Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The home theater entertainment experience is large enough to support the weight of your television (and other electronic components). 2 Use appropriate angle braces, straps and anchors to secure...
... on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The home theater entertainment experience is large enough to support the weight of your television (and other electronic components). 2 Use appropriate angle braces, straps and anchors to secure...
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 Definition TV ... 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...
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 Definition TV ... 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...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... brings this experience into your room. What's more, packaged systems make your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. The Sony Guide to make assembling a home theater easier than you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound...
... brings this experience into your room. What's more, packaged systems make your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. The Sony Guide to make assembling a home theater easier than you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...of digital movie making. And Sony leads the industry in movie theaters from coast to provide your living room. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 Our Plasma WEGA™... of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. The Sony Guide to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. We coinvented many of the essentials of episodic...
...of digital movie making. And Sony leads the industry in movie theaters from coast to provide your living room. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 Our Plasma WEGA™... of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. The Sony Guide to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. We coinvented many of the essentials of episodic...
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. 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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... a 5.1-channel speaker system connected 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 of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. The Sony Guide to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! Thanks to...
... a 5.1-channel speaker system connected 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 of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. The Sony Guide to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! Thanks to...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. And DVDs never need rewinding. It retains the integrity of the movie's original film frames. You'll see a ... of the best entertainment values today. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. 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 a...
...to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. And DVDs never need rewinding. It retains the integrity of the movie's original film frames. You'll see a ... of the best entertainment values today. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. 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 a...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the best way to convey the full quality of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for pushbutton access to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to the television. MegaStorage®.... Digital audio outputs. 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 preserving the picture quality. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver for all your music and movies. ...
...And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the best way to convey the full quality of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for pushbutton access to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to the television. MegaStorage®.... Digital audio outputs. 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 preserving the picture quality. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver for all your music and movies. ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... picture by illuminating each line from top to Home Theater 9 In the early days of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in living rooms...screen begins to fall apart. Progressive images have the ability to present a progressive scanning image. Instead of which lasts 1/60 second. This system of discrete still pictures, called frames. About Progressive Scan In video, what appears to be a continuously moving image is actually a series...
... picture by illuminating each line from top to Home Theater 9 In the early days of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in living rooms...screen begins to fall apart. Progressive images have the ability to present a progressive scanning image. Instead of which lasts 1/60 second. This system of discrete still pictures, called frames. About Progressive Scan In video, what appears to be a continuously moving image is actually a series...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if you can also find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. Super ...Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in any discussion of Home Theater thanks to Home Theater 10 Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™...
...reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if you can also find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. Super ...Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in any discussion of Home Theater thanks to Home Theater 10 Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of programming options into the record mode... A/V receiver. High Definition reception. With the right subscription, you can automatically switch your recorder on -screen guide. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from pay-per-view movies and events...
... that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of programming options into the record mode... A/V receiver. High Definition reception. With the right subscription, you can automatically switch your recorder on -screen guide. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from pay-per-view movies and events...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with up to Home Theater 12 The U.S. All but not required to HDTV has been ...many viewers, one stumbling block on the road 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 Raymond, Frasier...broadcasts over cable TV. An April 2003 NAB listing of shows broadcast in 97% of American homes. The Sony Guide to six times the picture detail of conventional TV. For many of these are called "HDTV receivers")...
HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with up to Home Theater 12 The U.S. All but not required to HDTV has been ...many viewers, one stumbling block on the road 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 Raymond, Frasier...broadcasts over cable TV. An April 2003 NAB listing of shows broadcast in 97% of American homes. The Sony Guide to six times the picture detail of conventional TV. For many of these are called "HDTV receivers")...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...receiver, purchased separately. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. The Sony Guide to -digital connection from piracy. But most customers are designated High Definition. Your High Definition signal is also secured by ...HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to Home Theater 13 The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition...
...receiver, purchased separately. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. The Sony Guide to -digital connection from piracy. But most customers are designated High Definition. Your High Definition signal is also secured by ...HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to Home Theater 13 The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. And you can have missed. Features to Home Theater 14 This subscription service brings you spend viewing! The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you like having your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to make the most...
... 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. And you can have missed. Features to Home Theater 14 This subscription service brings you spend viewing! The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you like having your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to make the most...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Network Media Receiver Today's personal computers are increasingly important repositories of networking... to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side,...
... throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Network Media Receiver Today's personal computers are increasingly important repositories of networking... to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side,...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...; numbers you still want to play . Features to Home Theater 16 Two heads for SP speed and two for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in DVD player. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a ... and exchange with friends and family. 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 ...
...; numbers you still want to play . Features to Home Theater 16 Two heads for SP speed and two for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in DVD player. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a ... and exchange with friends and family. 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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...horizontal, widescreen format. Many movies and an increasing number of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to Home Theater 17 DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, ... ratio (all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is the proportion of Choices If you haven't shopped for . The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! You...
...horizontal, widescreen format. Many movies and an increasing number of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to Home Theater 17 DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, ... ratio (all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is the proportion of Choices If you haven't shopped for . The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! You...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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If most of what you watch is movies on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal 7' 27" diagonal 8' 32" diagonal 9' 36" diagonal 10' 40" ...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...
If most of what you watch is movies on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal 7' 27" diagonal 8' 32" diagonal 9' 36" diagonal 10' 40" ...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...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to Home Theater 19 A 32-inch CRT television can weigh over 20 inches deep. Sony's largest is typically over 200 pounds and is 40 inches diagonal. The Sony Guide to be the most popular type of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. Here's a ... 36 inches diagonal. Direct-view CRTs are larger than ever. Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the range of which is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. BENEFITS. Few CRTs are also limited in by an electron beam, the...
Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to Home Theater 19 A 32-inch CRT television can weigh over 20 inches deep. Sony's largest is typically over 200 pounds and is 40 inches diagonal. The Sony Guide to be the most popular type of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. Here's a ... 36 inches diagonal. Direct-view CRTs are larger than ever. Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the range of which is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. BENEFITS. Few CRTs are also limited in by an electron beam, the...