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Doggies Do Home Theater
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 04, 2006
The designers at Buro Vormkrijgers, a Dutch design studio, call it "functional kitsch", but you might think of it as a speaker that redefines the meaning of the word "woofer".
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Ears On
Blu-ray Delayed
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 04, 2006
Blu-ray's official launch will be delayed from May 23 to June 20, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Prerecorded discs will be lying in wait by the original launch date. But Sony Pictures is holding them back to coordinate with the launch of Samsung's BD-1000 player. Samsung reported in April that the player was hung up on "compatibility testing." Sony's own BDP-S1 is not scheduled to come out until July, according to the Blu-ray website, though sonystyle.com is taking pre-orders for it. HD DVD got a lot of bad publicity for its stuttering launch. Looks like the shoe is on the other foot now, eh? Being a format war correspondent is fun!
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New Products
B&O Advanced Sound System
Doug Newcomb  |  May 03, 2006

The 8-inch, rear deck, subwoofer - taken at the New York Auto Show

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New Products
Sony Xplod MEX-1GP Giga Panel CD Receiver
Doug Newcomb  |  May 03, 2006

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New Products
New Product: Vinyl Equipment Skins
Ken Richardson  |  May 03, 2006

Skin is in!... Professional-grade vinyl skin, that is, which you can use to personalize and protect all gadgets great and small.

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B&W XT Series Home Theater Speaker System
Al Griffin  |  May 03, 2006
What We Think
A gorgeous system that delivers great sound - but you'll pay for the pleasure.
When TVs made the transition from bulky, oversize boxes to a slimmer, wall-friendl
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New Products
System Builder: 2006 Honda Accord EX
 |  May 03, 2006

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New Products
New Products for May 2006
 |  May 03, 2006

•Brillian 6580iFB 65-inch LCoS HDTV •Dell Inspiron el705 Notebook PC •Denon AVR-2807 A/V Receiver •gigabeat S Series Portable Media Player • Continue Reading »

HDTV SetupHDTV Tech
Are You Getting All the HDTV Resolution You Expected?
Gary Merson  |  May 03, 2006
Which displays have it and which don't.

The current top HDTV broadcast resolution is 1080i (interlaced). Most television and cable networks use it, including CBS, NBC, the WB, HBO, Showtime, HDNet, The Movie Channel, Starz HDTV, and others. What happens to this HDTV signal when one of the latest digital HDTVs processes it? Does it take the full 1,080 lines of transmitted resolution, change the signal from interlaced to progressive (called deinterlacing), detect and compensate for motion, and send it to the screen, as it should? Or does the display's processor cheat you out of seeing all the detail within the broadcast?

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Meet Deejay Bob Dylan
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 03, 2006
Today Bob Dylan makes his debut as DJ on XM Satellite Radio. He will host Theme Time Radio Hour, each installment organized around a different theme—today's theme is the weather. The New York Times ran a set list for next week's show, devoted to Mother's Day. More than a mere list of novelty songs, it demonstrates the deep and encyclopedic knowledge of roots music that has always informed Dylan's songwriting: Tommy Duncan, Buck Owens, Bobby Peterson Quartet, Ruth Brown, Carl Smith, Ernie K-Doe, Little Junior Parker, Jimmy McCracklin, and LL Cool J. The Times arched an eyebrow at LL Cool J. Perhaps the greying composer of "Positively 4th Street" is more sophisticated than the Grey Lady of West 43rd. Dylan will record the one-hour weekly show at home and on the road.
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