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Pioneer Elite DV-47A universal DVD/CD/SACD player
Joel Brinkley  |  May 31, 2002

For the last two years, only Pioneer has made products that bridge the gulf between DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD, the new, competing formats for high-resolution audio. The company's estimable DV-AX10, first offered more than a year ago, played both formats, plus DVD-Video discs—no other company offered a similar product. Back then, however, Sony and Philips, SACD's backers and licensers, sold only 2-channel versions of the hardware.

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The S&V Interview
For the Love of Music
Lawrence B. Johnson  |  May 31, 2002
Meridian's chief designer and chairman Bob Stuart speaks out on musical truth as the Holy Grail of audio.
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Audio Video News
Samsung's 720P RP-DLP Displays
HT Staff  |  May 30, 2002
Widescreen Digital Light Processing displays are dropping in price, thanks in no small way to companies like Samsung Electronics. On May 31, Samsung announced two new high-definition rear-projection DLP screens that should get the attention of movie fans everywhere.
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Audio Video News
HE 2002: Day One
 |  May 30, 2002

Sharp, Zenith, and Samsung held press conferences within hours of one another in which the messages were remarkably similar. Each trumpeted the growing popularity of HDTV, each strove to distinguish its chosen technology from the others, and each showed impressive products at prices significantly lower than the previous generation's.

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Audio Video News
The Sixth Sense: Vista Series
Michael Metzger  |  May 26, 2002

<I>Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg, Bruce Norris. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Aspect ratio: 1.85: 1 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1. Two DVDs. 107 minutes. 1999. Touchstone Home Video 18307. PG-13. $24.99.</I>

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Audio Video News
Buy Low, Sell High
 |  May 26, 2002

Used equipment junkies take note: eBay will bring its popular roving university to New York City for the Home Entertainment 2002 Show (HES 2002), May 30&ndash;June 2, 2002. Since its inception, eBay University has instructed thousands of eBay users on the ins and outs of buying and selling on eBay. The special seminar from eBay at HE 2002 will provide specific tips for attendees on buying and selling consumer electronic products.

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Audio Video News
Better Than HDTV?
Jon Iverson  |  May 26, 2002

The Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), part of the University of Southern California's School of Engineering and a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center announced last week that it has developed Remote Media Immersion (RMI), which the center described as a "breakthrough Internet technology that generates an immersive three-dimensional experience on home theater-sized screens."

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Chinese-region DVD?
Barry Willis  |  May 26, 2002

Taiwanese and Chinese electronics makers hope to save billions in royalty fees by developing proprietary optical disc formats for the Chinese region, according to reports from Taipei in late May.

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Matsushita Ups Plasma Production
 |  May 26, 2002

Predicting a sharp increase in demand for plasma display panels (PDPs), <A HREF="http://www.panasonic.co.jp/global/">Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. Ltd</A>. has entered a partnership with Tokay Industries, Inc. to build another PDP plant in Osaka, Japan, according to a May 21 announcement.

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Madrigal Imaging MP-D1
HT Staff  |  May 26, 2002
Want the best big picture available for under a quarter million? Madrigal lays claim to that title with its new MP-D1.
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