Weekly Site Roundup (08/26/02)
ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT
Top Picks: Budget Mini/Micro Audio Systems
Want big sound but have little space and a small budget? Check out some of my favorite budget mini-audio systems. Athough not as powerful as a standard audio system, these units provide great sound for their small size and are perfect for the office, bedroom, kitchen, or dorm.
HOME ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
SONICblue, JVC Reach Dual-Deck (TWICE)
Vinyl Record Day (Stereophile)
Sunfire: 2 Products To Heat Up Sales (TWICE)
PANASONIC ANNOUNCES PRICING, AVAILABILITY FOR REVOLUTIONARY AG-DVX100 MINI-DV CAMCORDER (Panasonic)
Gemini 'For Dummies' Kits To Aid CE Product Set-Up (TWICE)
RadioShack Lowers Third Quarter Estimates (TWICE)
DVR Sales Slowing? (Stereophile Guide To Home Theater)
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Philips 42FD9932 Plasma TV
Plasma TVs are definitely not "cheap", but here is a real bargain for a 42-inch 16x9 Plasma screen monitor. The only catch is that it is not HDTV upgradable.
FEATURED LINKS THIS WEEK
Revelation Cables
Check out the complete line of cables and analog/digital interconnects for your home theater system from Revelation.
Featured in the Home Theater Subject Page.
Premiere Home Theater Surroundings
What good is a home theater without seom nice, comfortable furniture to enjoy it with? Check out the latest home theater seating comfort from Premiere Home Theater Surroundings.
Featured in the Furniture/Media Storage Subject Page.
High Tech Home
Did you know there is a TV show all about home entertainment and networking? Find out all about it at the above link.
Featured in the Consumer Resources Subject Page.
FROM THE HOME THEATER FORUM
Buying HDTV
From GARRUP:
I'm getting ready to buy a new 47-53" HDTV. Since I don't want to patch out the audio to a home stereo system, I'm especially looking for good audio components (no 2 x 10w speakers!), but at a mid-level price. Are separate tweeters a good idea? All the video specs are pretty much Greek to me yet. Any prompts as to what works & what's a waste of money? How about multiple aspect ratio's? My major use of this TV will be for both DVD and VCR movies.
Join in on the discussion.
ELSEWHERE ON ABOUT.COM
Travel Gadgets
If you are headin' out this upcoming Labor Day Weekend, check out some great Travel Gadgets to make your outing more fun. Presented by Ric Manning, About Guide To Portable Electronics.
FROM THE MAILBOX
From John:
Will I be able to use my DVR with a HDTV set top box? Right now I run everything from my satellite box to the DVR, then to the TV. Thank you for your time.
From Your Guide:
As of now, DVRs are not capabable of recording HDTV quality video -- the hard drive space required to store even one hour of HD quality video several times more than current video storage requirements -- anything you record on a DVR will be standard resolution -- similar to DVD or S-video quality.
FINAL WORDS
Although I update this site regularly, sometimes I miss broken links, this is especially a concern as old product listings expire and new ones have different link addresses. If you encounter any broken links in my articles or listings, just bring it to my attention so I can correct the address or delete it from the site if it has expired and can no longer be accessed.
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