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A/V Maria! 12 Top Wedding Gift-zmos
Rob Medich  |  Jun 04, 2008  |  0 comments
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The Guys' Guide for Making it Legal . Make your pals jealous by snaking great gifts, driving away in a hot car
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A/V Networking Goes Mainstream
Eric Taub  |  Apr 03, 2006  |  0 comments

Within a day of returning from the consumer electronics show, I was asked the same question by at least 10 people: "What was the most exciting product you saw in Las Vegas?" Unfortunately, my answer didn't excite anyone because, aside from a few clever little gadgets, I didn't see anything thrilling.

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Accell UltraAV 2-1 HDMI Switch
Al Griffin  |  Dec 05, 2006  |  0 comments

Accell's UltraAV HDMI 2-1 Switch The good thing about HDMI is that it reduces the wire tangle in an A/V system by carrying digital high-def video and multichannel audio signals on a single cable. The bad thing is that many HDTVs sold over the past few years have only one HDMI input.

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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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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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Access Denied!
Stephen A. Booth  |  Mar 20, 2002  |  0 comments

If the major record labels have their way, that bright red "record" indicator on your CD burner or personal computer could eventually become as unresponsive as the long-wave band on a vintage AM radio. Some of the labels have already released music discs that prevent you from using your computer to make digital copies on either recordable CDs or the computer's hard drive.

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Acoustic Research MediaBridge DMP3000
Michael Antonoff  |  Feb 03, 2006  |  0 comments
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$349 / 17 x 10 x 2 IN / www.araccessories.com / 800-276-0509
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Act Wirelessly, Link Globally
Michael Antonoff  |  Jan 11, 2003  |  0 comments
Somewhere along the way to the 2003 edition of CES, just about everything calling itself a convergence product sprouted wings.
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Action Figures
Michael Antonoff  |  Jul 29, 2002  |  0 comments
Photos by Tony Cordoza

Over the years personal stereo has evolved from an offensive weapon (think boombox) to a defensive one. When you're wearing earphones in a crowd, you're ensconced in a zone of privacy. People don headphones at a health club or on the street in part to signify they don't want to be approached.

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Adventures in High-Def
Michael Antonoff  |  Sep 21, 2003  |  0 comments
Photos by Michelle Hood Normally, you'll find the former bat biologist Jeff Corwin and his TV crew keeping one step ahead of stampeding elephants in Botswana or some place equally exotic. But on this stifling day in late June The Jeff Corwin Experience is on location in New York City doing a show about how wild animals adapt to urban environments.
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Aerielle i2i Stream Two Pack
Michael Antonoff  |  Sep 11, 2008  |  0 comments
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$119.95; additional i2i One Pack, $69.95; USB AC power plug adapter charger, $9.95; Home Stereo Adapter Kit, $12.95 / i2igear.com / 650-967-
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Alan Parsons Does 5.1 Live on XM
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 05, 2006  |  0 comments

Live music in surround: You just can't beat it. When S&V was asked if we'd like to head down to our nation's capital and see Alan Parsons do an installment of Artist Confidential in 5.1 for XM Satellite Radio back on March 4, we jumped at the chance.

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Alan Parsons on 5.1 Music Mixing, Live and Studio
Mike Mettler  |  May 31, 2006  |  0 comments

In our previous installment, S&V traveled to Washington, DC, to sit in on the recording of Alan Parsons' groundbreaking installment of Artist Confidential in 5.1 for XM Satellite Radio back in March.

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Alex Lifeson of Rush
 |  Feb 03, 2006  |  0 comments

R30 (Anthem/Zoe) celebrates Rush's 30th anniversary as a touring and recording unit. But your first gig was actually in Toronto in 1968, as you recounted in one of the archival interviews on the second disc. Do you remember what was on your setlist from that show? Wow. Let's see.

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