Summer/Fall 2002 Table of Contents
Feature Stories
Smart Home Theater-Smart Receiver Buyer's Guide
If you find yourself constantly shuffling remote controls or yanking cables, it's time to consider an integrated home theater system. Our Smart Receiver buyer's guide is a good resource.
Broadband: Home-Delivered Video
The technology of broadband video takes your favorite movie from the server to your living room TV set.
DirecTV Goes Interactive
Smart TV & Sound spoke to DirecTV, UltimateTV and Wink executives about new levels of television interactivity.
Best Products of the Year
Smart TV & Sound is pleased to announce its first-ever Best Products of the Year awards. In the past year, many new and innovative products came through our offices and into our hands. The winning products all had a certain "smartness" that added to their interactivity and selectivity.
The Home Theater PC
PCs can be handy in the living room as they are on the desktop, and more fun.
Departments
Audio In
- Audiogalaxy
- Seeing Ear Theatre
- Chris's Walt Disney World Music
- PublicRadioFan.com
- Sonicnet
- Historic Audio Archives
- Radio Free Oz
- JammingConcerts.com
Noise
The latest interactive technology news
New Gear
- Sonicblue ReplayTV 4000 PVRs
- AITech WaveWatcher Net-TV 98 TV tuner and captuer card
- HP Digital Entertainment Center de100c
- Panasonic TC-11LV1 LCD TV with DVD player
- Samsung DVD-N501 DVD player with Nuon
- Leviton Desktop Stereo Modulator
- HighSpeed Surfing SM 200MGS Cable Modem
- Marantz RC5200 touchscreen remote control
- Yamaha RP-U200 surround receiver for computers
Video In
- Rollingstone.com
- CinemaNow
- BreakTV
- VirtueTV
- BMWFilms.com
- MeTV
- LikeTelevision
Smart Discs
- Chocolat
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Freddi Fish 5
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Columns
Editor's View: What's Missing?
Early adopters of new technology need to be patient as the rest of the world catches up.
Web Exclusive! Black Boxes Head-to-Head: HP de100c vs SONICblue audio center
Head to Head Entertainment
Black Boxes: Toshiba SD2300 DVD Player with NUON
Nuon-Enhanced Images
Black Boxes: nVIDIA Personal Cinema
Bundled Energy
Black Boxes: Vialta ViDVD vi220 Multimedia DVD Player
Media Winner, Net Loser
Home Networking
IBM's Pervasive Vision: Home of the Future