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JVC's Private Show

2003 CES Day 2.5
- By Rich Warren
- Posted January 11, 2003
Late on Day Two, JVC demanded that the entire press corps troop across town from the Convention Center to the Mandalay Bay hotel, where it was exhibiting privately - not officially a part of CES. However, the trip paid off in an impressive array of new and innovative products.
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Give Me a "U"!

2003 Consumer Electronics Show: Day One
- By Rich Warren
- Posted January 10, 2003
Sony concluded the press day preceding the official opening of CES with a press conference that lined up reporters and writers waiting for admittance for almost a city block. The display area was filled way beyond capacity. Fortunately, Sony Electronics President Fujio Nashida kept his remarks brief, focusing on the company's overall strategy rather than a laundry list of new products.
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CES Day One Views

From Alanis to Zenith, a photo montage.
- By Peter Pachal
- Posted January 10, 2003
Samsung was one of several companies that featured Blu-ray DVD technology, which is designed to store HDTV programming on disc. Don't hold your breath for products. Sony showed a prototype Blu-ray DVD recorder.

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Flat. Wide. Networked. Digital.

2003 Int'l Consumer Electronics Show: "Press Day" Preview
- By Rich Warren
- Posted January 9, 2003
That's a concise summary of the myriad press conferences held the day before the official opening of the 2003 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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NHT, Simple Devices Under Rockford Umbrella

CES "Press Day" Coverage
- By Peter Pachal
- Posted January 9, 2003
Rockford Corporation, which owns such brands as Rockford Fosgate, Lightning Audio, and MB Quart, used CES 2003 to showcase its newest member, NHT, and promote home-network products made by Rockford's new partner, SimpleDevices. Formerly owned by Recoton, speaker maker NHT used its CES limelight to promote its modular Evolution line and that line's latest addition, the on-wall L5 speaker.
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Satellite Radio Services Vie for Conquest of Space

CES "Press Day" Preview
- By Peter Pachal
- Posted January 9, 2003
Declaring "it's about the music," Sirius satellite radio today unveiled its plans for 2003, which include dedicated home tuners and nine new music channels, while its competitor, XM Satellite Radio, touted its 360,000-strong subscriber base as evidence of its vitality.
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Hewlett-Packard Media Center PC 883n

Loaded and ready to play
- By Michael Antonoff
- Posted January 7, 2003
Sure, Hewlett-Packard's ambitious Media Center PC 883n ($1,999) could replace many of the A/V components in your home theater-including your DVD player, TiVo or ReplayTV hard-disk video recorder, and CD jukebox. But HP will be the first to admit that its chrome and black computer is not likely to become many families' main entertainment center.
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Ring Cycle

How the deluxe DVD edition of /The Fellowship of the Ring/ came to be.
- By Josef Krebs
- Posted December 19, 2002
Movie Images Courtesy of New Line
I'm standing in the rain watching a large group of soldiers in medieval armor poke at dead horses and slain warriors lying in the mud of a riverbank. There are bright lights, smoke, and machines spraying everything with water despite the steady downpour nature is providing.

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Rear-Projection HDTVs

The latest crop of rear-projection sets is better and more affordable than ever.
- By David Katzmaier
- Posted December 19, 2002
Dreaming about a great big box under the tree this year? Sure there'll be rectangular boxes containing new shirts and maybe a bigger one with a jacket. You'll unwrap packages from the kids filled with golf tees and ties, and maybe even a nice-size box containing a new DVD player. But those miniature thrills just can't compare to what you really want: a big-screen HDTV.
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Yamaha CDR-HD1300 CD/Hard-Disk Recorder
- By Ken C. Pohlmann
- Posted December 6, 2002
Photos by Tony Cordoza
Most people never see hard-disk drives, but their impact on our lives is becoming universal. We take them for granted, remembering how essential they are only when they occasionally fail. While CDs pretty much own the data of the audio world, hard-disk drives are providing exciting new possibilities. Take Yamaha's CDR-HD1300, for example.

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A Hard Day's Mix

Miramax's soundtrack tampering has turned a classic into a series of music videos.
- By David Ranada
- Posted December 3, 2002
Within seconds of firing up Miramax's DVD release of the classic Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night, I knew that the Fab Four had been deep-sixed by the new set's producers. The image quality is excellent-the movie appears for the first time in a widescreen (1.66:1) video transfer-but the music is another story.
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Cambridge SoundWorks MegaTheater 510 DVD System
- By Rich Warren
- Posted November 21, 2002
Photos by Tony Cordoza
Spend $850 on a used car, and in a few days you'll spend another $850 on repair costs. Invest $850 in the stock market, and in a few weeks you'll have $600 worth. Spend $850 on Cambridge SoundWorks' new MegaTheater 510 DVD home theater system, and in a few minutes you'll have more entertainment than you bargained for.

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