Fred Manteghian wires the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?68">Krell DVD Standard DVD player</A> into his HT system, describing it as the first high-end player he's used with the latest Faroudja Laboratories chipset. Is it worth the $8k price tag? FM broadcasts all.

Thomas J. Norton takes a look at the huge <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?62">Fujitsu Plasmavision SlimScreen PDS-6101 high-definition plasma display</A>. As TJN notes, this 61" flat screen presents an enormous picture in an easy-to-manage slim package. But he finds there might be a peeve or two among the pixels.

DVD has taken off like no other format in consumer-electronics history. At the end of these first five years of stellar growth for DVD, <I>SGHT</I>'s editors rate the good, the bad, and the ugly in "<A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?37">DVD: Five Years and Still Sizzling</A>." More than 55 DVD reviews in one place, with ratings for sound, picture, and content.

Steven Stone fires up the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?81">SIM2 Grand Cinema HT300 DLP video projector</A> and explains why "DLP projectors are the future."