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New Products
New Product: Canon HV10 High-Definition Camcorder
Peter Pachal  |  Oct 04, 2006

CLEAR SHOT You'll be able to capture detail that most other camcorders never see when you shoot footage with Canon's HV10. Everything is recorded in the 1080i high-def format thanks to a 1,920 x 1,080-pixel CMOS image sensor, said to be quicker on the draw and more power-efficient than typical CCD sensors. It probably gets more dates, too.

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New Products
New Product: Elite HTS Customizable Home Theater Seating
Peter Pachal  |  Oct 04, 2006

FIRST-CLASS SEAT Leather seats, power reclining, 5-inch-thick cushions - the home theater seats custom-made by Elite HTS bestow luxury viewing on the serious enthusiast. Details like scratch-resistant cup holders and a "wall-hugging" reclining mechanism that needs just 4 inches of clearance behind make all the difference.

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New Products
New Product: Logitech Wireless DJ Music System
Peter Pachal  |  Oct 04, 2006

FREE MUSIC Slim, easy, and sexy - Logitech's Wireless DJ scores a trifecta in modern gadget design. Plug the transmitter into your PC's USB port and the Bluetooth receiver into any music system on which you want to listen to your downloaded tunes, even if it's a few rooms away.

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Anthem AVM 50 Preamp/Processor and MCA 50 Amplifier
Al Griffin  |  Oct 04, 2006

Anthem's AVM-series home theater audio preamp/processors are considered among the best - if not the best - for the money. An enthusiastic review in these pages back in November 2004 made much of the AVM 30's THX Ultra2 certification, multichannel analog input with full bass management, and extensive list of surround modes.

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Other Tech
Installations: Mile-High Fidelity
James K. Willcox  |  Oct 04, 2006

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Sim2 HT3000 1080p DLP Front Projector
Al Griffin  |  Oct 04, 2006

Video front projectors have always been the best way to watch movies at home, and now that new 1080p models capable of unveiling all the detail in high-def sources have arrived, there's even more reason to get keyed up about the category.

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Tower Speaker Reviews
Vienna Acoustics Schönberg Speaker System
Daniel Kumin  |  Oct 04, 2006

And now," said Dr. Freud, "we will do a little free association, ja? If I say Vienna, do you say ... sausage? Waltz? Sacher torte?"

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Other Tech
Bose QuietComfort 3 Noise-Canceling Headphones
Rob Sabin  |  Oct 04, 2006

Noise-canceling headphones - once a luxury reserved for hard-core business travelers living on jets - have gone mainstream. Though fancy models still cost north of $200, today you'll find name-brand phones for as little as $50. That's clearly within reach of iPod-toting everyday Joes.

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Audio Video News
Radio Free HD Radio
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Oct 04, 2006
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Ears On
iPod Survives Washing (But Not Dropping)
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 04, 2006
Have you ever thrown your iPod into the washing machine...on purpose? That's what the folks at ArsTechnica—a website worthy of daily visits—did with the new second-generation nano, following gushes of interest in similar tests inflicted upon the first-gen nano. And guess what? The nano continued to be playable. "Despite many requests to drop the nano into the toilet, boiling water, and cups of beer, I decided to quit with the washing machine," said tester Jacqui Cheng. Before that, it survived being sat upon. It also did well with scratch testing in a bag full of coins, keys, cellphone, camera, and other knickknacks, which left only minor blemishes on the new aluminum finish and none on the screen. Only with the sidewalk-drop test did the unit acquire a serious problem—one impact on concrete was all it took to render the screen useless. Note from our lawyers: Don't try any of these stunts, and if you do, we're not liable.
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