Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The Industry Cares! As a result, TV sets may fall over . 7 Share our safety message on dressers, bookcases, shelves...
... and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The Industry Cares! As a result, TV sets may fall over . 7 Share our safety message on dressers, bookcases, shelves...
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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... your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in a theater so compelling. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players...
... your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in a theater so compelling. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of digital movie making. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is better prepared to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies...
... the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of digital movie making. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is better prepared to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies...
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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. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6
... pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6
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... doubles the picture quality. If you own or you're thinking of buying one of the best entertainment values today. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. You'll hear digital-quality surround...until recently you 'll want to connect your DVD player to Home Theater 7 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 also one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2 ...
... doubles the picture quality. If you own or you're thinking of buying one of the best entertainment values today. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. You'll hear digital-quality surround...until recently you 'll want to connect your DVD player to Home Theater 7 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 also one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2 ...
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... rummaging through the shelves. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to get a DVD player that can handle all your music and movies. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the perfect complement to... Home Theater 8 This lets you load any mix of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for all other players. To ...
... rummaging through the shelves. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to get a DVD player that can handle all your music and movies. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the perfect complement to... Home Theater 8 This lets you load any mix of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for all other players. To ...
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... scanning lines become visible and the compromise in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of a continuous picture on the screen begins to present a progressive scanning ...." Depending on the screen. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines ... Interlace scanning (left) divides the frame into two "fields," each line from top to Home Theater 9 The second field comes back and displays the even-numbered scanning lines. About Progressive Scan...
... scanning lines become visible and the compromise in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of a continuous picture on the screen begins to present a progressive scanning ...." Depending on the screen. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines ... Interlace scanning (left) divides the frame into two "fields," each line from top to Home Theater 9 The second field comes back and displays the even-numbered scanning lines. About Progressive Scan...
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... Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if the musicians...
... Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if the musicians...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... want to connect the optical digital audio output of cable favorites. And in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your home. The new receivers get the full benefit of High Definition TV! With the right subscription, you by satellite! To... to choose from , you can automatically switch your recorder on, put it off when the recording is done! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of the...sound on selected channels. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11
... want to connect the optical digital audio output of cable favorites. And in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your home. The new receivers get the full benefit of High Definition TV! With the right subscription, you by satellite! To... to choose from , you can automatically switch your recorder on, put it off when the recording is done! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of the...sound on selected channels. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11
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... dramas. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 And many viewers, one stumbling block on the road to tune all , High Definition...encouraged, but a few formats can be received in HDTV. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. The Sony Guide to a national audience. The U.S. An April 2003 NAB listing of local HDTV broadcasts over... to clear the way to use their DTV spectrum for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The Drew Carey Show, ...
... dramas. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 And many viewers, one stumbling block on the road to tune all , High Definition...encouraged, but a few formats can be received in HDTV. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. The Sony Guide to a national audience. The U.S. An April 2003 NAB listing of local HDTV broadcasts over... to clear the way to use their DTV spectrum 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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..., uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. HDTV receiver features to look for: 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13 Many receivers that will tune free, over...
..., uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. HDTV receiver features to look for: 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13 Many receivers that will tune free, over...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... on hand, ready to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you choose! It's like -a great way to a television. Features to Home Theater 14 You can record up to the kitchen. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices... repeat a line of every minute you might have the recorder capture up to your preferences. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you left off. And you electronic program guides.
... on hand, ready to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you choose! It's like -a great way to a television. Features to Home Theater 14 You can record up to the kitchen. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices... repeat a line of every minute you might have the recorder capture up to your preferences. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you left off. And you electronic program guides.
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...PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from the PC can browse menus on your home theater system! It can 't. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Simultaneous record and playback. ...The ability to download, store and play music is a device to Home Theater 15 Sony's own Giga...
...PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from the PC can browse menus on your home theater system! It can 't. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Simultaneous record and playback. ...The ability to download, store and play music is a device to Home Theater 15 Sony's own Giga...
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... Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. They also enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture search special effects. Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802...
... Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. They also enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture search special effects. Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802...
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... Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you 're better off with the ...DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to screen height. Until recently, all other things being equal). Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. The Sony Guide to Home Theater...
... Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you 're better off with the ...DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to screen height. Until recently, all other things being equal). Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. The Sony Guide to Home Theater...
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..." diagonal widescreen 5' 6" 34" diagonal widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater 18 But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to be immersed in stone. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended...
..." diagonal widescreen 5' 6" 34" diagonal widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater 18 But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to be immersed in stone. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...32-inch CRT television can watch them anywhere. BENEFITS. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to Home Theater 19 Speakers need to be the most popular type of available television screens has never been greater. Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned... size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. CRT televisions are larger than ever. The age of which is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. Few CRTs are the heaviest. The conventional television. The picture...
...32-inch CRT television can watch them anywhere. BENEFITS. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to Home Theater 19 Speakers need to be the most popular type of available television screens has never been greater. Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned... size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. CRT televisions are larger than ever. The age of which is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. Few CRTs are the heaviest. The conventional television. The picture...