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Cable Rates Drop
Barry Willis  |  Sep 29, 2002

EchoStar CEO Charlie Ergen has hyped his company's proposed acquisition of DirecTV as "competition against cable" rather than a "monopoly in the sky." Merger or not, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services have steadily eroded cable's subscribership, a situation that is beginning to yield benefits for consumers in some parts of the US.

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Audio Video News
DGA vs CleanFlicks
Barry Willis  |  Sep 29, 2002

Do self-appointed censors have the right to delete objectionable portions of feature films and offer altered versions for sale? <A HREF="http://www.cleanflicks.com">CleanFlicks of Colorado, LLC</A> and a dozen similar companies believe that they do.

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Audio Video News
Intertainer Launches Antitrust Suit
 |  Sep 29, 2002

Hollywood studios are going to have to defend their jealously protected distribution systems in an antitrust suit filed in US District Court in Los Angeles.

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Audio Video News
Accurate Imaging Technologies
HT Staff  |  Sep 27, 2002
Accurate Imaging Technologies has launched a complete lineup of new products as part of their Digital Pathway Series. The new products were debuted at the CEDIA EXPO 2002 in Minneapolis September 27-29.
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Tower Speaker Reviews
B&W CM Series surround speaker system
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 26, 2002

A company with B&W's resources, experience, and technical know-how can pretty much build what it wants. What B&W chose to do in the CM Series is blend good looks, high build quality, and typically rich "British sound" into an affordable package&mdash;something easier said than done.

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Panasonic TH-50PHW3 & Pioneer PDP-5030HD
Joel Brinkley  |  Sep 26, 2002

Pioneer and Panasonic are veterans in the world of plasma displays. I reviewed the first Pioneer high-definition plasma, the PDP-501MX, more than three years ago, in the June 1999 <I>Guide</I>. Plasma displays have made tremendous strides in the years since&mdash;picture quality and features have improved, and prices have dropped.

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Audio Video News
Nirotek Launches Niro Two 6.1 System
HT Staff  |  Sep 23, 2002
Consumers typically have just two objections to surround sound: the proliferation of loudspeakers and their cost. Torrance, CA-based Nirotek America appears to have solved both problems with the ingenious Niro Two 6.1 System, available in October.
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Plasma Power
Al Griffin  |  Sep 22, 2002
Photos by Tony Cordoza
Check it out: In the Lab Features Checklist
At the height of the stock-market bubble a few years back, I'd occasionally field a call from a rich guy - or his assistant - seeking advice on the cool, new flat-panel plasma TVs he'd been hearing about.
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Other Tech
Technology Editor Discovers High Def on Cable TV!
Michael Antonoff  |  Sep 22, 2002
Photo by Tony Cordoza
Check it out: Getting HDTV on Cable
Rumors began circulating in the fall of 2001 among the more technologically advanced New York City customers of Time Warner Cable (TWC) that there was a secret HDTV waiting list hidden from the customer-service representatives, the people who u
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Surround at Work - Part 2
Leslie Shapiro  |  Sep 22, 2002

Here's an odd collaboration: Alison Krauss & Union Station, a group that's embraced bluegrass, one of the oldest forms of American music, and Super Audio CD, one of the newest and most advanced music formats.

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