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HE 2002: Day Two
 |  May 31, 2002  | 

What the best-looking video displays at HE 2002 were showing wasn't HDTV—New York is still crippled by the loss of the World Trade Center transmitter—and it wasn't DVD. In fact, it made DVD look broken. It's D-VHS, which outputs 1080i, and which has a total catalog, if you count the sampler included with the player and the five titles scheduled for release next week, of six titles.

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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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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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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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Descent: Deep Dish
HT Staff  |  May 26, 2002  | 
Lawrence, KS-based Martin-Logan is known for its musically and visually transparent electrostatic loudspeakers. The company is equally proficient in making great subwoofers.
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Polk Speaker Giveaway
HT Staff  |  May 26, 2002  | 
Got a hankering for a pair of weatherproof outdoor speakers? Polk Audio is giving them away.
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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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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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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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Home Entertainment 2002, May 31-June 2
HT Staff  |  May 21, 2002  | 
Home Entertainment 2002 is set to open to the public as planned, May 31–June 2, 2002, at the Hilton New York & Towers Hotel in New York City. Show attendees will be treated to numerous free educational seminars and musical performances from a dozen popular jazz, classical, and contemporary recording artists.
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High-Def Desk Top
HT Staff  |  May 21, 2002  | 
Sampo Corporation is serious about taking video displays to the next level. The Taiwan manufacturing giant has introduced two new high definition LCD television sets whose performance matches their cutting-edge styling.
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CES Dates Announced
Jon Iverson  |  May 19, 2002  | 

Earlier this year, the <A HREF="http://ce.org/">Consumer Electronics Association</A> (CEA) tried something a little different and ran the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas during the week, starting on a Tuesday, instead of in its normal slot over the weekend. The hope was that the show would not compete with the normally crowded Las Vegas weekends, and offer showgoers more flexibility in finding hotel rooms and taxi cabs.

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FCC Leans on Broadcasters
Barry Willis  |  May 19, 2002  | 

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may stop making suggestions and start meting out punishment to broadcasters who fail to make adequate progress in changing over to digital technology, according to reports from Washington.

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