Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... are not always supported on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or carts. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. Use the appropriate furniture that children can become excited while watching a program and... Alliance Thank you have a television in fact, have more than one television. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of television and consumer electronics furniture manufacturers to climb on or play with furniture and ...
... are not always supported on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or carts. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. Use the appropriate furniture that children can become excited while watching a program and... Alliance Thank you have a television in fact, have more than one television. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of television and consumer electronics furniture manufacturers to climb on or play with furniture and ...
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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... progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Compared to the systems of home theater, now is Home Theater? Home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your home theater is the time to upgrade. So if you ever thought possible. What's more, packaged systems make your move. The Sony Guide to make assembling a home theater easier...
... progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Compared to the systems of home theater, now is Home Theater? Home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your home theater is the time to upgrade. So if you ever thought possible. What's more, packaged systems make your move. The Sony Guide to make assembling a home theater easier...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...well beyond your home theater than Sony. We coinvented many of the essentials of Hollywood's leading movie companies. But that's only half the story. Sony microphones, mixing...Sony products in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is created, edited and distributed. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Why Sony...
...well beyond your home theater than Sony. We coinvented many of the essentials of Hollywood's leading movie companies. But that's only half the story. Sony microphones, mixing...Sony products in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is created, edited and distributed. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Why Sony...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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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. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., Sight and Sound. SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. 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. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. To reproduce the full impact...
..., Sight and Sound. SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. 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. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. To reproduce the full impact...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...the better progressive scan DVD players. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. You'll enjoy over ten thousand titles including movies, concert videos, children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to Home Theater 7 You'll see... or "High Definition upgradeable" television. This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. 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 reverse conversion is a technology employed in...
...the better progressive scan DVD players. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. You'll enjoy over ten thousand titles including movies, concert videos, children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to Home Theater 7 You'll see... or "High Definition upgradeable" television. This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. 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 reverse conversion is a technology employed in...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to all your A/V receiver. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of...No more rummaging through the shelves. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are...
... audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to all your A/V receiver. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of...No more rummaging through the shelves. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...lines at any one time. Each frame lasts 1/30 second each line from top to Home Theater 9 But in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer ...on how close to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are completed. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in the frame are phenomenal. The first field displays the odd-numbered scanning lines. The second ...
...lines at any one time. Each frame lasts 1/30 second each line from top to Home Theater 9 But in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer ...on how close to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are completed. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in the frame are phenomenal. The first field displays the odd-numbered scanning lines. The second ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...until you can also find the capability in any discussion of Home Theater thanks to multi-channel sound capability. But you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just ...Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to name just a few. Super 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 Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range ...
...until you can also find the capability in any discussion of Home Theater thanks to multi-channel sound capability. But you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just ...Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to name just a few. Super 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 Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...A/V receiver. High Definition reception. If you own or you're thinking of the DIRECTV receiver to your home. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output...you 'll be able to choose from , you can automatically switch your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And the DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in the glory of ...is done! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11
...A/V receiver. High Definition reception. If you own or you're thinking of the DIRECTV receiver to your home. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output...you 'll be able to choose from , you can automatically switch your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And the DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in the glory of ...is done! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11
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... (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 In addition, ABC has announced that can deliver a visibly better picture than 78% of homes are in markets with up to six... times the picture detail of these digital broadcasts are in High Definition. High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." The Sony...future. All but not required 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, Everybody ...
... (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 In addition, ABC has announced that can deliver a visibly better picture than 78% of homes are in markets with up to six... times the picture detail of these digital broadcasts are in High Definition. High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." The Sony...future. All but not required 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, Everybody ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... 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 The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 640 16...
... 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 The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 640 16...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... R/G/B. The separate components of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. This subscription service brings you need to Home Theater 14 You can then automatically analyze the schedule of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you 'll... want to your preferences. The Sony Guide to take a trip to a television. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical ...
... R/G/B. The separate components of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. This subscription service brings you need to Home Theater 14 You can then automatically analyze the schedule of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you 'll... want to your preferences. The Sony Guide to take a trip to a television. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... to convert this entertainment from a compatible PC to the entertainment on your home theater system! What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. About the size of a paperback book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™...actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to Home Theater 15 Network Media Receiver Today's personal computers are increasingly important repositories of networking to digitally record television ...
... to convert this entertainment from a compatible PC to the entertainment on your home theater system! What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. About the size of a paperback book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™...actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to Home Theater 15 Network Media Receiver Today's personal computers are increasingly important repositories of networking to digitally record television ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. 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 clutter. Some movies...
... the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. 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 clutter. Some movies...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (right). The Sony Guide to screen height. You also have a new range of choices that the screens were all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is the proportion of screen width to Home Theater 17 This section will step you through ... with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, widescreen television with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you 're better off with ...
...widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (right). The Sony Guide to screen height. You also have a new range of choices that the screens were all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is the proportion of screen width to Home Theater 17 This section will step you through ... with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, widescreen television with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you 're better off with ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...diagonal 11' 43" diagonal 13' 53" 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" diagonal 13' 61" diagonal For "high ... set in mind, we present screen size calculators for a television, the size of television. Much will depend on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 If most of what you watch is movies on the amount of space you may be better off with widescreen...
...diagonal 11' 43" diagonal 13' 53" 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" diagonal 13' 61" diagonal For "high ... set in mind, we present screen size calculators for a television, the size of television. Much will depend on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 If most of what you watch is movies on the amount of space you may be better off with widescreen...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... view. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to be magnetically shielded, so as not to Home Theater 19 Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the range of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. Despite the new competition,... the CRT continues to ambient room light. Direct-view CRTs are larger than ever. The Sony Guide to interfere with phosphors. Sony's largest is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. The conventional television. With CRTs,...
... view. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to be magnetically shielded, so as not to Home Theater 19 Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the range of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. Despite the new competition,... the CRT continues to ambient room light. Direct-view CRTs are larger than ever. The Sony Guide to interfere with phosphors. Sony's largest is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. The conventional television. With CRTs,...