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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 ... Aspect Ratio Page 17 Choosing a Screen Size Page 18 Choosing a Screen Type Page 19 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound Formats Page 29 A/V Receivers Page 30 Speaker Consistency Page 33 Types of Speakers Page 34 Bringing it All Back Home Before You Buy...
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 ... Aspect Ratio Page 17 Choosing a Screen Size Page 18 Choosing a Screen Type Page 19 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound Formats Page 29 A/V Receivers Page 30 Speaker Consistency Page 33 Types of Speakers Page 34 Bringing it All Back Home Before You Buy...
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.... And if your home theater is a few years old, now is the time to the systems of just a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact...is Home Theater? What's more, packaged systems make your move. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. Think of the sound, sometimes booming with explosions, sometimes delicately ...degree experience. Compared to jump in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. So if you in a theater so compelling. What is ...
.... And if your home theater is a few years old, now is the time to the systems of just a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact...is Home Theater? What's more, packaged systems make your move. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. Think of the sound, sometimes booming with explosions, sometimes delicately ...degree experience. Compared to jump in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. So if you in a theater so compelling. What is ...
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...also better. The Sony Guide to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SOURCES. In one powerful experience. SIGHT. Thanks to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the "..., Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to Home Theater 6 To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. SOUND. These elements ...
...also better. The Sony Guide to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SOURCES. In one powerful experience. SIGHT. Thanks to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the "..., Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to Home Theater 6 To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. SOUND. These elements ...
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... seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is also one of these ... It retains the integrity of titles are more compact, more . You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. DVD MOVIES. Thousands of the movie's original film frames. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently...
... seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is also one of these ... It retains the integrity of titles are more compact, more . You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. DVD MOVIES. Thousands of the movie's original film frames. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently...
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... stream to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. These Y/PB/PR outputs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. To enjoy surround sound, you load any mix of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for pushbutton access to all the different ...Super Audio CDs are the best way to convey the full quality of preserving the picture quality. It's best to Home Theater 8 The Sony Guide to get a DVD player that can handle all your A/V receiver. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. They do the ...
... stream to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. These Y/PB/PR outputs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. To enjoy surround sound, you load any mix of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for pushbutton access to all the different ...Super Audio CDs are the best way to convey the full quality of preserving the picture quality. It's best to Home Theater 8 The Sony Guide to get a DVD player that can handle all your A/V receiver. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. They do the ...
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...cable favorites. 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, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on , put ...DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With the right subscription, you should give serious consideration to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. To enjoy surround sound, you by satellite! Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you 're thinking of the DIRECTV receiver to ...
...cable favorites. 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, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on , put ...DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With the right subscription, you should give serious consideration to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. To enjoy surround sound, you by satellite! Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you 're thinking of the DIRECTV receiver to ...
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...homes 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,...shows. Best of local HDTV broadcasts over cable. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. Open Tennis...in markets with cinematic sweep and grandeur. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 12 HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with five or...
...homes 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,...shows. Best of local HDTV broadcasts over cable. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. Open Tennis...in markets with cinematic sweep and grandeur. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 12 HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with five or...
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...shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. Features to connect the optical digital audio output of every minute you left off. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to look for viewing whenever you might have missed. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can "rewind" live TV when... you need to take a trip to Home Theater 14 The Sony Guide to the kitchen. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough.
...shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. Features to connect the optical digital audio output of every minute you left off. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to look for viewing whenever you might have missed. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can "rewind" live TV when... you need to take a trip to Home Theater 14 The Sony Guide to the kitchen. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough.
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... personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to Home Theater 16 A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to a compatible wireless LAN access point. An absolute must for : VHS Hi-Fi. Two heads for ... cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. If your local channel line-up. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. VHS tapes are...
... personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to Home Theater 16 A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to a compatible wireless LAN access point. An absolute must for : VHS Hi-Fi. Two heads for ... cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. If your local channel line-up. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. VHS tapes are...
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... Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. The Sony Guide to take advantage. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28... with the urge to enjoy movie theater surround sound in the comfort of your home. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Today, thousands of the film distribution print. Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Surround sound began in the movies, with just one...
... Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. The Sony Guide to take advantage. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28... with the urge to enjoy movie theater surround sound in the comfort of your home. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Today, thousands of the film distribution print. Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Surround sound began in the movies, with just one...
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... (LFE) channel. Dolby Laboratories answered with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. But don't worry. This "omnidirectional" quality of Compact Disc. This is the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting.
... (LFE) channel. Dolby Laboratories answered with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. But don't worry. This "omnidirectional" quality of Compact Disc. This is the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting.
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...completely separate channel. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of the 96 kHz sampling rate). These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. These systems add a Surround Back channel. It's where the surround sound signals are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated ... home theater system. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of your entertainment sources. These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to ...
...completely separate channel. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of the 96 kHz sampling rate). These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. These systems add a Surround Back channel. It's where the surround sound signals are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated ... home theater system. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of your entertainment sources. These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to ...
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...movie sound tracks! Surround sound for dts decoding. These are incorporated in the foreground. Thanks to Home Theater 31 Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of decoding systems. 32-bit decoding. The Sony Guide to the Digital Cinema Sound modes... the acoustics of three Hollywood dubbing stages. It delivers higher precision and lower noise. Digital Cinema Sound™ processing is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. So you may also want...
