June 2000 Table of Contents
Feature Stories
Smartness Comes to Dishes and Disc Players
Long awaited interactive television has finally arrived. It's come by way of new satellite receivers and DVD players.
DVR Technology: Like Magic
Learn about the technology behind Digital Video Recorders that lets you pause, rewind and replay live broadcasts.
Airborne Bandwidth Brings Data from the Skies
Today’s broadcasts deliver more than just pretty pictures.
The broadcast signal has already become a carrier of
interactive television content.
Departments
Tube News
Television news, trends and analysis.
Gear: A Baker's Dozen of Hot New Products
Hot new products that will smarten up your TV.
URLs4TV
A guide to the hottest Web sites for TV Internet surfing.
Smart Discs
Interactivity in the living room: CDs and DVDs that play great on your TV.
Columns
Toob: Personalizing Your TV
There’s more to watching TV than meets the eye.
Black Boxes: Sony Universal Remote Reviewed
Sony RM-AV2000 Remote Control
Black Boxes: RCA TV w/ Electronic Program Guide Reviewed
RCA Guide Plus Gemstar Television
Interactive Television Network Programs Take Off
New interactive shows are paving the way for the next generation of television programming.
Hooking Up the Smart Way
Is hooking up all this new technology creating a cabling conundrum? Use these handy diagrams to connect your
smart entertainment center.
