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• Television Buying Guide - Whether you're a rabid sports fan or a dedicated classic movie buff, the quality of your television has a major effect on your home entertainment experience. Today's home televisions range from basic 13-inch models to giant wall-mount plasma screens--and the rise of new technology has created a wave of options like Internet capability, V-chip parental control, and HDTV. Whether you want a TV/VCR combo for your dorm room or a widescreen projection TV as the centerpiece of your home theater, our buying guide will help you understand the TV market.

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• DVD Player Buying Guide - What the CD did for listening to music, the DVD is doing for watching movies. With over 500 lines of horizontal picture resolution, DVD video quality is twice as good as VHS tape. What's more, the format also allows for both dual-sided and dual-layer discs, so you can get both widescreen (letterboxed) and pan and scan ("reformatted to fit your screen") versions of a film on a single disc.

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• VCR Buying Guide - Whether you want to watch rented movies or tape your favorite programs, a VCR is an essential part of your home theater. Today's VCRs offer a wide range of great features to make your video viewing better and easier, from slow-motion replay, one-touch VCR+ programming, and automatic tracking, to hi-fi stereo audio and high-resolution S-VHS video capability. Use our guide to common features and formats to find the right model for you.

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