Weekly Site Roundup (03/24/03)
ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT
Region Codes: DVD's Dirty Secret
The DVD world is divided into six regions. According to some, this is a means of providing copyright protection and preserve international film distribution arrangements, as well as prevent "illegal" copying. However, is it also a plot by movie companies to command higher prices for DVDs overseas? (Revised for 2003)
HOME ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
McCollough Bullish On Non-Comm Strategy (TWICE)
DVD Recorder Sales Will Pass DVD Players Within Three Years (Widescreen Review)
1,000,000 DVD-Audio Players Sold To Date (Audio Revolution)
SONICblue Plans Chapter 11 (TWICE)
DVDs Top VHS For First Time (L.A. Daily News)
DVD Players, Beach Chairs, Stuffed Toys Among The Gear Marines Take To War (NJ.com)
DTS Entertainment To Release...More On DVD-Audio This April (Audio Revolution)
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Sharp SD-AT50DV
Sharp's new 1-bit digital amplifier technology is now available in more affordable audio components, including its new SD-AT50DV hometheater-in-a-box. This unit provides excellent sound for small spaces and includes a progressive scan DVD player and 1-bit digital amplifer capable of 50 WPC. Also included are a subwoofer and five satellite speakers.
FEATURED LINKS THIS WEEK
Barrel-Of-Monkeys
Despite this website's odd name, it is a great source for multi-system region code free DVD players and other consumer electronics items.
Featured in the DVD/Laserdisc and the Shopping Pages.
SVS: The Bass Authority
Are you tired of subwoofers that come up a little short? If so, check out the excellent product offerings from SVS.
Featured in the Loudspeakers Subject Page.
FROM THE HOME THEATER FORUM
How To Hook Up A CD Recorder...
From BLARIC2003:
I have a question about hooking up a cd recorder to my stereo system. Basically, I cannot see how to hook up all my eqpt so they all work together at the same time. I have a Sony STR-DE305 receiver, a Sony cassette deck, a Pioneer PD-M430 cd changer, a Optimus equalizer, and also an older Pioneer turntable. I would like to purchase a CD recorder that is capable of recording LP's from my turntable and cassettes from my cassette deck. After reading about CD recorders, it looks like I need to hook up the CD recorder to my receiver's tape inputs...currently my equalizer is plugged there. My CD player is plugged into the receiver via the RCA CD inputs, cassette deck via the equalizer RCA inputs, my turntable via the RCA phono inputs, and the EQ via the receiver's tape monitoring RCA inputs. I have two pairs of empty RCA inputs left on my receiver, TV and video inputs that I'm not using.
How do I install a CD recorder to this mix and still have the ability to listen/record from cassette and CD player? My cd player only has two RCA jacks, no digital or optical outputs, that are attached to the receiver's RCA CD inputs.
Join in on the discussion.
FROM THE MAILBOX
From SANDMAN:
HELLO COULD YOU PLEASE E-ME THE DEFINITION OF VHS? THANK YOU.
From Your Guide:
VHS stands for Video Home System. Technically it can also stand for Vertical Helical Scanning -- which is the how the video is actually recorded.
FINAL WORDS
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