Weekly Site Roundup (05/17/04)

ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT
Yamaha DVX-S120 Home Cinema Station - Product Review
The Yamaha DVX-S120 Home Cinema Station is a full featured and stylish compact home theater-in-a-box system that is great for entry level consumers as well for those wanting a second system for a smaller room or office. Check out my review for more details.

HOME ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
More Satellite-Radio Boomboxes Roll Out (TWICE)
Matsushita To Build World's Biggest Plasma Screen Plant (Channel News Asia)
'Hee Haw' Returns With Pickin', Grinnin' On VHS, DVD (Jacksonville.com/AP)
Kenwood Introduces 7.1-Channel THX Select Receiver (Audio Revolution)
Digital Video Recorders On Fast-forward Growth (CNET)
Groups Seek Legal Copying of DVDs (AP/ABC News)
Pixa Introduces...All-in-One...DVD/DLP Home Theater Projector (Widescreen Review)

PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Panasonic PT-50LC13 LCD Projection TV
If you are looking for a television that is thin, like a Plasma, but costs a lot less, then check out the Panasonic PT-50LC13 LCD projection television. With features, such as a 50-inch 16x9 diagonal screen, HDTV compatibility (with addition of option set-top box) and PC connectivity, this unit really delivers. To top it off, even though it is a projection style television, it is only 15-inches deep. Although this is deeper than a Plasma TV, it is thinner than a traditional projection television.

FEATURED LINKS THIS WEEK
Definitive Technology
Checkout Definitive Technologies' extensive lineup of quality loudspeakers.
Featured in the Loudspeakers Manufacturer's A - E Category Page.

Onkyo Home Theater Systems
If you aren't familiar with Onkyo, they are well-known in the consumer electronics industry for excellent amplifier construction and performance. Keep with this commitment, Onkyo's home theater-in-a-box systems give performance you usually associate with separate components.
Featured in the Home Theater-In-A Box Manufacturer's Page.

FROM THE HOME THEATER FORUM
Audio CD-R
From WTYOW:
What is the different between Audio CD-R and a normal CD-R? Is that music recorded on a Audio CD-R sound better than a normal CD-R?
Join in on the discussion.

ELSEWHERE ON ABOUT.COM
A Peek At A New Sony Amplifier
If you like the ultimate in audio equipment, then check out a preview of Sony's new TA-DA9000ES multi-channel amplifier as reported by Anthony Armstrong, About.com Guide For Stereos.

FROM THE MAILBOX
From SE:
I have a Panasonic DVD recorder with 80 Gig HD, Direct TV Satellite and an old (1986) TV. The DVD recorder only has channels up to 125 and the Sat channels start at 200, so I can only record the one sat channel that I leave it on (essentially what ever is left on TV ch 3). Have I installed it incorrectly? Do you understand what my problem is? Do I have to program somthing?

From Your Guide:
You appear to have everything installed correctly -- just like a cable box, a satellite box can only download one channel at time. Thus you must record in the manner you have stated.

The Satellite channels do not correspond to the channels in either a TV tuner, a VCR tuner, or a DVD recorder tuner -- that is why the satellite box has a built-in RF modulator to covert all output to channel 3 so it can be recorded by the DVD recorder and/or viewed on a TV.

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