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Industry Roundup
Barry Willis  |  Dec 20, 2003

A cheaper, better future: New microprocessors from <A HREF="http://www.intel.com">Intel Corporation</A> could revolutionize the market for flat-panel and slim-profile big screen televisions, according to a December 17 <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/17/technology/17chip.html?th">report</A> by John Markoff in the <I>New York Times</I>. Leveraging large-scale integration, the company's chips and design expertise could yield big bright high-definition displays at prices far below today's. In what is perhaps a misquote of Intel executive Richard Doherty, Markoff predicts 50" liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) rear-projection "engines" selling for $1000 by the next winter holiday shopping season.

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Software Reviews
HT Staff  |  Dec 19, 2003
DVD: Seabiscuit—Universal
VIDEO: 4
AUDIO: 4
EXTRAS: 3
An unconventional horse trainer, a disillusioned car dealer, and a jockey that's a bit too tall place their hopes on a small racehorse in Seabiscuit. Based on the true story of these three men, the film takes place during the aftermath of the 1929 stock-market crash, a time when every American needed to believe that the impossible was within reach. And when the horse that no one was betting on reached the finish line, the nation was anxiously watching.
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Audio Video News
Coming Attractions
HT Staff  |  Dec 19, 2003
Primare
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Other Tech
Farewell to an Audio Pioneer and a Fine Man
Bob Ankosko  |  Dec 18, 2003

Julian Hirsch was a celebrity, but you would never have known it if you'd met him. He'd have been the first person to shrug off any kind of special status. Yet he was special.

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Other Tech
Julian Hirsch Scholarship Fund
SV Staff  |  Dec 18, 2003

Photo by Eleni Mylonas At the time of Julian Hirsch's retirement, Hachette Filipacchi Magazines - the new publisher of Stereo Review, and as of 1999, Sound & Vision - established a scholarship in his name at his alma mater, the School of Engineering of the Cooper Union.

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A Tribute to Julian Hirsch, 1922-2003
SV Staff  |  Dec 18, 2003

Photo by Eleni Mylonas Farewell to an Audio Pioneer and a Fine Man A Giant of Audio Passes The Life and Career of Julian D.

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Interview with Julian Hirsch: After 25 years with /Stereo Review/
Michael Smolen  |  Dec 18, 2003

Photo by Eleni Mylonas Click here for PDF More:A Tribute to Juilan Hirsch, 1922-2003

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Remembering Julian . . .
SV Staff  |  Dec 18, 2003

Photos by Eleni Mylonas No editor could ask for a better contributor (or a better friend) than Julian Hirsch. He was an unquestionably honest man, a scientist who welcomed innovation, an enthusiast who clearly enjoyed what he was doing, an astute critic, and a fine writer who could address complicated technical subjects in plain, straightforward English.

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Shopping Made Simple: Flat-Panel TVs
SV Staff  |  Dec 18, 2003

Click to read PDF More:Flat TVs for Every Room

Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Thomas J. Norton  |  Dec 15, 2003

<I>Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian Mc-Kellen, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett, John Rys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Liv Tyler, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Brad Dourif, Karl Urban. Directed by Peter Jackson. Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX (English), Stereo Surround (English). Two discs. 179 minutes. 2002. New Line Home Entertainment N6355. PG-13. $29.95.</I>

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