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Audio Video News
Study: DVD's Ascent Will Go On
 |  Feb 02, 2003

DVD will continue its rapid growth over the next four years, according to a report released January 29 by international analysis firm, Jon Peddie Research. The Tiburon, CA–based research firm predicts that the future looks bright indeed for the most successful new consumer electronics technology ever launched.

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Audio Video News
ESPN Gets Serious about HD
Barry Willis  |  Feb 02, 2003

Televised sports are one of the primary drivers of the digital television revolution.

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Audio Video News
Sonic Bargain: Outlaw Model 200
HT Staff  |  Feb 02, 2003
A buck per watt is a bargain in anybody's book today. It's an especially good value when those watts feature audiophile specifications, and plenty of dynamic headroom.
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Projector Reviews
JVC DLA-G150CL D-ILA front projector
Peter Putman  |  Feb 01, 2003

When it comes to selling front projectors into the home-theater market, JVC has always gone its own way. When other manufacturers were jumping into Digital Light Processing (DLP) and high-temperature polysilicon LCD, JVC introduced the direct-drive image light amplifier (D-ILA)—basically, a liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) imaging device. When others were adopting short-arc metal-halide and vapor lamps, JVC opted for xenon arc lamps to improve white balance.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Signs
Thomas J. Norton  |  Feb 01, 2003

<I>Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Cherry Jones, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1, THX. 107 minutes. 2002. Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2789903. PG-13. $29.99.</I>

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Audio Video News
CEA: DVD Still King
HT Staff  |  Jan 28, 2003
Manufacturer-to-dealer sales of DVD players continue to set record-breaking figures, according to a report released by the Consumer Electronics Association in late January.
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S&V Entertainment Awards
Ken Richardson  |  Jan 27, 2003
That's right, the women are smarter! At least the three women of Sleater-Kinney and the star of Amélie are, because they've taken the No. 1 spots in our annual S&V Entertainment Awards. Of course, from Gabriel to the Boss, the boys who made our list of the best CDs of 2002 aren't softies.
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Other Tech
DVD Cool
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 27, 2003
(Photo Illustration by Tony Cordoza) Ever since Sean Connery shot a bad guy out of his Aston Martin's ejector seat in Goldfinger, James Bond's gadgets have become a staple of the franchise. In each Bond flick, the cantankerous Q outfits 007 with a few ordinary-looking items that can do much more than meets the eye.
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Other Tech
Hard-Drive Dreamin'
Daniel Kumin  |  Jan 27, 2003
(Photos by Tony Cordoza) Let me tell you about my very first hard-disk drive. It was about the size of a VCR and made as much noise as a small refrigerator. It cost about as much as a refrigerator, too-but who cared?
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Other Tech
Silicon Valley's Next Stand
Michael Antonoff  |  Jan 27, 2003
(Photo Illustration on home page by Dan Vasconcellos. Photos in story by Terry Schmitt.) SANTA CLARA, CA-As the Invertigo roller coaster at Paramount's Great America pulls you 138 feet above the flat Silicon Valley floor, the brown Diablo Mountain Range looms to the east and the green Santa Cruz Mountains to the west.
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