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Anyone who's set up a home theater system knows how much work is involved. Once you find the right TV and speaker system, you need to round up a stack of components, including a DVD player, a video recorder, and, perhaps, a satellite receiver. Then you have to spin a frightening web of wires to route all of those signals through your A/V receiver or preamp/surround processor.

Large liquid crystal display screens were among the most intriguing video technologies demonstrated at the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show.

Many home theater enthusiasts grumble about the slow pace of the development of digital television without considering the cost of the transition for broadcasters—approximately $2 million per studio. The great change isn't occurring only in our viewing rooms, but also in studios throughout North America.

Warren Lieberfarb, head of <A HREF="http://www.warnerhomevideo.com">Warner Home Video</A>, thinks Hollywood just doesn't get it when it comes to DVD. In his view, the film industry is making a big mistake by continuing to support the rental market when the real bucks are in sales.