April 2005

Features CES Showstoppers S&V 's comprehensive coverage of the world's largest electronics show reveals that really big screens, really small video players, and wire-free gear are all in your home-entertainment future. Special: Bring the Theater Home Get the Big Picture Ten reasons why a front projector could be right for you. Right On! Plasma-friendly on-wall speaker systems from Atlantic Technology, Klipsch, and Magnepan. Northern Sights . . . and Sounds A Canadian reader finishes installing his system — with a little help from an S&V friend. Blue Men Exposed! The popular pranksters remove their masks to make an impassioned plea for music in surround.

Test Reports Special: Bring the Theater Home Spotlight: Super-Size HDTV LCD front projectors from Epson, Hitachi, Panasonic, and Sony deliver the big picture. Spotlight: Big-Screen Megabargains Front projectors you can buy for less than $1,500! Epson Livingstation 57-inch rear-projection LCD HDTV with built-in photo printer Paradigm Exclusive! Cinema 110 Compact Theater speaker system GoVideo VR2940 DVD/VHS recorder Panasonic Exclusive! SA-XR70 digital surround receiver with HDMI Sony DVP-NS975V DVD/SACD player Quick Take A Linksys receiver, an iRiver portable player, and an Xbox accessory all let you tap into your Media Center PC.

Entertainment Movies The Incredibles, Collateral, Garden State, Shaun of the Dead , Sky Captain, more Games Get your freak on with Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath and Resident Evil 4, more Music Queens of the Stone Age, Kings of Leon, Bright Eyes, Peter Gabriel vs. Phil Collins, more

Departments & Columns Track One Bob Ankosko A note from the editor Random Play The real scoop from CES, Voom go boom?, 15 minutes with Walter Becker, more Feedback Readers sound off New Products The latest home-entertainment gear Q&A Ian G. Masters and Al Griffin Your audio/video questions answered Home Theater David Ranada Peace entreaties in the Blu-ray/HD DVD war The Custom Installer John Sciacca Got picture, no sound? Digital Horizons Ken C. Pohlmann Ignorance is bliss The Connected House Eric Taub CES: The new World's Fair BackTalk Actor/musician Billy Bob Thornton on sound over vision and a Southern singer with bite

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