Weekly Site Roundup (05/05/03)
ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT
Product Review: Cobalt Interconnect Cables
Your home theater components are useless without good interconnect cables. Check out my review of some excellent heavy-duty audio and video cables from Cobalt Cable.
HOME ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
Projectors a Big Hit for Home Movies (Reuters)
Grundig Files For Bankruptcy (Die Presse)
Onkyo Unveils Spring 2003 Product Plans (Widescreen Review)
Full-Time HD Channels Due In Fall (Home Theater Magazine)
High-Definition DVD On The Way (USA Today)
Panasonic Sports 2003 DVD Product Lineup (TWICE)
First Satellite Radio PC Receiver from XM (TWICE)
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
NAD L70 DVD Receiver
NAD is known for its affordale high-end quality audio components, but has now added a DVD player to a new receiver design that is both space-saving and very functional. The new L70 DVD Receiver features a basic DVD player combined with a 45 WPC 5.1 channel receiver with Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Prologic II decoding. The receiver section also includes an FM stereo tuner and extra AV inputs for additional audio/video components. Just add your own speakers, powered subwoofer, and video display device and you are all set to go.
Manufacturer's Site
FEATURED LINKS THIS WEEK
Proficient Audio
Makers of in-wall and ceiling mounted loudspeakers for custom home theater and audio installations.
Featured in the Loudspeakers Subject Page.
Sima
One the leading makers o audio and video accessories for the videographer, audio, and home theater enthusiast.
Featured in Gadgets, Gizmos, and More Subject Page.
FROM THE HOME THEATER FORUM
DLP Vs Plasma
From LIBER2020:
I am shopping for a Home Theater :I looked at Zenith Plasma TV 60",I was told (and read) that DLP projection HDTVs in the same size, are sharper and better and more reliable. What is the "honest", real story?
2) I am also interested in sets with the capability of 'convergence'.The ability to use my computer while projected on the TV screen; some sales representatives just stare at me. Am I missing something? Do all HDTV-capable sets have "convergence" ability?
Where can you get objective information not influenced by hidden Companies sponsoring the reviews, we read in so many "specialized magazines"?
Join in on the discussion.
ELSEWHERE ON ABOUT.COM
DVD Movie Review: Spirited Away
This is a must addition for your DVD collection. Check out the full review of this amazing Japanese animated film by Ivana Redwine, About Home Video/DVD guide.
FROM THE MAILBOX
From Terry:
We bought a DVD player with CD/MP3 player/Picture CD and we seem to not be able to connect it to the TV/VCR combo that we have. Is there anyway that you know that we can, that our book is not telling us. Do we need an RF adapter?
From Your Guide:
If you have a TV/VCR combo, you will need an RF adapter. The reason being that that since the AV inputs of the TV/VCR combo go through the VCR section, the anticopy signal from the DVD player interferes with the input signal to the combo. This is to prevent you from making copies of DVD movies. Going through the RF connection enables you to bypass the VCR input and go directly to the TV section, provided the VCR section is off.
FINAL WORDS
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Home Theater Magazine.
Stereophile Guide To Home Theater.
Stereophile Magazine.
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