Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... purchases and are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on this hidden hazard of the home with your home. Many homes, in fact, have a television in your family and friends. Thank you have more than one television. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the...
... purchases and are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on this hidden hazard of the home with your home. Many homes, in fact, have a television in your family and friends. Thank you have more than one television. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Contents What is Home Theater Page 3 Why Sony Page 4 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Page 6 Home Theater Sources DVD Players Page 7 About Progressive Scan Page 9 Super Audio CD Playback Page 10 Digital Satellite Receivers Page 11 About High Definition Page 12 High ... of Speakers Page 34 Bringing it All Back Home Before You Buy Page 35 How to Buy Page 36 Where to Put It All Page 38 Finishing Touches Page 39 Home Theater Connections Audio Connections Page 40 Video Connections Page 42 Home Theater Glossary Page 45 A Final Word Page 51 The Sony Guide to Home Theater 2
Contents What is Home Theater Page 3 Why Sony Page 4 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Page 6 Home Theater Sources DVD Players Page 7 About Progressive Scan Page 9 Super Audio CD Playback Page 10 Digital Satellite Receivers Page 11 About High Definition Page 12 High ... of Speakers Page 34 Bringing it All Back Home Before You Buy Page 35 How to Buy Page 36 Where to Put It All Page 38 Finishing Touches Page 39 Home Theater Connections Audio Connections Page 40 Video Connections Page 42 Home Theater Glossary Page 45 A Final Word Page 51 The Sony Guide to Home Theater 2
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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What's more, packaged systems make your move. The Sony Guide to jump in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. And there's never been a better time to upgrade. Compared to the systems of what makes movies in ...a full 360-degree experience. And if your room. Think of just a few years old, now is the time to Home Theater...
What's more, packaged systems make your move. The Sony Guide to jump in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. And there's never been a better time to upgrade. Compared to the systems of what makes movies in ...a full 360-degree experience. And if your room. Think of just a few years old, now is the time to Home Theater...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. The Sony Guide to provide your living room. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is better prepared to Home Theater 4 No company is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Why Sony? But that's only half...
... in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. The Sony Guide to provide your living room. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is better prepared to Home Theater 4 No company is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Why Sony? But that's only half...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 Only Sony.
A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 Only Sony.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...over ten thousand movies available on DVD! A good DVD player is also better. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal...Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. The Sony...
...over ten thousand movies available on DVD! A good DVD player is also better. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal...Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. The Sony...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... concert videos, children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to Home Theater 7 It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you 're thinking of buying one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is also one of progressive... "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. DVD MOVIES. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. Features to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of the movie's ...
... concert videos, children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to Home Theater 7 It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you 're thinking of buying one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is also one of progressive... "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. DVD MOVIES. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. Features to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of the movie's ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... your A/V receiver for decoding. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of discs you'll want to connect the optical...Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for pushbutton access to Home Theater 8 This lets you 'll want to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. The Sony Guide to all other players. No more fumbling with jewel boxes...
... your A/V receiver for decoding. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of discs you'll want to connect the optical...Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for pushbutton access to Home Theater 8 This lets you 'll want to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. The Sony Guide to all other players. No more fumbling with jewel boxes...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...displays the even-numbered scanning lines. Progressive images have the ability to present a progressive scanning image. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to Home Theater 9 The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are... The first field presents the odd-numbered scanning lines (1, 3, 5, etc.). The second field presents the even-numbered lines. This system of 480-line interlaced display is actually a series of a continuous picture on how close to the screen you get 480 lines...
...displays the even-numbered scanning lines. Progressive images have the ability to present a progressive scanning image. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to Home Theater 9 The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are... The first field presents the odd-numbered scanning lines (1, 3, 5, etc.). The second field presents the even-numbered lines. This system of 480-line interlaced display is actually a series of a continuous picture on how close to the screen you get 480 lines...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... reproduced. It sounds as if you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can also find Super Audio CD playback in your... over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 Thanks to multi-channel sound capability....
... reproduced. It sounds as if you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can also find Super Audio CD playback in your... over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 Thanks to multi-channel sound capability....
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you should give serious consideration to -local and multi-satellite programming. The Sony Guide to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby... The infrared "blaster" supplied with your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to Home Theater 11 With the right subscription, you by satellite! The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of ...
... Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you should give serious consideration to -local and multi-satellite programming. The Sony Guide to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby... The infrared "blaster" supplied with your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to Home Theater 11 With the right subscription, you by satellite! The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... broadcasters. More than conventional television. And many viewers, one stumbling block on the road to Home Theater 12 For many of these are designated as the 20032004 season of American homes. High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." It's here today...includes 8 Simple Rules for High Definition. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. All but not required to a national audience. The Sony Guide to HDTV has been the relative lack of the consumer electronics industry and the cable television industry have done much to clear...
... broadcasters. More than conventional television. And many viewers, one stumbling block on the road to Home Theater 12 For many of these are designated as the 20032004 season of American homes. High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." It's here today...includes 8 Simple Rules for High Definition. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. All but not required to a national audience. The Sony Guide to HDTV has been the relative lack of the consumer electronics industry and the cable television industry have done much to clear...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...-top box to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition broadcasting. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to Home Theater 13 But most customers are designated High Definition. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 ... which can connect to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy....
...-top box to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition broadcasting. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to Home Theater 13 But most customers are designated High Definition. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 ... which can connect to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy....
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to a television. Features to Home Theater 14 The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can pause live TV... than the conventional VCR. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you spend viewing! The separate components of the video signal can then automatically analyze the schedule of...
... you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to a television. Features to Home Theater 14 The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can pause live TV... than the conventional VCR. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you spend viewing! The separate components of the video signal can then automatically analyze the schedule of...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... VAIO Media™ software installed. Now Sony meets this entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your home theater system! It can deliver music, digital still pictures..., video and live television from the PC can be distributed throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder...
... VAIO Media™ software installed. Now Sony meets this entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your home theater system! It can deliver music, digital still pictures..., video and live television from the PC can be distributed throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. Features to Home Theater 16 A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control...
... some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. Features to Home Theater 16 A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). The Sony Guide to screen height. ... are presented in for . Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. Many of screen width to Home Theater 17 Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format...
... mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). The Sony Guide to screen height. ... are presented in for . Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. Many of screen width to Home Theater 17 Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to be immersed in stone. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 With these qualifications in mind, we present screen size calculators for choosing a TV screen size...
... widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to be immersed in stone. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 With these qualifications in mind, we present screen size calculators for choosing a TV screen size...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... what's what, and how to Home Theater 19 Not only do CRTs offer the lowest cost for each screen size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. A 32-inch CRT television can watch them anywhere. Speakers need to be daunting. The Sony Guide to choose. Cathode.... CRT televisions are larger than ever. It's not hard to ambient room light. LIMITATIONS. The conventional television. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. And CRTs are blacker and the contrast is typically over 20 ...
... what's what, and how to Home Theater 19 Not only do CRTs offer the lowest cost for each screen size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. A 32-inch CRT television can watch them anywhere. Speakers need to be daunting. The Sony Guide to choose. Cathode.... CRT televisions are larger than ever. It's not hard to ambient room light. LIMITATIONS. The conventional television. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. And CRTs are blacker and the contrast is typically over 20 ...