Sencore Box Becomes Reference Test Source At Widescreen Review

""The Sencore Box,"" formerly known as the HDTV996, has been added to the other testing equipment manufactured by Leader Instruments at Widescreen Reviewís new home theatre testing facility at the magazineís production offices in Temecula, California. The HDTV996, which is an added-featured step-up model to the HDTV995, does more than just play back up to 100 minutes of programming in any of the ATSC standards in distributed 8VSB, it also records. The $7,000 device also will play back specially encoded and licensed DVD HDTV discs using the built-in DVD-ROM drive. The HDTV996 also is equipped to accept a direct MPEG transport data stream input to record HDTV demo material. Optional ATSC off-air tuner or QPSK satellite tuner cards turn the Sencore HDTV996 into the equivalent of a hard drive time shift machine and are useful in making various demos for HDTV display evaluation.Nicholas Grieco, WSRís Video Technical Editor will be using the Sencore HDTV996 to conduct product reviews of various HDTV display devices, including direct view CRTs, CRT projectors, DLP projectors, LCD projectors, gas plasma screens and Digital Mirror Devices, including standalone HDTV rear-projection sets. Joe Kane, WSRís Video Technical Editorial Director, is assisting with overviews and HDTV program material. Future issues of ""Widescreen Review"" and product reviews on ""WSRís"" Webzine site at www.widescreenreview.com will feature the various product reviews.For more information on Sencore, contact Garrett Carter at 605 339 0100 x313 or e-mail: gcarter@sencore.com.