, or TAW. Phil Tuttobene and his crew promised then to "change the way America buys home theater." Since then we've seen the term Internet startup lose more than its sparkle, but TAW is still shining. They've succeeded in a tough marketplace&mdash;a high percentage of new companies fail in their first year of operation&mdash;but that same market has changed the way they do business. At first, TAW sold products directly to consumers; now, they work through a traditional dealer network, with 43 U.S. dealers. Not a bad start in less than 24 months.

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Audio Video News
Integra's 5.1 DVD Receiver
HT Staff  |  Oct 22, 2002
Simplicity is a good thing, especially when it comes to installing home theater in a small room.
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Audio Video News
HD Sports on ABC, ESPN
HT Staff  |  Oct 22, 2002
High-definition television will get a big push this season and next with sports programming from ABC and ESPN.
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Other Tech
Microsoft Goes High-End
David Ranada  |  Oct 21, 2002
As I write these words, right around the corner from Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and his pals James Cameron, Peter Gabriel, Beatles' producer Sir George Martin, and LL Cool J-Microsoft calls him "a major music artist and film actor"-introduced with typical extravagance the clumsily named Windows Media 9 Series, the technologies formerly c
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Custom Installation How-To
Pansonic DMR-HS2 DVD-RAM Recorder
David Ranada  |  Oct 21, 2002
Photos by Tony Cordoza

At a glance, you'd probably think that Panasonic's $1,000 DMR-HS2 looks pretty much like every other DVD recorder out there-including the Panasonic DMR-E30 that I reviewed just last month. But the DMR-HS2's chassis carries clues that something more is going on here.

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Music Reviews
The Rolling Stones: Remastered Series
Ken Richardson  |  Oct 21, 2002
THE ROLLING STONES Remastered Series ABKCO Music: SACD Sound: SACD Series:
We interrupt our program of covering multichannel music to take you back to the days of stereo-and even mono! But this isn't just any old stuff, it's the (one-time) greatest rock & roll band in the world, the Rolling Stones.
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Other Tech
THX Certified
John Sciacca  |  Oct 21, 2002
Illustration by Chris Gould; room photo by Tony Cordoza

See if this doesn't sound familiar: You don't just love movies, you love the whole moviegoing experience. When the time comes to check out a film, you drive miles out of your way to go to the best theater around-one with stadium seating, digital surround sound, and that awesome THX trailer that comes on before the movie.

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Audio Video News
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial on DVD
 |  Oct 21, 2002

<I>E.T. the Extra Terrestrial</I> makes its first appearance on DVD on Tuesday, October 22. It will be available in three versions: widescreen and pan&scan Limited Collector&rsquo;s Editions at $29.98 and the Ultimate Gift Boxed Set at $69.98. All three editions include both the original 1982 version and the 2002 release, the latter including a number of alterations and updates.

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Audio Video News
Industry News Roundup
Barry Willis  |  Oct 20, 2002

Set-top box (STB) maker Scientific-Atlanta reached its lowest stock price in almost four years on Friday, October 18, after posting quarterly results well below expectations. The company's stock closed at $11.45, a drop of 14%, making it one of the biggest losers on the New York Stock Exchange that day.

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Audio Video News
CEA Asks Court to Block DTV Tuner Rule
Barry Willis  |  Oct 20, 2002

Attorneys sometimes succeed where lobbyists fail.

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