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Screen Maker Hits Century Mark
 |  Feb 24, 2002

One of the home theater industry's premier makers of projection screens is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

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Audio Video News
CEA Lauds Copyright Review
Barry Willis  |  Feb 24, 2002

The Supreme Court's recent announcement that it will review an extension of copyright terms enacted during the Clinton administration has won praise from the <A HREF="http://www.ce.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A>.

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Audio Video News
Tron: 20th Anniversary Edition On DVD
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 24, 2002

<I>Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes. Directed by Steven Lisberger. Aspect ratio: 2.20:1 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1. Two discs. 96 minutes. 1982. Walt Disney Home Video 23569. PG. $29.99.</I>

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Audio Video News
NCAA Finals in HDTV
 |  Feb 23, 2002

College basketball fans will get right in the midst of the high definition action when the NCAA men's 2003 basketball championship series begins next month.

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Audiophile Theater: Totem Acoustic Dreamcatcher 5.1
HT Staff  |  Feb 21, 2002
Ontario's Totem Acoustic is a company known throughout the audiophile world for its excellent, musical two-channel designs. Less well known is the fact that the company also makes multichannel home theater products that sound very good.
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Audio Video News
Faroudja Digital Cinema Source Due in March
HT Staff  |  Feb 20, 2002
One of the most respected names in video is pushing the performance envelope again. Faroudja, a division of Sage, Inc., has introduced the Digital Cinema Source (DCS), an innovative new Native Rate Series video processor.
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Audio Video News
Meridian 800/861: "World's Best"
HT Staff  |  Feb 19, 2002
British audio technology company Meridian Audio, Ltd. has announced important upgrades to Version 3 of its 800 optical disc player and 861 reference surround controller, including proprietary encryption and signaling technology.
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Audio Video News
Plus Corp.'s New DLP Projectors
HT Staff  |  Feb 19, 2002
Last year, Plus Corporation of America rocked the home theater world with the introduction of the Plus "Piano" HE-3100, a compact DLP video projector with great specifications. Home Theater's Mike Wood gave the little projector two thumbs up, saying all the right compromises were made to get it to market at a ground-breaking price of $3000 retail.
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Fujitsu Plasmavision SlimScreen PDS-5002 HD plasma display
Thomas J. Norton  |  Feb 19, 2002

Remarkable things are happening in the plasma-display market. Just the other day I saw one for sale in Costco for under $6000. Costco! While one might ponder the cosmic significance of plasma televisions at a warehouse retailer, there's no denying that these displays attract a lot of attention. A big, flat screen hanging on the wall has universal appeal.

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Other Tech
Home Theater Hideaway
Michael Gaughn  |  Feb 18, 2002

You wouldn't know it to look at the "mine's bigger than yours" installations featured in some home theater magazines, but having a decent amount of money to spend on a whole-house audio/video system doesn't necessarily translate into gaudy opulence. Or, to put it another way, modesty isn't always dictated by a limited budget.

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