All the comforts of home

The advances which have been made in video and audio equipment are surveyed and a number of products are described. One of these is the CZ2094 television set from Toshiba Corp. in Tokyo, which will put two programs on the screen simultaneously. One picture, whether from a TV channel or a videocassette recorder, occupies one-quarter or one-sixteenth of the screen, depending on the viewer´s selection, with the rest of the screen showing the other program. The stereophonic high-fidelity sound offered by the newest videocassette recorders is discussed. Attention is also given to the developments that have led to small, lightweight camcorders. Interactive systems that combine video with a computer are then described.