Shortly after Steve Jobs became a music mogul, the iPod became something of a home audio server. This brilliant left turn has made everyone's favorite white object of desire a doubly useful device that entertains whether you're at home or on the go. Although a Mac is something of a technological island unto itself, the iPod is a more pragmatic creature. It's on speaking terms with not only—shock, horror!—Windows PCs, but with a variety of other devices, from staid-black surround receivers, to far-flung multizone empires, to slick standalone compact systems like Monitor Audio's i-deck.
[December] There are two really good reasons why the pros are turning to Sony's consumer high-def camcorders - by professional standards they're cheap, and by any standard they produce superb video.
Attend any meeting of video professionals, and you'll hear talk of Sony's HDV-format high-definition cam
[April] LCD front projectors remain the home theater nut's secret weapon for getting the biggest high-def picture at the best price, and Sony's $3,500 VPL-HS51 delivers the best picture I've seen from an LCD light cannon.
This sleek machine's three LCD chips deliver crisp pictures with surprisingly powe
[November] The first A/V component devoted to "place-shifting," Slingbox lets you access your TV channels from another room - or across the planet.
Connect Slingbox ($250) to your home TV, and when you're away from home all you need is a PC running the Slingbox software to tap remotely into whatever your cable or satellite
[May] Plasma TVs might be as common as dirt these days, but the picture quality, features, and overall design of this flat-panel marvel puts it at the top of the mound.
Pioneer packed the PDP-4350HD with almost everything an enthusiast could want, including a swiveling table mount, backlit remote, and loads of inputs a