October 2000 Table of Contents
Feature Stories
Digital Video Recorders ROCK!
See what ReplayTV and TiVo have to offer. We bet you’ll want to step into the user-friendly world of the DVR and take control of your TV watching experience.
The Net, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like TV
Check out the media formats, set-top devices, broadband technology and TV-friendly Web sites that are bringing the World Wide Web into the living room and changing the face of television.
Why There is No Interactive TV on your Cable, Yet Standards, Standards, Standards
Here’s the scoop about the behind-the-scenes battle over standards. See why the manufacturers of set-top boxes and the associations that set the standards have yet to settle on a universal protocol that will bring interactivity to cable television.
Departments
Tube News
Television news, trends and analysis. Get the first-hand scoop on RCA’s new Digital Media Manager, the MyReplayTV Web portal and much more.
Gear
- AOLTV
- Sony TiVo
- DISH DVD
- Panasonic DVD-RAM recorder
- Mitsubishi DVD players
- Cable Tronix CTARM modulator
- Cyberlink PowerVCR II
- GyroMouse Presenter
- Sony PlayStation 2
Smart Discs
- Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
- Mars: The Red Planet
- Launch
- Arthur's Computer Adventure
Columns
Toob: I Wish I had…
A vision of the future.
Black Boxes: Samsung Extiva DVD-N2000 NUON-Enhanced DVD Player Reviewed
Samsung Extiva N2000 NUON-enchanced DVD player
Black Boxes: ReplayTV Reviewed
Panasonic Showstopper ReplayTV digital video recorder
Black Boxes: TiVo Reviewed
Philips TiVo digital video recorder
Black Boxes: Dreamcast Reviewed
Sega Dreamcast video gaming device
Black Boxes: WebTV+ Reviewed
RCA RW2110 WebTV Plus Internet receiver
Interactive TV
The next generation of interactive TV programs you can view today.
The Wired Home Today TV-based Home Control
Check out where we are and what the future has in store for home networking and TV-based household control.
