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Audio Video News
Charter in Trouble in SC
Barry Willis  |  Jan 19, 2003

Cable customers have long complained about inexplicable, inflated fees on their monthly bills and requirements by cable suppliers that they rent set-top converter boxes and other equipment even when it wasn't needed or wanted.

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Audio Video News
Home Entertainment 2003
HT Staff  |  Jan 19, 2003
San Francisco, California will open its Golden Gates to welcome the Home Entertainment 2003 Show, June 5-8, 2003. The event will take place at the Westin-St. Francis Hotel in the heart of downtown San Francisco. HE2003 marks the fourth time this event has been held in San Francisco. Previous events were held in 1989, 1993, and in 1997.
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Audio Video News
Samsung’s DynaFlat TVs
HT Staff  |  Jan 19, 2003
Samsung is making a huge push into the television market. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, the Korean giant offered an amazing array of new displays – including plasma and LCDs in large sizes.
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Audio Video News
Newcomer V Inc. Goes for the Gold
HT Staff  |  Jan 18, 2003
Every year at the Consumer Electronics Show, previously unknown companies make their debut. One that caught our attention this year is Fountain Valley, CA-based V Inc. This year, the company hopes to leverage its expertise in the computer display field with a foray into home entertainment, with a line of affordable plasma displays and an MPEG-4 DVD player.
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Audio Video News
Sonicblue May Bail
Barry Willis  |  Jan 18, 2003

<A HREF="http://www.replaytv.com">ReplayTV</A> may have a strong following, but not enough strong followers to save it from a crushing load of debt.

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Audio Video News
1080i/720p DVD Player
HT Staff  |  Jan 16, 2003
Samsung Electronics is going where no manufacturer has gone before, but where many are certain to follow.
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Power Amplifier Reviews
Musical Fidelity M250 monoblock power amplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 15, 2003

With A/V receivers now approaching the size, weight, and complexity of small apartment buildings, separating the processing and control functions from the amplification is becoming an attractive alternative for growing numbers of home-theater enthusiasts. While this approach is usually more expensive in the short run, most serious videophiles find that the long-term flexibility and enhanced performance more than offset the added cost.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Lilo & Stitch
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 15, 2003

<I>Voices of Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere, Ving Rhames, David Ogden Stiers, Jason Scott Lee, Zoe Caldwell, Kevin McDonald, Kevin Michael Richardson. Directed by Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois. Aspect ratio: 1.66:1. Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Surround 2.0 (French, Spanish). 85 minutes. 2002. Walt Disney Home Video 00596. PG. $29.99.</I>

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Other Tech
M. Night Shyamalan
Drew Thompson  |  Jan 13, 2003
(Photos by Ebet Roberts) You might not know the name, but you definitely know the movies. The Sixth Sense, the left-field hit of 1999, put director M.
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New Products
New Products--January 2003
SV Staff  |  Jan 13, 2003
Harman Kardon Master of the digital domain-Harman Kardon's DPR 1001 Digital Path Receiver is designed to keep digital signals digital right up to the final output stage. It's rated to deliver 50 watts each to seven channels and can decode Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES soundtracks.
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