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Balanced Audio Technology VK-6200 multichannel power amplifier
Fred Manteghian  |  Mar 19, 2002

If you became seriously interested in high-end 2-channel sound in the 1990s, then Balanced Audio Technology is a name already familiar to you. The first review of BAT products I ever read was Robert Deutsch's, of the VK-5 tube preamplifier and VK-60 tube power amp, in the December 1995 issue of our sister publication, <I>Stereophile</I>. At that time, the buzz was about BAT's "balanced" designs, unique zero-feedback circuitry, and, of course, their products' exemplary sound.

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Audio Video News
Problem Solver: Ultralink Converter Cable
HT Staff  |  Mar 18, 2002
Have you ever needed to connect a source to your display but had used up all the composite inputs? That S-Video input was still available but . . .
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Audio Video News
Sharp Unveils 1st Widescreen LCD TVs
HT Staff  |  Mar 18, 2002
Ask anyone, home theater fanatic or man in the street. All agree that flatscreen televisions are the coolest thing since ice cream.
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Audio Video News
Big Picture
HT Staff  |  Mar 18, 2002
Although front projectors usually get the nod from home theater elitists, rear projection sets are one of the most popular display solutions. Integrating the light source and the screen in a single unit seems to make the most sense for most home theater fans.
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Audio Video News
Up and Down In January
Jon Iverson  |  Mar 17, 2002

Although broadcasters still have until 2006 to implement DTV, the <A HREF="http://www.CE.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A> (CEA) is reporting that manufacturer-to-dealer sales of digital television (DTV) products continued to beat past year performance. For the latest figures, DTV products are defined to include integrated sets and monitors displaying active vertical scanning lines of at least 480p and, in the case of integrated sets, receiving and decoding ATSC terrestrial digital transmissions.

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Audio Video News
Surround Sound All Around
 |  Mar 17, 2002

Surround sound used to be a rare experience available only in the best commercial theaters and the most exotic home theaters.

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Audio Video News
Wired For HDTV
 |  Mar 17, 2002

<A HREF="http://www.comcast.com">Comcast Cable Communications</A> announced last week that it will make high definition TV (HDTV) programming available to subscribers in its major markets by the end of 2002, beginning in the Washington Metro/Virginia region this summer.

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Philips Responds to Hostage Incident
 |  Mar 17, 2002

Top management at <A HREF="http://www.philips.com">Philips Electronics NV</A> has expressed sympathy for victims of an eight-hour siege that took place last week at Amsterdam's Rembrandt Tower.

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Audio Video News
Sony Pictures: Guilty as Charged
Barry Willis  |  Mar 17, 2002

Perhaps more than any other art form, movies are about blurring the line between reality and fantasy. For the sake of entertainment, film scripts take great liberties with historical figures and events, and the film industry spends millions on each production to create effects that could never happen in life.

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Audio Video News
Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Director's Edition
Thomas J. Norton  |  Mar 17, 2002

<I>William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, Persis Khambatta, Steven Collins. Directed by Robert Wise. Aspect ratio: 2.35 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround 2.0. 136 minutes. 1979. Paramount Home Video 08858. PG. $29.99.</I>

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