Features

Special Section
S&V 's Shopping Guide to Home Theater
We provide expert, jargon-free advice on finding the perfect gear for your new system.
• How to Buy an HDTV
• How to Buy a DVD Player
• How to Buy Surround Sound

Homespun DVDs
A look at two software packages that make it easy to get your home movies onto DVD

HDTV over the Air
Get pristine high-definition TV the old-fashioned way — with an antenna. Everything you need to know to choose the right one.

Heavenly Surround
How Telarc turned the Berlioz Requiem into an SACD spectacular.

Test Reports

LG Exclusive!
60-inch plasma HDTV

Denon DVD-3910 universal DVD/SACD player

JVC 52-inch rear-projection HDTV

Samsung Exclusive!
DVD-HD841 DVD player

Mordaunt-Short Exclusive!
Genie home theater speaker system

Quick Take
ADS Tech Media-Link entertainment receiver

Quick Take
RCA MSN TV 2 Net media player

Spotlight: Music Around the House
Four ways to get music in your living room, kitchen, bedroom . . . wherever you want it

Entertainment

Movies
Spider-Man 2, Shrek 2, Super Size Me, That's Entertainment!, Brando tribute, more

Music
Old and new Elton John and Eric Clapton on SACD and DVD, the Clash, the Used, more

Games
Halo 2, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, NBA Live 2005, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Departments & Columns

Track One Bob Ankosko
A note from the editor

Random Play
The latest goodies from Japan, 15 minutes with actress-turned-rocker Juliette Lewis, more

Feedback
Readers sound off

New Products
The latest home-entertainment gear

Tech Talk David Ranada
Out with the new, in with the newer

Digital Horizons Ken C. Pohlmann
Never look back

Q&A Ian G. Masters and Al Griffin
Your audio/video questions answered

The Custom Installer John Sciacca
The little things

New Department! BackTalk
Spider-Man 2 director Sam Raimi on his favorite
flicks, Spider-Man 3, and the perfect scream