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...will really show its colors in 2000--at least in major markets--and those who buy wide-screen, HDTV-capable sets (see No. 1) will have "future-proofed" their living rooms. "Now is the time to start thinking about HDTV," says Lee Richman, a home-theater custom installer in New York City who helped design the system on these pages. The total cost of our fantasy setup, not including furniture: $6,900. Of course, you don't need every black box shown here. But you may be tempted...
WARM UP Expect your new speakers to take 12 hr. to 50 hr. to "burn in," or reach peak performance...
...annual Comdex trade show in Las Vegas last week argued yes, but many of the devices on display told a different story. Even Sony, which is making a big push into gadgets that connect to each other sans PC, still gives an occasional nod to the desktop computer. Its new Music Clip plays 2 hrs. of digital music on a single AA, but gets tunes, via USB cable, from a PC. Available in January, the Clip includes Sony's OpenMG Jukebox software to copy songs...
DICK TRACY LIVES Cell phones have got smaller and smaller, but your fingers haven't shrunk, making sleek mobiles like the Nokia 8860 frustrating to operate. That's why Samsung's new watchphone makes more sense than most miniatures. It uses voice-recognition software from Conversa to dial phone numbers and read e-mail in response to plain-English commands. Available late next year, it should arrive just in time to accessorize your Dick Tracy Halloween costume...
...trouble starts at midnight in the Marshall Islands, where a Navy fighter pilot loses control of his computer-assisted jet and plunges to his death. In Scandinavia a nuclear power plant suffers a sudden, deadly meltdown. And at midnight in Times Square in New York City celebration turns to riot when the lights flicker...