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Microsoft has sided with Toshiba and Intel in the next-generation-DVD format war.

Dish ViP222 dual-tuner HD satellite receiver

For viewers who want more programming choice than is available off the air but not the expense of cable or satellite, USDTV offers a unique alternative. It leases unused secondary digital channels, often from religious broadcasters, and provides over-the-air pay TV.

• High-Definition DVD (Blu-ray and HD DVD)
• Blu-ray Stirs to Life
• HD DVD Players Headline Toshiba Announcements
• Samsung Highlights Innovative Vide

Marantz ZR6001 A/V receiver and ZR4001 DAvED power-line audio networking client

Definitive Technology ProCinema 1000 surround speaker system

In a nearly deserted conference room, TDVision Systems (TDV) presented its sophisticated 3-dimensional imaging system. The company made it clear it is selling technology, not products. Already in use in some major teaching hospitals and by the Defense Department, the TDV 3D system is said to be fully compatible with standard 2D images.