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No Place to Hide
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Aug 03, 2004  | 

Just in case you haven't noticed, let me point out that the Web has changed everything, especially the way we get information. Do you need a satellite photo of your neighborhood? How about the name of a good dental hygienist in Anchorage? What was the patent number on Edison's phonograph? Need to know the name and birth date of the country's 24th first lady?

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KEF KIT100 Home Theater System
Rich Warren  |  Aug 03, 2004  | 

There's no question that the sophistication of today's home theater - with anywhere from six to eight speakers - can take a toll on your décor. And if you're putting together a serious system, chances are you won't be able to simply unpack your new gear and enjoy a movie the same night without some help.

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JVC Portable High-Def Video Player/Recorder
Michael Antonoff  |  Aug 09, 2004  | 

Let's get one thing out of the way right up front: JVC's CU-VH1 is a niche product aimed at professionals and hard-core video enthusiasts who live and breathe state-of-the-art technology - in this case, high-definition video recording.

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Back to Basics: Surround Sound Speakers
Frank Doris  |  Aug 10, 2004  | 

I probably don't need to convince you that HDTV is a spectacular viewing experience, with astonishingly lifelike images. But to enjoy all the benefits of HDTV and DVD, you need a multichannel surround sound system.

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Boston Acoustics Avidea 770 Home Entertainment System
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 08, 2004  | 

There is probably more diversity in the audio/video market than in the Amazon rainforest. Dealer's shelves (and Amazon.com's Web pages) are filled with a seemingly endless variety of DVD players, A/V receivers, speakers, and complete home theater systems.

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High Seas Home Theater
John Sciacca  |  Sep 10, 2004  | 

Three years ago, I received an e-mail from my cousin, Chris, who was stationed in the Philippines with his team of Navy SEALs. His message described life in the village where they were staying, the people he was "working" with, the unusual local cuisine, and so on.

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DirecTV HR10-250 HDTV Satellite Receiver/Recorder
Gary Merson  |  Sep 21, 2004  | 

I'm a huge fan of the video hard-disk recorders (HDRs), also known as digital video recorders (DVRs), that have revolutionized the TV viewing habits of millions. As the ads say, you can watch what you want when you want. But the options for time-shifting high-definition programs have been limited.

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Big, Bad Bass Tracks
Tom Nousaine  |  Sep 23, 2004  | 

Here are some CDs and DVDs you can use to evaluate subwoofers in stores, to set up and test the one you choose, or to scare your neighbors. Pick out a couple and listen to a few tracks over and over. It'll drive your wife crazy, but trust me, it's a lot easier to hear the differences between subs by playing a few tracks you know well than by playing a lot of different material.

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Subwoofer Setup Secrets
Tom Nousaine  |  Sep 24, 2004  | 

There's more to setting up a subwoofer than just plugging it into your system and turning it on, but it's not rocket science. Follow the steps below, and you'll get solid, powerful bass with a minimum of headaches.

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The /Empire Strikes Back/ director: Irvin Kershner
Josef Krebs  |  Sep 30, 2004  | 

[This is an extended version of the interview that appeared in the October 2004 Sound & Vision to accompany Carrie Fisher's exclusive interview with George Lucas.]

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Restorer of the /Star Wars Trilogy/ and /THX 1138/: John Lowry
 |  Sep 30, 2004  | 

[This is an extended version of the interview that appears in the October 2004 Sound & Vision to accompany Carrie Fisher's exclusive interview with George Lucas.] John Lowry designed his first image-processing system to clean up the live TV pictures from the Apollo 16 and 17 lunar landings.

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Lucas Interview Extras
 |  Sep 30, 2004  | 

The Empire Strikes Back director: Irvin Kershner Restorer of the Star Wars Trilogy and THX 1138: John Lowry

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Working the Room
B Y Doug Newcomb  |  Oct 05, 2004  | 
You've got your big-screen HDTV, super-sharp progressive-scan DVD player, and the rest of your A/V gear set up to squeeze the nth degree of performance from your system. But look around. Is something missing? Not from your equipment but the room itself.
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HP Media Center PC with Personal Media Drive
Michael Antonoff  |  Oct 13, 2004  | 

Media Center PCs are designed to replace a stack of A/V components, letting you watch live or recorded TV shows, play or burn DVDs, download movies and music, and play home videos and photo slideshows. Available in various hardware configurations from several computer manufacturers, these remote-controllable systems share the Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 operating system.

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Zvox Model 315 Sound Console
Rich Warren  |  Oct 13, 2004  | 

What can you get from a single box not much larger than a DVD player with three small drivers firing forward and a woofer port firing rearward? If the box is the Zvox 315 Sound Console, you get more sound than you might think - full, wide stereo and a surprising amount of surround sound.

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