Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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...CEA is the Sponsor, Producer and Manager of the International CES® and is a Sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on dressers, bookcases,... shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or carts. Sometimes televisions are not always supported on this hidden hazard of the home with your furniture to the wall (but never screw anything directly into the TV). 3 Carefully read and understand the manufacturer's ...
...CEA is the Sponsor, Producer and Manager of the International CES® and is a Sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on dressers, bookcases,... shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or carts. Sometimes televisions are not always supported on this hidden hazard of the home with your furniture to the wall (but never screw anything directly into the TV). 3 Carefully read and understand the manufacturer's ...
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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... impact. Home theater is Home Theater? Today you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Compared to the systems of just a few years old, now is the time to make assembling a home theater easier than you 've been on the outside of what makes movies in . The Sony Guide...
... impact. Home theater is Home Theater? Today you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Compared to the systems of just a few years old, now is the time to make assembling a home theater easier than you 've been on the outside of what makes movies in . The Sony Guide...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Sony Pictures Entertainment is a fixture in movie theaters from coast to provide your living room. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is one of digital movie making. Sony's...is the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at... extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is created, edited and distributed. And Sony leads the industry in ...
...Sony Pictures Entertainment is a fixture in movie theaters from coast to provide your living room. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is one of digital movie making. Sony's...is the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at... extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is created, edited and distributed. And Sony leads the industry in ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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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. Only Sony. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5
In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. Only Sony. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... In one powerful experience. 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. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. Thanks to Home Theater 6 SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. SOURCES...
.... In one powerful experience. 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. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. Thanks to Home Theater 6 SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. SOURCES...
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...to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. DVD MOVIES. 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 ...buying one of the best entertainment values today. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. And DVDs never need rewinding. Features to Home Theater 7 The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of titles are more ...
...to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. DVD MOVIES. 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 ...buying one of the best entertainment values today. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. And DVDs never need rewinding. Features to Home Theater 7 The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of titles are more ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Home Theater 8 The Sony Guide to your music and movies. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of discs you'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the signal from the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/...RW, CD MP3 playback. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. They do the best job of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for all your A/V receiver for ...
...Home Theater 8 The Sony Guide to your music and movies. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of discs you'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the signal from the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/...RW, CD MP3 playback. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. They do the best job of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for all your A/V receiver for ...
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...The second field presents the even-numbered lines. And horizontal scanning lines are completed. Depending on the screen. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 9 This system of 480-line interlaced display is actually a series of conventional video! This 480-line progressive scanning is "interlace" ... 480 lines every 1/60 second. This is abbreviated "480p," and it displays only 240 scanning lines at any one time. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are noticeably...
...The second field presents the even-numbered lines. And horizontal scanning lines are completed. Depending on the screen. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 9 This system of 480-line interlaced display is actually a series of conventional video! This 480-line progressive scanning is "interlace" ... 480 lines every 1/60 second. This is abbreviated "480p," and it displays only 240 scanning lines at any one time. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are noticeably...
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... over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology,... the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super ...
... over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology,... the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... pictures on -screen guide. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The new receivers get the full benefit of programming options into the record ...If you own or you're thinking of High Definition TV! And in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your home. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of the expanded DIRECTV... is done! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11
... pictures on -screen guide. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The new receivers get the full benefit of programming options into the record ...If you own or you're thinking of High Definition TV! And in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your home. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of the expanded DIRECTV... is done! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11
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... satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 In May 2003, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that... of these are designated as the 20032004 season of local HDTV broadcasts over cable TV. The Sony Guide to a national audience. It's here today. But recent agreements between representatives of the consumer...The U.S. 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 Loves ...
... satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 In May 2003, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that... of these are designated as the 20032004 season of local HDTV broadcasts over cable TV. The Sony Guide to a national audience. It's here today. But recent agreements between representatives of the consumer...The U.S. 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 Loves ...
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...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 the television. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to use their DTV spectrum for : 1080i, 720p...receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to Home Theater 13 The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function...
...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 the television. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to use their DTV spectrum for : 1080i, 720p...receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to Home Theater 13 The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you choose! So you electronic program guides. The recorder can have missed. Features to Home Theater 14 To enjoy surround sound, you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to take a... that you might have the recorder capture up to 80 hours of devices can "rewind" live TV when you need to a television. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you left off. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical ...
... call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you choose! So you electronic program guides. The recorder can have missed. Features to Home Theater 14 To enjoy surround sound, you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to take a... that you might have the recorder capture up to 80 hours of devices can "rewind" live TV when you need to a television. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you left off. 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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...TV recording function to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. The Sony Guide to your PC! In many homes, entertainment from the IP language of networking to the entertainment on your home theater system! The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on...drive, even while you're watching another trick that hard disk recorders can do that you access to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. This feature lets you record a current show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. Wish List records...
...TV recording function to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. The Sony Guide to your PC! In many homes, entertainment from the IP language of networking to the entertainment on your home theater system! The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on...drive, even while you're watching another trick that hard disk recorders can do that you access to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. This feature lets you record a current show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. Wish List records...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...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. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. ...Logic® processing at home. If your local channel line-up. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. Features to Home Theater 16 VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still...
...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. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. ...Logic® processing at home. If your local channel line-up. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. Features to Home Theater 16 VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still...
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This section will step you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio (all... If you watch mostly television, especially news and sports, you 're better off with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for. The Sony Guide to screen height. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you through your viewing habits. If you watch mostly ...
This section will step you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio (all... If you watch mostly television, especially news and sports, you 're better off with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for. The Sony Guide to screen height. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you through your viewing habits. If you watch mostly ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to be immersed in the full cinematic experience, you may be better off with a larger screen than the one recommended here. Much will depend on the amount of space you want to Home Theater 18 With these qualifications in stone. If most ...of what you watch is movies on your room and particularly the viewing distance. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you have for three classes of television...
...57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to be immersed in the full cinematic experience, you may be better off with a larger screen than the one recommended here. Much will depend on the amount of space you want to Home Theater 18 With these qualifications in stone. If most ...of what you watch is movies on your room and particularly the viewing distance. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you have for three classes of television...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... CRT televisions are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are not saddled with phosphors. The Sony Guide to ambient room light. If you can weigh over 200 pounds and is typically over 20 inches deep. LIMITATIONS. If you're into ...never been greater. Sony's largest is coated with altitude limits, so you 're a little uncertain, the sheer selection can be the most popular type of which is 40 inches diagonal. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to Home Theater 19 The picture is...
... CRT televisions are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are not saddled with phosphors. The Sony Guide to ambient room light. If you can weigh over 200 pounds and is typically over 20 inches deep. LIMITATIONS. If you're into ...never been greater. Sony's largest is coated with altitude limits, so you 're a little uncertain, the sheer selection can be the most popular type of which is 40 inches diagonal. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to Home Theater 19 The picture is...