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May 2004
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Features
S&V Guide to HDTV
Our updated reference to high-definition programming and how to get it.
Network Schedule
Tune into what’s regularly on HDTV.
Channel Highlights
High-def movies, sports, music, and more.
Local Broadcasters
Find HDTV stations in your area.
Major Cable Providers
Cable services that deliver high-def.
HDTV Basics
What you need to know to get HDTV.
Shopping Made Simple: HDTV for Less
Our guide to HDTVs under $3,000 shows high-def doesn’t have to mean high prices.
Sounds Terrific
Don’t buy just any old speaker system! Your new HDTV deserves better.
S&V to the Rescue: Southern Discomfort
Readers from Florida and Texas ask us to help fix what ails their home theaters.
Stealth Meets Style
Take the time to Bond with these nine entertainment-savvy super gadgets.
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Test Reports
Mitsubishi Exclusive!
55-inch widescreen HDTV
Sharp Exclusive!
DV-HR300 DVD/hard-disk recorder
Yamaha RX-Z9 digital surround receiver
Atlantic Technology Exclusive!
System 4200 home theater speakers
Pioneer Exclusive!
43-inch plasma HDTV
Quick Take
Niro 1.1 Pro three-piece surround system
Quick Take
Roku HD1000 photo, art, and music player
The Cutting Edge
Silicon Optix
Image AnyPlace video processor
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Entertainment
Movies
Lost in Translation, Capturing the Friedmans, Shattered Glass, House of Sand and Fog, more
Music
Vines, Von Bondies, Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan, Dio for president, a look at the DualDisc, more
Games
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, LifeLine, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, James Bond, Alias |
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Departments
Track One Bob Ankosko
A note from the editor
Random Play
Shrunken hard drives, three new ways to get TV, 15 minutes with Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, more
Feedback
Readers sound off
New Products
The latest home-entertainment gear
Q&A Ian G. Masters
Ask the expert
Digital Horizons Ken C. Pohlmann
Image is everything
Home Theater David Ranada
2:3 or not 2:3?
The Custom Installer John Sciacca
Front and center
Road Gear Mike Mettler
Everclear’s Art Alexakis gets surrounded
S&V Picks
Tick, Point, Angel, Groucho, and Paar on DVD |
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