Weekly Site Roundup (12/30/02)
ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT
DVD Connection Dilemma
Due to the high volume of email questions recently regarding DVD player hookups to televisions, here is an update on how to hook up your DVD player to an old television that my not have the required AV input connections.
HOME ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
Rockford Corporation Acquires Now Hear This (NHT) Loudspeaker Brand (Widescreen Review)
HTiBs With DVD Increasingly Dominate: NPD (TWICE)
Thin Is In (Home Theater Magazine)
Dark Side Will Be An SACD (Audio Revolution)
ReplayTV Lowers Price To $199 For 40 Hour - 5040 Unit (Audio Revolution)
Best Buy Shares Wilt, May Close Some Music Shops (Reuters)
Velodyne Previews The World's First Digital Subwoofers (Widescreen Review)
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Sony DVP-NS999ES DVD/CD/SACD Player
If you are true videophile and/or audiophile, you can't pass up this new reference-quality DVD player from Sony that also includes multi-channel SACD playeback. Other features include DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD RW, CD-R, and CD-MP3 compatibility, as well as progressive scan with with 3:2 pulldown. Check this one out, even if you are considering a more modest unit.
FEATURED LINKS THIS WEEK
2003 CES
The official web page of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) which runs January 9-12, 2003. Check out all the details right here.
Featured in Consumer Resources Subject Page.
Bel Canto Design
Designer and manufacturer of award-winning high-end audio components.
Featured in the Audio Components Subject Page.
FROM THE HOME THEATER FORUM
Gateway Plasma Screen TV
From GTEGTE:
Dose anyone have any experience with the new Gateway 42" plasma screen TV. The price is very good but, I was only able to see the demo video in the store, and not a live TV broadcast. Any comments would be appreciated.
Join in on the discussion.
ELSEWHERE ON ABOUT.COM
Top Ten DVDs For 2002
So, you got a new DVD player for the holidays and now you need some great movies to show it off. How about the top ten DVD releases for 2002 as chosen by Ivana Redwine, About Home Video/DVD guide?
FROM THE MAILBOX
From MB:
I am looking at purchasing a new S-VHS VCR. I am thinking about buying the JVC HR-S9911U S-VHS VCR to replace the VCR in my living room. I have another standard VCR in my daughter's bedroom that can only play back SP recordings. This is fine because all the Video's we rent are in this format. My question to you is, if I want to record a program in S-VHS mode using a S-VHS tape in SP mode, will it work on a normal VCR? When I read the JVC website they mention that the S-VHS "ET" mode will only play back on a JVC S-VHS "ET" compatible VCR. But what about S-VHS (standard, with no ET) recorded on a S-VHS tape. I am assuming that the HR-S9911 can record both S-VHS and S-VHS-ET. I am wondering if a S-VHS recording on a S-VHS tape can play on a standard VCR.
From Your Guide:
S-VHS recordings can only be played on S-VHS VCRs or standard VCRs with Quasi-S-VHS playback capability (check owner's manual of VCR in question). Also, S-VHS VCRs can also make standard VHS recordings.
FINAL WORDS
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