Weekly Site Roundup (03/01/04)
ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT
Rear Projection Television - What You Need To Know
Although Plasma and LCD flat panel televisions seem to be all the rage these days, with growing numbers of consumers reaching into their pockets to buy the stylish sets, they are still out of reach of most average household budgets. As a result, the rear-projection TV, with its lower pricing and high performance, is taking center stage in the consumer television market. The following article reveals the secrets of rear projection television.
HOME ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
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PBS TO LAUNCH 'PBS HD CHANNEL'(PBS)
Sony Expands SACD Selection, Upgrades Systems, Receivers (TWICE)
Hollywood Hounds Asian Pirates (ABC News)
VOOM And Samsung Electronics Award Oscar Presenters With The Ultimate Home Entertainment Package (Widescreen Review)
Blockbuster Targets Netflix (Stereophile Guide To Home Theater)
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Sony DAV-FC7 Dream System Home Theater-In-A-
Box
If you are looking for a very stylish, functional, and budget-priced home theater-in-a-box system, then check out the Sony DAV-FC7. This system features a 5-Disc DVD/SACD/CD Changer with Progressive Scan Output, CD-R/RW, Super Audio CD (Multi), MP3-CD, and JPEG plaback. Also included is a 5.1 channel digital amplifier with Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Pro Logic II processors and an AM/FM tuner. Also included are 5 satellite speakers and powered subwoofer. This package is great for small spaces.
FEATURED LINKS THIS WEEK
Music Lover's Audio
Whether you are looking for the best in Vacuum Tube Audio or the lastest digital home theater components, Music Lover's Audio in Berkley, Ca has the advice and the products for you.
Featured in the Shopping Subject Page.
Musical Industry
Independent loudspeaker maker with some unusual speaker designs. Complete product listings with photos.
Featured in the Loudspeakers Subject Page.
FROM THE HOME THEATER FORUM
Transistors and Learning Disability
From LEODEFOREST:
I was in a surplus electronics store today and ran into a guy who told me about 'a Stanford study' that demonstrated 73% of children raised listening to music played over transistorized equipment grew up with learning disabilities, far more than that of children raised listening to music via tube equipment. I just spent 30 minutes typing in every combination of words onto google trying to find this study and turned up empty. Anyone else ever hear of this?
Join in on the discussion.
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FROM THE MAILBOX
From Ash:
I have a Dishnetwork DVR508 Satellite Receiver/Recorder. I have been recording some of the TV programs I like but now the hard disk on the DVR is getting full. I would like to copy those program to a DVD so that I can watch them later. The DVR508 has output jacks for Audio/Video.
I picked up a Phillips DVDR72 and before connecting to the DVR508 I tried to connect to a Panasonic DVD player to check if I can get a passthrough signal from DVD player to DVD recorder to TV, and I could not get any signals. Is it because the DVD recorder s do not allow a progressive scan VDV output from a DVD player?
From Your Guide:
You can record programs from your DVR hard drive to your DVD recorder, just connect the AV outputs of the DVR to the AV inputs of the DVD recorder.
However, there are two reasons you cannot connect a DVD player to a DVD recorder:
1. Since most DVDs are copy protected with macrovision anti-copy encoding, the signal from a DVD player will not pass through correctly through a DVD recorder -- this prevents you from making copies of DVDs.
2. You are correct about the progressisve scan issue. Progressive scan is a playback issue, not a recording issue -- in other words, the incoming signal into the component inputs of the DVD recorder need to be standard interlaced video -- upon playback of the recorded DVD, the DVD recorder can output the recording in progressive scan mode.
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