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Toshiba 34HDX82 direct-view HDTV
Joel Brinkley  |  Jun 05, 2003

They've almost become ubiquitous, these 16:9, 34-inch direct-view HDTVs. When the first one came out in 1999 from Sony, it cost $8000, in part because it was the only direct-view HDTV available. In the five years since, most other manufacturers have jumped into this market. Prices have plummeted, and the general quality of the offerings has soared (although that original Sony remains the best one I've ever seen). Most manufacturers are now offering third- or even fourth-generation products in this category.

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Other Tech
Where Have All the CDs Gone?
James K. Willcox  |  Jun 02, 2003

Illustration by Dan Vasconcellos

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVDs: French Kisses
Josef Krebs  |  Jun 01, 2003

Are movies more important than life? Are women magic? These two questions, repeatedly posed in François Truffaut's Day for Night (1973), often seem to be at the heart of French cinema, especially in a big batch of recent DVD releases.

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Toshiba 57HLX82 57-inch 1080p LCoS HDTV Monitor
David Katzmaier  |  Jun 01, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza Television is here to stay, but the days of the tube are numbered. Admittedly, cathode-ray tubes (CRTs), the devices that create the entertaining, enlightening, and sometimes mind-numbing images in nearly every American living room, will likely remain for many years in direct-view sets with screens that measure 40 inches or less (diagonal).
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Audio Video News
Cable HDTV in Southern California
Barry Willis  |  Jun 01, 2003

Television viewers in Southern California are among the first in the US to receive high definition signals via cable.

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Audio Video News
Added to the Archives This Week
 |  Jun 01, 2003

Joel Brinkley gets his hands on the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?121">Integra DPS-8.3 universal player</A> to see if you really can have it all with a one-box machine. Brinkley reports that there may be a specific downside to the universal upside.

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Audio Video News
FCC to Rule on Media Caps
Barry Willis  |  Jun 01, 2003

The <A HREF="http://www.fcc.gov">Federal Communications Commission</A> (FCC) will likely raise limits on ownership of television stations when it releases new regulatory proposals on Tuesday June 2, according to reports from Washington.

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Audio Video News
Rooms of Magic
 |  Jun 01, 2003

Audiogon/Videogon.com&mdash;the online resource for buying and selling high-end audio and video equipment&mdash;has joined forces with Primedia and the Elf Foundation for a charity auction, which will be held at the <A HREF="http://www.homeentertainment-expo.com">Home Entertainment 2003 Show</A> in San Francisco, June 6&ndash;8, 2003.

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Audio Video News
Rooms of Magic
HT Staff  |  May 29, 2003
San Francisco, CA—May 2003—Audiogon/Videogon.com—the online resource for buying and selling high-end audio and video equipment—has joined forces with Primedia and the Elf Foundation for a Charity Auction to be held at the Home Entertainment 2003 Show in San Francisco, June 6–8, 2003.
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Audio Video News
Software Reviews
HT Staff  |  May 29, 2003
DVD: Die Another Day—MGM/UA
Video: 5
Audio: 5
Extras: 5
Forty years, 20 movies, and five Bonds. Technically, Die Another Day is the 22nd Bond film, as MGM/UA doesn't count the unofficial Never Say Never Again and Casino Royale. Die Another Day is one of the best in years, with picturesque locations, great action, and lots of special effects. Unfortunately, the dialogue seems to have been written by a 13-year-old boy. It's heinous and painful. Every line that doesn't directly relate to the plot is a brutally bad sexual innuendo. Not clever, just stupid. The plot is pure Bond, though, as the son of a North Korean general harnesses the sun's power to destroy all of the land mines that separate North and South Korea so that he can take over the country.
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