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 |  Aug 25, 2002  |  0 comments

J. Gordon Holt taps away at the titanium "Elliptical Oblate Spheroidal waveguides" of the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?31">JBL Performance surround-sound speaker system</A> to help uncover clues to its sonic signature. But in the end, Holt finds that only extensive listening with both music and movies reveals the true measure of the JBL's unusual design.

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Black Hawk Down on DVD
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 25, 2002  |  0 comments

<I>Josh Hartnett. Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard. Directed by Ridley Scott. Aspect ratio: 2.40:1 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1 (English, French). 144 minutes. 2001. Columbia Tri-Star 06766. R. $27.96.</I>

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Sharp Launches Affordable DLP Projector
Barry Willis  |  Aug 25, 2002  |  0 comments

Home theater is increasingly a mainstream phenomenon, and no one recognizes this better than <A HREF="http://www.sharp-usa.com">Sharp Electronics</A>. During the last week of August, the manufacturing giant hosted its dealers and some members of the media at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines hotel/golf resort in a celebration of new products that included a DLP video projector with a suggested retail price right around $3000.

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New WB Shows in High-Def
 |  Aug 25, 2002  |  0 comments

The WB Television Network and Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting announced Wednesday, August 21 that they would provide five hours per week of original high definition digital programming beginning this fall. The 1080i broadcasts will begin September 12, according to a joint announcement by Jed Petrick, WB Network president, and Pat Mullen, Tribune Television president.

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Sharp Marks 90th with New HT Products
HT Staff  |  Aug 22, 2002  |  0 comments
Sharp is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a wide array of new upscale home entertainment products, unveiled at a dealer conference and media event in late August at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines resort north of San Diego. Sharp's US sales division is also celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, making 2002 doubly important for the Japanese manufacturing giant.
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New Compact Sub from B&W
HT Staff  |  Aug 22, 2002  |  0 comments
ASW 675 sports new driver and enclosure design.
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Other Tech
Access Denied II
Stephen A. Booth  |  Aug 21, 2002  |  0 comments
Illustrations by Sandra Shap

You're all set to record a pay-per-view movie through the digital set-top box your cable provider installed just hours ago. But when you program it to record, your DVD recorder flashes a cryptic message indicating that the show can't be copied. Must be the usual screw-up by the cable company, you reason.

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Access Denied II
Stephen A. Booth  |  Aug 21, 2002  |  0 comments
You're all set to record a pay-per-view movie through the digital set-top box your cable provider installed just hours ago. But when you program it to record, your DVD recorder flashes a cryptic message indicating that the show can't be copied. Must be the usual screw-up by the cable company, you reason. No big deal: you'll just watch it live and call service in the morning.
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Access Denied II
Stephen A. Booth  |  Aug 21, 2002  |  0 comments
Illustrations by Sandra Shap

You're all set to record a pay-per-view movie through the digital set-top box your cable provider installed just hours ago. But when you program it to record, your DVD recorder flashes a cryptic message indicating that the show can't be copied. Must be the usual screw-up by the cable company, you reason.

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Block Busters
Tom Nousaine  |  Aug 21, 2002  |  0 comments
Yes, an R2D2-sized subwoofer with an 18-inch driver and a thousand-plus watts of amplification can look and sound awfully impressive - and can cause some pretty serious seismic damage to boot. But let's get real: how many of us can afford something like that?
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