Features

CES Showstoppers
The biggest Consumer Electronics Show
     Video 
     Huge-screen plasma TVs and OLED displays caught our attention.
     Convergence            
     TVs with printers and PC games without a PC. It was that crazy.
     Audio 
     Amps go digital, and so does Gibson’s high-tech Wurlitzer jukebox.

First Look: Va-Va-Voom!
HDTV owners rejoice! The Voom satellite service delivers the most high-def channels anywhere, anytime.

Home Theater Made Easy
Ready to go in minutes: home theater packages from Denon, Panasonic, and Pioneer, each with a special twist.

Top 6 A/V Urban Legends Exposed!
Heard the one about the leaky plasma TV? We dispel a few home theater myths with hard facts.

Spotlight: You’re Surrounded!
Midprice speakers from JBL, Phase Technology, and Sapphire that envelop you with sound.

Test Reports

Panasonic 
PT-AE500U HDTV front projector

Hitachi DV-RX5000U DVD recorder

Onkyo TX-NR901 digital surround receiver

Marantz Exclusive! 
DV6400 universal DVD/SACD player

User’s Report: Escient Exclusive!
FireBall DVDM-100 DVD and music manager

Quick Take 
Table radios from Boston Acoustics, Cambridge SoundWorks, and Teac

Quick Take 
Antex SRX-3 TriplePlay Sirius satellite receiver

The Cutting Edge 
Time-Shifting Manna from Heaven
Dish Network’s DVR 921 HDTV receiver/recorder

Entertainment

Movies
Seabiscuit, City of God, American Wedding, Thirteen, Matchstick Men, more

Music
Norah Jones, Courtney Love, Starsailor, Probot, remixing Led Zeppelin and James Taylor, more

Games
Final Fantasy XI Online, Max Payne 2, NFL Street, Mission: Impossible, Deus Ex, more

Departments

Track One Bob Ankosko
A note from the editor

Random Play
DVD-Audio and SACD news, car navigation options, 15 minutes with Nelly Furtado, more

Feedback
Readers sound off

New Products
The latest home-entertainment gear

Q&A Ian G. Masters
Ask the expert

Tech Talk David Ranada
Blu’s clues

Digital Horizons Ken C. Pohlmann
The schizoid gizmo guy

The Custom Installer John Sciacca
How to install an IR repeater

Road Gear Mike Mettler
Mobile showstoppers

S&V Picks
TV goes DVD with Dick Van Dyke, Wiseguy, more