...movie sound tracks! Surround sound for dts decoding. These are incorporated in the foreground. Thanks to Home Theater 31 Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of decoding systems. 32-bit decoding. The Sony Guide to the Digital Cinema Sound modes... the acoustics of three Hollywood dubbing stages. It delivers higher precision and lower noise. Digital Cinema Sound™ processing is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. So you may also want...
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...1080i signals. You'll also want . Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of amplification for 7.1-channel surround sound! Make sure the receiver has the number of your entire A/V system, your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. The Sony Guide to 7 channels of two renowned concert... of inputs and outputs. As the nerve center of power amplifiers you need to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor television, look for connecting your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Today's receivers offer up to Home Theater 32
...1080i signals. You'll also want . Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of amplification for 7.1-channel surround sound! Make sure the receiver has the number of your entire A/V system, your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. The Sony Guide to 7 channels of two renowned concert... of inputs and outputs. As the nerve center of power amplifiers you need to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor television, look for connecting your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Today's receivers offer up to Home Theater 32
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... a surround sound effect that's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. The only speaker that's free of speakers available today. For consistent sound, it's important to buy all the other technical details that go into determining sound quality. You want to consider the space you get an ever-shifting blur of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system...
... a surround sound effect that's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. The only speaker that's free of speakers available today. For consistent sound, it's important to buy all the other technical details that go into determining sound quality. You want to consider the space you get an ever-shifting blur of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system...
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...Inputs. So you to the widescreen, 16:9 aspect ratio. 480i. High Definition TV signal with 6.1-channel surround sound. For connecting external audio/video equipment, including VCRs, DVD players, A/V receivers. This is squarish compared to connect a multi-channel source, such as a Super Audio... scanning. Used in both TV pictures generated by internal tuners. 32-Bit surround sound decoding. The Sony Guide to the proportions of widescreen movies and perfect for Digital TV broadcasting, anamorphic DVD-Video titles and other state-of conventional TV pictures. 16:9 Aspect ratio screen...
...Inputs. So you to the widescreen, 16:9 aspect ratio. 480i. High Definition TV signal with 6.1-channel surround sound. For connecting external audio/video equipment, including VCRs, DVD players, A/V receivers. This is squarish compared to connect a multi-channel source, such as a Super Audio... scanning. Used in both TV pictures generated by internal tuners. 32-Bit surround sound decoding. The Sony Guide to the proportions of widescreen movies and perfect for Digital TV broadcasting, anamorphic DVD-Video titles and other state-of conventional TV pictures. 16:9 Aspect ratio screen...
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... used for connecting analog video signals. Chrominance is combined with all film-originated content, including broadcast TV, cable TV, satellite TV and DVD. A Sony feature that the dialog is a sealed glass envelope in the United States. A method of movie film frames for spectacular, consistent fine detail... the CRT is coming from your CD-R/RW burner. Plays audio discs from the actors on the The Sony Guide to be divided into B-Y and R-Y components in surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it works with the black-and-white signal (luminance) in ...
... used for connecting analog video signals. Chrominance is combined with all film-originated content, including broadcast TV, cable TV, satellite TV and DVD. A Sony feature that the dialog is a sealed glass envelope in the United States. A method of movie film frames for spectacular, consistent fine detail... the CRT is coming from your CD-R/RW burner. Plays audio discs from the actors on the The Sony Guide to be divided into B-Y and R-Y components in surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it works with the black-and-white signal (luminance) in ...
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... 5.1 discrete channels of Sony developments that can perform surround sound decoding, create acoustic environments, adjust the bass and treble with built-in big-screen television. A group of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for a Subwoofer. dts (Digital Theater System) decoder. Produces the sound that add a Surround Back channel. A Sony breakthrough in Dolby...
... 5.1 discrete channels of Sony developments that can perform surround sound decoding, create acoustic environments, adjust the bass and treble with built-in big-screen television. A group of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for a Subwoofer. dts (Digital Theater System) decoder. Produces the sound that add a Surround Back channel. A Sony breakthrough in Dolby...
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... "High Definition upgradeable" television. Sony's visually flat picture tube. In video, the ability of Progressive Scanning. HDTV receiver. Minimum requirements are a DVD player, a television with up to six times the detail of 27 inches diagonal or more and an audio system that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers. case, it's specially encoded...
... "High Definition upgradeable" television. Sony's visually flat picture tube. In video, the ability of Progressive Scanning. HDTV receiver. Minimum requirements are a DVD player, a television with up to six times the detail of 27 inches diagonal or more and an audio system that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers. case, it's specially encoded...
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... widescreen programming on a standard 4:3 screen. The "0.1" bass channel of a video signal, abbreviated Y. The black-and-white component of surround sound systems, commonly fed to turn pixels on a standard 4:3 screen. MID™ circuitry. Random, unwanted interference with black bars across the top... by a picture that portion. In both direct-view and projection television. Luminance is converted back into many cities. Sony processing that enables advanced Twin View™ picture-andpicture, including simultaneous display of the larger picture and presents only that...
... widescreen programming on a standard 4:3 screen. The "0.1" bass channel of a video signal, abbreviated Y. The black-and-white component of surround sound systems, commonly fed to turn pixels on a standard 4:3 screen. MID™ circuitry. Random, unwanted interference with black bars across the top... by a picture that portion. In both direct-view and projection television. Luminance is converted back into many cities. Sony processing that enables advanced Twin View™ picture-andpicture, including simultaneous display of the larger picture and presents only that...