KZ-32TS1 / KZ-42TS1

Plasma WEGA Flat Panel Color TV

KEY FEATURES

HDTV Monitor Aspect Ratio: 16:9 KZ-32TS1: 852 x 1024 Resolution KZ-42TS1: 1024 x 1024 Resolution Built-In Stereo Speakers: ~ 7W x 2 (32) ~ 9W x 2 (42) Built-In NTSC TV Tuner (181 Channels)

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

Pixel-by-Pixel I/P Conversion CineMotion Reverse 3-2 Pulldown TruSurround Sound Wide Screen Modes Wall Mountable (with Optional Accessory WBPW1) 2 HD Capable Component Inputs (Y/Pb/Pr) Color Temp. Adjustment (5000 -7000K) Three Language OSD (On Screen Display) Input Signals: 480i, 480p, 1080i, 720p, Computer RGB Front: Headphone Jack Rear: ~ Composite Video Input ~ S-Video Input (1) ~ Dual RF Inputs ~ Component Video Input (1 HD Capable) ~ Component Video Input (1 with RGB/HV HD Capable) ~ Audio Output (Fixed/Variable)

HEAVY GEAR

Extreme Hardware
These Gizmos Dont Sing It, They Bring It
ts powergeekery in motion this month in Extreme Hardware. Throttle up and peel out with a Mach V from Falcon Northwest, and dont forget to lay down some PhatNoise while youre at it. And dont let some plastic action figure backtalk you. Take it into the ring, Ready 2
Falcon Northwest Mach V Hard-core Speed Racer fans get all squirmy over his Rumble style. Finally, if all this exertion taxes your bad self, veg out James Bondian supercar, the powerful Mach V. We get more revved up dreaming about Falcon Northwests with a big transfusion of plasma from Sony. super gaming PC of the same name (www.falcon-nw.com). The companys ever-changing Mach V lineup by Marty Sems always includes a top system built with some of the best components around. At this writing, the $6,078 king beast comes with dual Athlon XP 1800+ MPs, 1GB of PC2100 DDR, two 40GB IBM Deskstar 60GXPs in a RAID, a VisionTek 64MB DDR GeForce 3, a Klipsch Pro Media 5.1 surround sound system, and much more. Ohhhhh, baby. Turn the key, feel free to roach the tires, and watch out for the flow of hot lava on Turn 4. (See page 20 of Januarys CPU for a review of a more price-friendly Mach V model.)
Wireless Ready 2 Rumble Round 2 Tabletop Boxing Fluff your 'fro and don your have a nice day boxing gloves. Its time to walk the walk and get inside the ring. This smack-talking virtual boxing game from Manley Toy Quest (www.manleytoyquest.com; about $90) is based on the Midway arcade game Ready 2 Rumble. You can take to the ring as either Afro Thunder or Joey T. Other equally entertaining characters are also available to choose from. Its not Rockem Sockem; its better. Youll actually get some upper-body exercise with a game like this, and not just numb your thumbs. While youre wearing the included boxing gloves, digital sensors in the gloves pick up the jabs, hooks, and uppercuts you throw and wirelessly tell your character in the ring to dish out your beatdown on your opponent by proxy. This is the same company that markets VR gear to make you think youre fighting virtual ninjas. Dont get punch-drunk, though, or you may just start to hear the crusty ghost of Burgess Meredith urging you on from ringside.
The Sharper Image Personal Warm+Cool System Overclocking instability got you hot under the collar? It may be time for a Peltier device. No, not on your egg-frying CPUon your head. Slip this collar around your neck and. well, were not saying youll look cool. Were saying youll feel cool. The SI731LG2, made and sold by The Sharper Image ($69.95; www.sharperimage.com), uses the principles underlying Peltier devices to chill metal plates lining the inside of the collar, and by extension, you. Put way too simply, passing electricity through a Peltier device takes heat from one side and moves it to the other. What better way to keep your cool when the heats on at the next LAN fragfest? The Personal Warm+Cool System can also heat you up using the same principles. Of course, after seeing what happened to the futuristic collar-wearing prisoner who tried to escape in The Running Man, were a little leery of such things.
PhatNoise Car Audio System You know, swapping out the CDs in your cars remote CD changer every eight hours or so can get really old. What you need is a gadget with a longer no-repeat playtime. How does 500 to 1,000 hours grab you? Ease on down, ease on down the road to groovy tunes with the long-awaited PhatNoise Car Audio System ($799 and up). This rockin unit uses 20GB or 30GB hard drive cartridges ($199 and $299) to store your MP3s and WMAs. It acts like a remote CD changer when connected to compatible car stereos, including some Kenwood and OEM units (check out www.phatnoise.com for compatibility). Weve been waiting for this p-h phat tune box for a year and a half now, but the limited-edition PhatNoise is finally on sale.
Sony KZ-42TS1 Plasma TV The trick isnt finding new extreme hardware from Sony. The trick is limiting our choices to just one or two specimens. When our august editor Samit beheld his first Sony KZ-42TS1 widescreen plasma TV at Fall Comdex, he thought he was looking through a window. This 42-inch motivation sapper (the TV, not Samit) uses special image-processing technology to instantly render exquisite 16:9 or 4:3 images from a variety of video sources. It even has built-in TruSurround, SRS 3D audio speakers. Sony says the KZ-42TS1 will be available in January for about $8,000, as will a $6,000 32-inch model (shown). If 42 inches still isnt big enough for your Evil Dead trilogy parties, and you have a roomy basement, check out Sonys 60-inch Grand WEGA KF-60DX100 rear projection LCD TV. Thats 5 diagonal feet3.15 million pixels worthof laser-sharp home theatre wonderment. Like its smaller plasma buddy, this colossus should appear in January for about eight grand. Check www.sonystyle.com closer to the date.