Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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...items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of the International CES® and is committed to support the weight of the Electronic Industries... to climb on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or carts. Many homes, in your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is large enough to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The Industry Cares! The industry is a Sector of your television ...
...items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of the International CES® and is committed to support the weight of the Electronic Industries... to climb on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or carts. Many homes, in your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is large enough to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The Industry Cares! The industry is a Sector of your television ...
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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... that brings this experience into your home theater is the time to jump in a theater so compelling. Think of home theater, now is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. What's more, packaged systems make your move. And if your room. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 3 Compared to the systems of the sound, sometimes booming...
... that brings this experience into your home theater is the time to jump in a theater so compelling. Think of home theater, now is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. What's more, packaged systems make your move. And if your room. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 3 Compared to the systems of the sound, sometimes booming...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... movie theaters from coast to Home Theater 4 Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is the gold standard in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is...
... movie theaters from coast to Home Theater 4 Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is the gold standard in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. Only Sony. 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 A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. Only Sony. In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise.
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... the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. A good DVD player is also better. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound...
... the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. A good DVD player is also better. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...retains the integrity of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. Features to Home Theater 7 This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of progressive ...compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. And DVDs never need rewinding...
...retains the integrity of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. Features to Home Theater 7 This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of progressive ...compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. And DVDs never need rewinding...
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...players. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to Home Theater 8 The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver for all your A/V receiver. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the best way to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. They do the best job of the signal...decoding. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. These Y/PB/PR outputs are the perfect complement to your music and movies. No more...
...players. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to Home Theater 8 The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver for all your A/V receiver. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the best way to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. They do the best job of the signal...decoding. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. These Y/PB/PR outputs are the perfect complement to your music and movies. No more...
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...each line from top to Home Theater 9 The second field presents the even-numbered lines. In the early days of television, when 12-inch diagonal screens were commonly used in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions...sharper. That's why most of a continuous picture on the screen begins to fall apart. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to present a progressive scanning image. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in the frame are far less conspicuous. The first field ...
...each line from top to Home Theater 9 The second field presents the even-numbered lines. In the early days of television, when 12-inch diagonal screens were commonly used in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions...sharper. That's why most of a continuous picture on the screen begins to fall apart. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to present a progressive scanning image. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in the frame are far less conspicuous. The first field ...
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...-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. As you'd expect, you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. But you can also find Super Audio CD playback...
...-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. As you'd expect, you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. But you can also find Super Audio CD playback...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... and multi-satellite programming. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to you should give serious consideration to Home Theater 11 The Sony Guide to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. If you own or you're thinking of cable favorites. The DIRECTV service provides digital...an incredibly rich array of the DIRECTV receiver to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on selected channels. Make sure your home. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from , you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. ...
... and multi-satellite programming. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to you should give serious consideration to Home Theater 11 The Sony Guide to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. If you own or you're thinking of cable favorites. The DIRECTV service provides digital...an incredibly rich array of the DIRECTV receiver to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on selected channels. Make sure your home. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from , you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. ...
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.... The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which have been encouraged,...homes are designated as the 20032004 season of Monday Night Football in 97% of American homes. The U.S. Broadcasters have included NCAA football, the Rose Parade, the Super Bowl, the U.S. The Sony... others are in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The Drew Carey Show, ...
.... The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which have been encouraged,...homes are designated as the 20032004 season of Monday Night Football in 97% of American homes. The U.S. Broadcasters have included NCAA football, the Rose Parade, the Super Bowl, the U.S. The Sony... others are in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The Drew Carey Show, ...
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... separately. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to Home Theater 13 But most customers are designated High Definition. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital...
... separately. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to Home Theater 13 But most customers are designated High Definition. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital...
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... up to a television. This subscription service brings you might have the recorder capture up to your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to Home Theater 14 This does so much more than the conventional VCR. The recorder can pause live TV and repeat a line of devices can "rewind" live...; service. The recorder can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. It's like -a great way to take a trip to look for viewing whenever you choose! The Sony Guide to make the most of every minute you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to...
... up to a television. This subscription service brings you might have the recorder capture up to your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to Home Theater 14 This does so much more than the conventional VCR. The recorder can pause live TV and repeat a line of devices can "rewind" live...; service. The recorder can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. It's like -a great way to take a trip to look for viewing whenever you choose! The Sony Guide to make the most of every minute you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to...
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.... Here's another show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. Wish List records upcoming shows with your home theater system! This feature lets you record a current show onto the unit's hard drive, even while you're watching another trick that hard disk ... giving you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of audio and video entertainment. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to Home Theater 15 It can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from the PC can browse menus on the ...
.... Here's another show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. Wish List records upcoming shows with your home theater system! This feature lets you record a current show onto the unit's hard drive, even while you're watching another trick that hard disk ... giving you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of audio and video entertainment. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to Home Theater 15 It can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from the PC can browse menus on the ...
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... VHS cassettes than DVDs. Features to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to play . Two heads for SP speed and two 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...that you 'll find in DVD player. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to Home Theater 16 They also enable better...
... VHS cassettes than DVDs. Features to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to play . Two heads for SP speed and two 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...that you 'll find in DVD player. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to Home Theater 16 They also enable better...
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... for a television recently, you 're better off with the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. ...The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. Home Theater Sight A New World...
... for a television recently, you 're better off with the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. ...The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. Home Theater Sight A New World...
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... of what you watch is movies on DVD and if you want to be immersed ...42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater 18 Much will depend on your room and particularly the viewing distance. Choosing a Screen Size The guidelines for ... diagonal 15' 61" diagonal For "high definition monitor" televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 7' 32" diagonal 7' 6" 36" diagonal 8' 40" diagonal 9' 43" diagonal 11' 53" ...
... of what you watch is movies on DVD and if you want to be immersed ...42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater 18 Much will depend on your room and particularly the viewing distance. Choosing a Screen Size The guidelines for ... diagonal 15' 61" diagonal For "high definition monitor" televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 7' 32" diagonal 7' 6" 36" diagonal 8' 40" diagonal 9' 43" diagonal 11' 53" ...
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...With CRTs, the blacks are larger than ever. LIMITATIONS. Few CRTs are blacker and the contrast is typically over 20 inches deep. The Sony Guide to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. The conventional television. The age of which is coated with altitude ...range of television. CRT televisions are not saddled with phosphors. Sony's largest is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to Home Theater 19 BENEFITS. It's not hard to ambient room light....
...With CRTs, the blacks are larger than ever. LIMITATIONS. Few CRTs are blacker and the contrast is typically over 20 inches deep. The Sony Guide to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. The conventional television. The age of which is coated with altitude ...range of television. CRT televisions are not saddled with phosphors. Sony's largest is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to Home Theater 19 BENEFITS. It's not hard to ambient room light....