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Test Bench: Denon DVD-2900 Universal DVD/SACD Player

By S&v Staff
Posted September 17, 2003

PDF: Denon DVD-2900 DVD/SACD player full lab results

New Products - October 2003

Hot gear from the world of home entertainment

By S&v Staff
Posted September 23, 2003

Marantz When you've got the Marantz DV8400 DVD player, you can stop worrying about format incompatibility. This THX Select player attains "universal" status by playing DVD-Audio discs and Super Audio CDs and is said to provide full bass management for both formats.

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New Products — November 2003

Hot gear from the world of home entertainment

By S&v Staff
Posted November 3, 2003

Gateway Your plasma-TV dreams have a little room to grow now that Gateway's 50-inch GTW-P50M203 flat-panel HDTV monitor is on the scene. Not only can the 1,366 x 768-pixel screen bring you true high-def images, but the widescreen set is only $7,000.

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2003 Sound & Vision Reviewer's Choice Awards

From Wi-Fi wonders to plasma-TV pleasures, it's our 21-product salute to the best gear of the year.

By S&v Staff
Posted November 18, 2003

Photo illustration by John Wilkes This year's Sound & Vision Reviewer's Choice Awards feature a number of home- entertainment firsts, including JVC's GR-HD1 high-definition camcorder, Sony's RDR-GX7 DVD recorder, which supports both the DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW formats, and Yamaha's MusicCAST, the first Wi-Fi music system from a m

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Julian Hirsch, 1922 - 2003

By S&v Staff
Posted November 27, 2003

Julian Hirsch, an engineer and magazine writer who was instrumental in transforming hi-fi from an esoteric hobby into a multibillion-dollar global industry, died Monday, November 24, at the age of 81 after a long illness.

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New Products — December 2003

Hot gear from the world of home entertainment

By S&v Staff
Posted December 10, 2003

Samsung Joining forces, Samsung, DirecTV, and TiVo have created the SIR-S4120R video hard-disk recorder. Not only does it have a supersized 120-gigabyte (GB) hard drive that can hold up to 100 hours of shows but also dual DirecTV satellite tuners so you can record two shows at once or watch one while recording another.

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Julian Hirsch Scholarship Fund

The best memorial is a donation in his memory

By S&v Staff
Posted December 19, 2003

Photo by Eleni Mylonas At the time of Julian Hirsch's retirement, Hachette Filipacchi Magazines - the new publisher of Stereo Review, and as of 1999, Sound & Vision - established a scholarship in his name at his alma mater, the School of Engineering of the Cooper Union.

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A Tribute to Julian Hirsch, 1922-2003

By S&v Staff
Posted December 19, 2003

Photo by Eleni Mylonas Farewell to an Audio Pioneer and a Fine Man A Giant of Audio Passes The Life and Career of Julian D.

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Shopping Made Simple: Flat-Panel TVs

Pick out your dream TV from 150 slim and sexy models

By S&v Staff
Posted December 19, 2003

Click to read PDF More:Flat TVs for Every Room

International CES 2004

The versatility of hard-disk drives and a personal view of the trends at CES 2004

By S&v Staff
Posted January 8, 2004

PRESS DAY, JANUARY 7, 2004 TV on the Atkins PlanBigger screen sizes in skinnier sets highlight press day at CES 2004 Photo Mix #1 DAY 1, JANUARY 8, 2004 Heading for a Record Endless permutations of DV

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