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Sex and the City: The Complete First Season on DVD
Wes Phillips  |  Sep 09, 2001

<I>Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Chris Noth. Various directors. Aspect ratio: 4:3 (full-screen). Dolby Digital 2.0. 364 minutes. 1998. HBO Home Video 99330. NR. $39.98.</I>

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Audio Video News
Sports Fans Get More HDTV
Jon Iverson  |  Sep 09, 2001

In a low-key rollout last week, <A HREF="http://www.hd.net">HDNet</A>, which bills itself as "the world's only all-high definition national television network", went live on DirecTV channel 199 with a broadcast of the Minnesota Twins at Texas Rangers. HDNet, with offices in Dallas and Denver, says that this is the first of 15 Major League Baseball games it intends to air throughout the month.

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Film Biz Prepares "Flood" of DVDs
Barry Willis  |  Sep 09, 2001

DVD fans may soon be complaining less about the lack of available titles.

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Audio Video News
FCC Considers "DTV Task Force"
 |  Sep 09, 2001

The <A HREF="http://www.fcc.gov">Federal Communications Commission</A> (FCC) is considering forming a "task force" to tackle the botched rollout of digital television, according to reports from Washington in late August and early September.

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Audio Video News
Panasonic Introduces Ultra-Bright Desktop TV
HT Staff  |  Sep 09, 2001
This November, Panasonic will begin delivering a new generation of widescreen LCD television sets with astounding brightness, clarity, and contrast.
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Audio Video News
Hitachi Unveils New Rear-projection HDTV Monitors
HT Staff  |  Sep 09, 2001
The annual CEDIA show is the scene for the launch of many new home theater products. On September 10, Hitachi announced a high-definition rear projection monitor, the 55DMX01W, which uses Texas Instruments' Digital Light Processing (DLP)device as a light source. The 55"-diagonal high-definition set has a 16:9 screen and what Hitachi calls an "exclusive 10-element high contrast wide-angle lens system and high-resolution screen. Every component has been engineered to faithfully reproduce accurate images."
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Audio Video News
JVC Announces HDTV Recorder
HT Staff  |  Sep 07, 2001
Here comes something custom-made for real HDTV fans: a recorder with full HD capability.
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Surround Sensations
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 06, 2001

Home theater has been the best gift to audio manufacturers since Edison yelled into a horn. All of a sudden two-channel stereo systems are woefully old-fashioned. Speaker manufacturers especially have much to be thankful for - instead of two speakers per system, now they can sell at least six. What a deal!

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Other Tech
The Setup
Frank Doris  |  Sep 05, 2001

More and more people are mak ing the switch from cable to satellite TV, and why not? A satellite system can deliver hundreds of TV and music channels digitally with amazingly clear picture and sound quality. And depending on your system and programming package, you can get Dolby Digital surround sound, HDTV movies, blazingly fast Internet access, and more.

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Home Theater Boot Camp: Receiving HDTV
Mike Wood  |  Sep 04, 2001  |  First Published: Sep 05, 2001
A three-step guide to receiving HDTV signals.

You used to be able to buy a TV, plug it into an antenna or cable outlet, and start flipping channels. It was an amazingly simple system. Digital television and its high-resolution subsystem, high-definition television, aren't quite as plug-and-play . . . yet. Antennas only pick up high-def signals in some markets; cable usually doesn't pick them up at all. Satellite seems like a good bet, but it doesn't offer everything. Plus, certain DTV tuners don't work with certain displays. It's enough to drive any self-respecting videophile to drink (not that we'd fault you for that). But there is hope. The following three-step guide is intended to make setting up an HDTV system easier than following that other multistep program. First, figure out what sources are available to you, then find a tuner that works with those sources. Finally, buy a high-definition display that works with that tuner.

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