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DVD Bargains
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 18, 2002

Psst! Hey, you! That's right - you! You wanna hot deal on a DVD player? I've got an SUV full of factory-fresh hardware. There are a few scratches and dents, and maybe some broken glass inside, but I'll give you my full lifetime warranty. Any problems - just bring it back to me here, in the alley off Broadway.

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Audio Video News
Mitsubishi's New HD Upgradeable Plasma Screen/Receiver
HT Staff  |  Apr 17, 2002
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America (MDEA) has announced a new large-format high definition plasma screen and matching receiver. The combination is claimed to be the industry's first complete high-definition television system.
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Audio Video News
Polk RTi Series Speakers: Many Mix/match Options
HT Staff  |  Apr 17, 2002
If there's anything home theater fans want in loudspeakers, it's high performance per dollar, easy of system design, and a clear upgrade path.
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Audio Video News
CEA: DTV Sales Soaring
 |  Apr 14, 2002

There's still not much digital programming to enjoy, but consumers are going for digital television sets in ever-increasing numbers. The <A HREF="http://www.CE.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A> reports that sales of DTV sets rose 83% in February 2002 compared to the same period the previous year.

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Audio Video News
HDTV Gets Smart
Jon Iverson  |  Apr 14, 2002

In the good old days of over-the-air (OTA) broadcast TV, before the proliferation of cable and DBS, pointing your rooftop antenna was a common ritual when switching between channels. OTA HDTV has brought those days back, as viewers carefully orient their specialized HDTV antennas to lock in fussy signals.

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Audio Video News
CEA: "Digital Tuners by 2004"
Barry Willis  |  Apr 14, 2002

Slowly, but perhaps inevitably, digital television will become a reality. The <A HREF="http://www.ce.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A> (CEA) has announced that its members will include digital tuners in large model television sets by the year 2004.

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Audio Video News
A.I. Artificial Intelligence: Special Edition
Thomas J. Norton  |  Apr 14, 2002

<I>Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, Dolby Surround (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French). Two DVDs. 145 minutes. 2001. DreamWorks Home Entertainment 89567. PG-13. $29.99.</I>

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Audio Video News
Matsushita Tool Enables HD-DVD
Barry Willis  |  Apr 14, 2002

Consumers don't always appreciate the ingenuity involved in bringing high technology to market.

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Audio Video News
BeoVision 5 Combines Plasma Screen, Speakers
HT Staff  |  Apr 14, 2002
Integrated A/V systems may not appeal to home theater elitists, but they have enormous appeal for people with less-than-capacious living quarters---apartments, condominiums, and town houses. That's a category that includes most people in most cities. It's also a market niche traditionally catered to by Bang & Olufsen.
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Home Theater Systems Reviews
Polk Audio DS7200 HTIB
Chris Lewis  |  Apr 09, 2002  |  First Published: Apr 10, 2002
Who says HTIBs have to sound bad?

I can still remember the first time I heard the phrase "high-end home-theater-in-a-box" uttered in public and the reaction it brought at a press conference. Half of the crowd simply laughed off the idea, and the other half began muttering about the demise of civilization, openly pondering the oxymoronic nature of what they had just heard. Admittedly, I counted myself in the former group. While I didn't take the announcement as confirmation that the apocalypse was upon us, I did chuckle, make a few sarcastic remarks to those around me, and begin setting an over/under in my mind for how long it would take for this piece of marketing magic to expire. After all, who was going to pay thousands of dollars for a system that came in a single package?

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