Michael Antonoff

Quick Takes: Digisette Duo-Aria MP3 Player

Semi-Compatible Digisette Duo-Aria MP3 flash-memory player (Originally published in: Sound & Vision, May 2001)

By Michael Antonoff
Posted June 12, 2001

Backward-compatibility can come at the expense of innovation, as we learned from the failure of the Digital Compact Cassette in the early '90s. The DCC format enabled a new generation of hardware both to record digital tape cassettes and to play standard analog cassettes.

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Bose Wave/PC Interactive Music System

CD to MP3 to ABC

By Michael Antonoff
Posted August 6, 2001

When Dr. Amar Bose visited the magazine where I worked in the early 1990s, he teased staffers by hiding under a cloth the source of the luxurious-sounding music filling the room. Moments later he revealed that it was actually emanating from an unassuming clock radio. Since then, the Bose Wave radio has landed on countless tabletops and nightstands.

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Archos 605 WiFi

By Michael Antonoff
Posted December 6, 2007

Portable media players with touchscreens have been captivating users ever since Apple's introduction this summer of the iPhone. No need to wonder why: Imagine all your music, videos, and photos stored in a device slim enough for your pocket and available for playback at, literally, the touch of a finger.

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Western Digital WG1S5000 My DVR Expander Hard Drive

My DVR Expander spells R-E-L-I-E-F for high-def recording junkies with overloaded hard drives.

By Michael Antonoff
Posted January 6, 2008

With a digital video recorder, you're master of the HDTV universe today, but brought to your knees tomorrow when your DVR fills up and automatically deletes the penultimate episode of Dancing with the Stars before you've witnessed the duel play-out.

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Doing The DVD Combo

Sure they play movies, but what else can they do?

By Michael Antonoff
Posted December 22, 2001

A DVD player is already a terrific bargain - an inexpensive black box that can play discs full of razor-sharp images, immersive surround sound, and fascinating extras. But what if you could wed a DVD player with another popular entertainment device like, say, a TV, VCR, or game console? Well, it's already being done.

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DVD Combo - In The Lab

By Michael Antonoff
Posted December 22, 2001

Go-Video DVR4000 DIMENSIONS 17 inches wide, 4 inches high, 14 inches deep WEIGHT 11 5/8 pounds PRICE $349 MANUFACTURER Sensory Science, Dept. S&V, 7835 E.

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Shifty Devices

"Place-shifters" let you watch and control your DVR from a different room . . . or another state! We check out three: One from Sling Media, Sony, and Monsoon Multimedia.

By Michael Antonoff
Posted April 17, 2008

TV addicts have been time-shifting since the analog days of the VCR, but ask them if they know how to place-shift, and you're likely to get blank stares.

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Panasonic's e-wear

The SV-AV10 camera, A/V recorder, and music player makes a high-tech fashion statement.

By Michael Antonoff
Posted June 26, 2002

You might suppose Minerva & the Bell Ringers was a 1960s girl group, but it's actually a mechanical clock located outdoors in New York City's Herald Square. On the hour, pivoting statues strike a bell up to 12 times, temporarily dislodging a pigeon or two. A still camera is inadequate for capturing the sound and motion. If I were a tourist, I might reach for a camcorder.

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Logitech Squeezebox Duet Digital Audio Receiver

TEST REPORT

By Michael Antonoff
Posted June 16, 2008

Music Box Theater 97855048929 Longitech 930000033 Ever since the first digital media receiver delivered music from a computer to a stereo system over a home network, it's been a challenge to figure out where to

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Mighty Cam

Sony's Internet-savvy MicroMV camcorder.

By Michael Antonoff
Posted July 10, 2002

Photos by Tony Cordoza The launch of a new cassette format in 2002 made me wonder whether those who invented the Walkman were back in charge at Sony. The payoff is that the tape cassettes, so tiny they could be mistaken for audio microcassettes, are for high-quality video recording in Sony's new MicroMV camcorders.

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