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Open Receivers

Three ways to score a home theater touchdown and still keep within your salary cap
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted November 18, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza Long ago, I used to sell audio/video gear for a living (not a very good living, I might add).
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Mitsubishi WL-82913 82-inch LCoS Rear-Projection HDTV
- By David Katzmaier
- Posted November 11, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza My uncle is an architect who works in Orange County, California, and I've always loved visiting the palatial homes he helps design while they're still under construction.
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Athena Audition Series Home Theater Speakers
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted November 10, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza As I unpacked Athena Technologies' Audition Series home theater speakers, I recalled that Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom, reason, and purity. Was it wise and reasonable, I wondered, to expect purity of sound from a six-piece system that costs less than $1,500? If anyone could make such a system, though, I figured Athena could.

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Pioneer DV-563A Universal DVD/SACD Player
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted November 3, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza
Have you been waiting for the high-resolution audio formats, Super Audio CD and DVD-Audio, to get their acts together? Have you, like me, said, "Format war? Bah! No flippin' way am I buying two more players just for these things! And it's for major sure I'm not spending a grand or two on a new combi-player!"

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Samsung DVD-HD931 Upconverting DVD Player
- By David Ranada
- Posted October 27, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza You can get a hint of what's up with Samsung's top-of-the-line DVD player from its model number. The "HD" in DVD-HD931 signifies that it has a special output for "upconverted" DVD video signals that closely match the capabilities of high-definition TVs.
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Bringing the Theater Home

Big-screen bliss begins with DLP projectors from Sharp, NEC, and InFocus
- By Al Griffin
- Posted October 27, 2003
Photos by John Wilkes

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Tapeless Video Recorders

DVRs and DVD recorders from RCA, Toshiba, and Panasonic
- By Ken C. Pohlmann
- Posted October 21, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza Not so long ago, the VCR reigned supreme. Much like the proverbial chicken in every pot, there was a VCR in every house. If you wanted to time-shift the soap opera that your job inconveniently caused you to miss, you programmed your VCR. If you wanted to watch a movie, you turned to your trusty VCR.
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Rotel RSP-1098 A/V Preamp/Processor
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted October 14, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza Not too long ago, a loyal Sound & Vision reader wrote complaining that the "audio/video" preamps and receivers we regularly review are really just plain-audio components with a few video inputs and switching thrown in. Point taken. So here's an A/V component with some actual video: the Rotel RSP-1098.

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Super Recorders

DVD decks from Sony, Panasonic, and Philips send your VCR packing
- By David Ranada
- Posted September 23, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza You know a recording medium is going in or out of fashion when you can't find any blanks on the store shelves. Such a revelation hit me in the aisle for blank DVDs and CDs at a Best Buy here in New York City. There were shelf labels for all five recordable DVD formats - DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM - but precious few of the discs.
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Canton Karat Series Home Theater Speaker System
- By Al Griffin
- Posted September 23, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza

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Denon DVD-2900 Universal DVD/SACD Player
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted September 22, 2003
Photos by Tony Cordoza My old man told me I'd get nowhere trying to be all things to all people, but Denon appears to have done pretty well by flouting this adage with its new DVD-2900. (I always knew Dad was full of it.) It plays optical discs in just about every current video or audio flavor.
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Test Bench: Denon DVD-2900 Universal DVD/SACD Player
- By S&v Staff
- Posted September 17, 2003
PDF: Denon DVD-2900 DVD/SACD player full lab results