Weekly Site Roundup (03/31/03)
ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT
Product Review: Yamaha DVX-S60 Home Theater-In-A-Box
The Yamaha DVX-S60 is a full featured and stylish home theater-in-a-box system that is perfect for entry level consumer 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
Best Buy’s Musicland For Sale (TWICE)
Copyproof CDs Moving To Market? (CNET)
Universal Music Group To Support DVD-Audio With 20 Titles This Fall (Audio Revolution)
ESPN-HD Announces Cable Affiliates (TWICE)
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Shifting Gears To Boost PVR Sales (Widescreen Review)
Jan. DTV Sales Up 36% (TWICE)
Analog Projection Sets Doomed? (Stereophile Guide To Home Theater)
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Toshiba MW24FM1 TV/VCR/DVD combo
If you want a TV that has it all, then check out this exciting unit from Toshiba. The MW24FM1 has incorporates an excellent flat tube stereo TV with a 24-inch size screen, a fully-function DVD player, and a HiFi Stereo VCR. Definitely worth checking out.
FEATURED LINKS THIS WEEK
U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission
This is place to check out any product recall announcements and other news regarding product safety concerns.
Featured in the Consumer Resources Subject Page.
Satellite Insight
Extensive resource on Satellite TV products, including DirecTV and Dish Network.
Featured in the Satellite Systems Subject Page.
Ars Nova
Great resource for sheet music and classical music recordings on CD.
Featured in the Shopping Subject Page.
FROM THE HOME THEATER FORUM
Home Theater Or Not
From CHOPPBOBBY:
I have a TV, satellite system, VCR,and a DVD player hooked up to an old receiver. I want to replace it with something that will play all of these with Surround Sound.
The old (present) system I have has those huge speakers which are OK, but they are big. ( Iwould like to replace them with some that are smaller ). Which is the best way to go here? Buy a receiver and use my current speakers? or buy a Home Theater system and get rid of all of my old components?
Do Home Theater systems have provisions for input/outputs for components other than a DVD player? In other words can I hook my TV, satellite receiver, and VCR to one of these systems?
Any other considerations that I should know about?
Join in on the discussion.
ELSEWHERE ON ABOUT.COM
Portable Electronics: Oregon Scientific Digital Camera
Now you can have a tiny camera worthy of James Bond himself! Check out this interesting product review by Ric Manning, About Guide For Portable Entertainment/Electronics.
FROM THE MAILBOX
From K:
It seems to me that if the only purpose of DVD encoding is to keep DVDs in one region from encroaching on movie release dates in another, that could be solved by embedding a disable date to the restriction feature so that the DVD could be played on any DVD player after, say, 6 months. That they don't do that simple thing seems to point very strongly to an ulterior motive.
From Your Guide:
Very good point!
FINAL WORDS
If you need more great info on home theater and audio, with an emphasis on the higher end, be sure to check out About.com's related partner sites:
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Home Theater Magazine.
Stereophile Guide To Home Theater.
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