Michael Antonoff

Hewlett-Packard Media Center PC 883n

Loaded and ready to play

By Michael Antonoff
Posted January 7, 2003

Sure, Hewlett-Packard's ambitious Media Center PC 883n ($1,999) could replace many of the A/V components in your home theater-including your DVD player, TiVo or ReplayTV hard-disk video recorder, and CD jukebox. But HP will be the first to admit that its chrome and black computer is not likely to become many families' main entertainment center.

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Act Wirelessly, Link Globally

Convergence at 2003 CES

By Michael Antonoff
Posted January 12, 2003

Somewhere along the way to the 2003 edition of CES, just about everything calling itself a convergence product sprouted wings.

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Silicon Valley's Next Stand

With computers in a slump, the digital vanguard retools itself for your living room.

By Michael Antonoff
Posted January 28, 2003

(Photo Illustration on home page by Dan Vasconcellos. Photos in story by Terry Schmitt.) SANTA CLARA, CA-As the Invertigo roller coaster at Paramount's Great America pulls you 138 feet above the flat Silicon Valley floor, the brown Diablo Mountain Range looms to the east and the green Santa Cruz Mountains to the west.

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Making the Cut

MovieMask and the Directors Guild square off over who should have the right to alter movies.

By Michael Antonoff
Posted February 24, 2003

To address concerns over violence, sex, and profanity in popular films, a number of companies have emerged that create "sanitized" versions of VHS tapes or DVDs for a fee.

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The Cutting Edge: Neuros HD MP3 Player

A New Twist in MP3 Playback

By Michael Antonoff
Posted May 6, 2003

Photos by Tony Cordoza Portable MP3 players haven't changed much over the last few years except they've added capacity even while shrinking in size and weight.

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What's on HDTV? (June 2003)

And Where to Get It

By Michael Antonoff
Posted May 20, 2003

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TiVo Series 2 DVR

Hard-disk video recorder with Home Media Option

By Michael Antonoff
Posted July 15, 2003

Photos by Tony Cordoza

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Philips iPronto Wireless Home Control Panel

The remote knows what's on

By Michael Antonoff
Posted July 29, 2003

Photos by Tony Cordoza Electronic program guides (EPGs) that help you choose what to watch from among hundreds of channels are built into a variety of devices from TV sets and set-top boxes to satellite receivers and hard-disk recorders. What they have in common is an onscreen display that, if it doesn't cover the TV picture, reduces the show to a small window.

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Go-Video D2730 Networked DVD Player

By Michael Antonoff
Posted September 11, 2003

Photos by Tony Cordoza Using a standalone DVD player in the connected home seems so inappropriately standoffish. Why live by disc alone? That's the thinking behind the Go-Video D2730, a richly featured DVD player that's also adept at playing music or videos, or displaying photos stored on a Windows-based computer.

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What's on HDTV

And Where to Get It

By Michael Antonoff
Posted September 16, 2003

The transition to high-definition television really picked up steam this fall as ABC, CBS, NBC, and the WB filled their 2003-04 prime-time schedules with more hours of HDTV programming than ever before. During an entire week, these networks are offering some 70 hours of HDTV.

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