Summer/Fall 2003
Winter 2003/Spring 2004 Table of Contents
Feature Stories
Bridging the Gap: Wireless Networking Gear
If your media room has a connectivity problem, chances are somebody has a solution. And if not, they are working on it, and you will see it soon.
Consoles: Not Just for Gaming Anymore!
We live in a world of electronic convergence, where all the boundaries are out the window and everything is able to connect to everything else. Product categories are no longer specific, defined and limited. Today's information, media and communication platforms have overlapping functions. Play games on your computer and surf the Web on your game console. And why not? It's all digital.
All You Need is Ears: Music on the Internet
100 percent free music may be a thing of the past on the Web, but for many, so are the days of paying $15.95 for a CD with one great song and a lot of filler.
Remote Connections
You can replace all of your remotes with one advanced, multi-purpose, programmable, universal remote.
Text to Speech in the Living Room
As the computer invades the home entertainment space, it's reasonable to ask whether there is a place for speech synthesis in the living room. The answer is decidedly yes.
Departments
New Gear
- Pioneer DVR-810H TiVo/DVD Burner
- XM PCR
- cd3o Network MP3 PlayerMicrosoft Plus! Digital Media Edition
- Kenwood Here2Anywhere Sirius Radio
- Panasonic DMR-E100H Set-Top DVD Burner
- Universal Remote Control Home Theater Master MX-3000
- Gateway Connected DVD Player
- Griffin Technology Total Remote
- Turtle Beach AudioTron
- Netgear WGR614 Cable/DSL Wireless Router
- Linksys WMA11B Wireless Media Client
Video In
- Terry Tate: Office Linebacker
- MP4.com
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Instant Films
- ABC Motion
- QuickTime-What's On
- Movielink
Smart Discs
- Final Destination II
- John Q
- T2: Extreme DVD
- Treasure Planet
- Dragon's Lair: 20th Anniversary Special Edition
Columns
Editors View: What About the PAR?
The proliferation of TV channels in the past 10 years has certainly improved the value of TV.
Black Boxes: HP Digital Media Receiver en5000
HP Home Networking
Black Boxes: Niveus Media ONEbox Media Center
One Box is Enough
Black Boxes: Gateway Media Center PC
The Home Gateway
Black Boxes: RCA Lyra Wireless RD900W
Clutter Fighter
Black Boxes: Philips DVDR80 DVD+RW Recorder
Boss Basic Burner
Black Boxes: V, Inc. Bravo D1 DVD player
The HD/DivX Multi-Tasker
Black Boxes: eVGA.com nVidia Personal Cinema
Low-Cost TV-PC Solution
Interactive TV: DirecTV and DISH Network Provide More Interactivity
DirecTV and DISH Network Provide More Interactivity
Summer/Fall 2003 Table of Contents
Feature Stories
Coming Soon to a Home Theater Near You: Media Friendly Computers
Thanks to today's specialized video cards, fast processors and inexpensive RAM, the day of the media-friendly PC has arrived at long last.
Get Smart, DVD Recorders That Is
Smart DVD recorders are a new home media technology which combines the capabilites of DVDs, DVRs and venerable VCRs into an innovative product category that yields capabilities greater than the sum of the parts. Cool.
DVRs: Tune In, Turn On, Uplink and Network
If you thought the digital video recorder (DVD) that mates a hard drive with a TV tuner was sophisticated now, then watch out: it's about to get a whole new set of super smarts.
Getting It to You
Media clients bring sound and pictures from your computer to any room.
Departments
Audio In
- Exploitika!
- Vincent Voice Library
- Kid's Internet Radio
- FindSounds.com
- Music of the Holocaust
- Oil and Gas Radio
- The TRACON.com
Noise
The latest news in interactive technology
New Gear
- Terk TV44 Off-air Antenna
- RCA Alert Guard TVs
- Samsung DVD-P731M DVD/Memory Card Player
- GoVideo DV2730 Networkable DVD Player
- ViewSonic airpanel Smart Displays
- Interact-TV Telly Home Entertainment Server
- Toshiba RD-X2 DVD Burner/Hard Drive Recorder
- Microsoft Broadband Networking Equipment
- BroadQ Qcast Tuner Gold
Video In
- DivX
- Britshorts
- Captiol Records
- Comedy Central
- Major League Baseball
- Guerrilla Filmmakers
- Maakies
- Scour
Smart Discs
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
- Barbershop
- XXX
- Liberty's Kids
Columns
Editor's View: New Products, New Terminology
We're lacking standard terms to define this new technology.
Black Boxes: Hitachi 51SWX20B 51" Rear-Projection TV
Big and In Control
Black Boxes: Pioneer Elite DV-47Ai DVD Player
Team Player
Black Boxes: Prismiq MediaPlayer
A Little Media in Your Den
Black Boxes: Philips ProntoLite remote control software for PalmOS
Philips ProntoLite remote control software for PalmOS
Black Boxes: Sony Vaio PCV-RZ14G
Sony Vaio PCV-RZ14G
Black Boxes: JVC HM-DH30000U D-Theater VCR
JVC HM-DH30000U D-Theater VCR
Black Boxes: Terk WaveMaster 30 Transmitter-Receiver (LF-30S)
Terk WaveMaster 30 Transmitter-Receiver (LF-30S)
Interactive TV: A Survey of Interactive TV
ITV in 2003 - A Survey of Interactive TV
Home Networking: Ubiquitous Audio and Video at the Panasonic Center, Tokyo
Ubiquitous Audio and Video at the Panasonic Center, Tokyo
