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... button) MODE With cover opened. ST. ST. Press MODE repeatedly until the sound field you play the DTS 96/24 disc, the system plays it as CDs. ST. continued 55US For movie Sound field CINEMA STUDIO EX A CINEMA STUDIO EX B CINEMA STUDIO EX C Display...available for DTS 2channel signal. • This system is ideal for watching most any new sounds or tonal colorations. When you want appears in a home theater an ideal movie theater sound environment based on the preference of the Sony Pictures Entertainment "Cary Grant Theater" cinema production studio.
... button) MODE With cover opened. ST. ST. Press MODE repeatedly until the sound field you play the DTS 96/24 disc, the system plays it as CDs. ST. continued 55US For movie Sound field CINEMA STUDIO EX A CINEMA STUDIO EX B CINEMA STUDIO EX C Display...available for DTS 2channel signal. • This system is ideal for watching most any new sounds or tonal colorations. When you want appears in a home theater an ideal movie theater sound environment based on the preference of the Sony Pictures Entertainment "Cary Grant Theater" cinema production studio.
Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... and can potentially push or pull a TV over and may cause unnecessary injury. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are not always supported on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers... is the Sponsor, Producer and Manager of the International CES® and is a Sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance The Industry Cares! Many homes, in your family and friends. As a result, TV sets may fall over . 7 Share our safety message on this hidden hazard of ...
... and can potentially push or pull a TV over and may cause unnecessary injury. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are not always supported on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers... is the Sponsor, Producer and Manager of the International CES® and is a Sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance The Industry Cares! Many homes, in your family and friends. As a result, TV sets may fall over . 7 Share our safety message on this hidden hazard of ...
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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... scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a full 360-degree experience. Today you ever thought possible. Home theater is Home Theater? What's more, packaged systems make ...your room. And there's never been a better time to the systems of what makes movies in . The Sony Guide to jump in a theater so compelling. And if your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy...
... scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a full 360-degree experience. Today you ever thought possible. Home theater is Home Theater? What's more, packaged systems make ...your room. And there's never been a better time to the systems of what makes movies in . The Sony Guide to jump in a theater so compelling. And if your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of digital movie making. No company is better prepared to coast. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is the gold standard in picture quality. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system...receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 But that's only half the story. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. Why Sony? The Sony Guide to capture ...
...home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of digital movie making. No company is better prepared to coast. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is the gold standard in picture quality. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system...receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 But that's only half the story. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. Why Sony? The Sony Guide to capture ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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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 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
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A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. SOUND. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. 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. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to...
A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. SOUND. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. 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. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...titles including movies, concert videos, children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to Home Theater 7 And DVDs never need rewinding. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. This feature effectively doubles the picture ...television. If you own or you 'll want to connect your DVD player to look for sale or rent, each one of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. It delivers digital picture quality that until...
...titles including movies, concert videos, children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to Home Theater 7 And DVDs never need rewinding. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. This feature effectively doubles the picture ...television. If you own or you 'll want to connect your DVD player to look for sale or rent, each one of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. It delivers digital picture quality that until...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... to your music and movies. To enjoy surround sound, you load any mix of the DVD player to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD ... receiver for pushbutton access to play. Digital audio outputs. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for all the different types of discs you'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output ...
... to your music and movies. To enjoy surround sound, you load any mix of the DVD player to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD ... receiver for pushbutton access to play. Digital audio outputs. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for all the different types of discs you'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...on the screen. The second field comes back and displays the even-numbered scanning lines. Progressive images have the ability to Home Theater 9 It's less like television, more film-like movies in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. And horizontal scanning lines are ...delivers twice the vertical resolution of conventional video! The Sony Guide to present a progressive scanning image. Because of limitations 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...
...on the screen. The second field comes back and displays the even-numbered scanning lines. Progressive images have the ability to Home Theater 9 It's less like television, more film-like movies in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. And horizontal scanning lines are ...delivers twice the vertical resolution of conventional video! The Sony Guide to present a progressive scanning image. Because of limitations 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...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. Over 600 titles of the analog era to the latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. But you can find the capability in rock and pop. It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records...
Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. Over 600 titles of the analog era to the latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. But you can find the capability in rock and pop. It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... the DIRECTV receiver to your recorder on, put it off when the recording is done! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 If you own or you're thinking of programming options into the record mode and turn it into your videocassette recorder or personal video... pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on selected channels. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming.
... the DIRECTV receiver to your recorder on, put it off when the recording is done! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 If you own or you're thinking of programming options into the record mode and turn it into your videocassette recorder or personal video... pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on selected channels. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... other network TV shows. And HDTV is not a promise for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. The Sony Guide to six times the picture detail of local HDTV broadcasts over -the-air TV broadcasting. This doesn't even count HDTV sports and... Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The Drew Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Hack, JAG, The King of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that it will dazzle you with five or more available in markets with up to Home Theater 12 It's ...
... other network TV shows. And HDTV is not a promise for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. The Sony Guide to six times the picture detail of local HDTV broadcasts over -the-air TV broadcasting. This doesn't even count HDTV sports and... Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The Drew Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Hack, JAG, The King of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that it will dazzle you with five or more available in markets with up to Home Theater 12 It's ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... receive over -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for : 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor ...131; DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to Home Theater 13 Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set...
... receive over -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for : 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor ...131; DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to Home Theater 13 Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... drive. You can also "learn " your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to the kitchen. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. Features to Home Theater 14 The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you like having your preferences. This subscription service brings you 're always free to 80 hours of dialog...
... drive. You can also "learn " your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to the kitchen. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. Features to Home Theater 14 The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you like having your preferences. This subscription service brings you 're always free to 80 hours of dialog...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...home theater system. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your television screen, giving you 're watching another trick that hard disk recorders can do that you can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from the PC can 't. The Sony Guide to selected Sony...the PC hard drive. The ability to download, store and play music is a device to the entertainment on your home theater system! In many homes, entertainment from compatible VAIO PCs with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. It can browse menus on the ...
...home theater system. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your television screen, giving you 're watching another trick that hard disk recorders can do that you can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from the PC can 't. The Sony Guide to selected Sony...the PC hard drive. The ability to download, store and play music is a device to the entertainment on your home theater system! In many homes, entertainment from compatible VAIO PCs with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. It can browse menus on the ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... play . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to look for: VHS Hi-Fi. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to Home Theater 16 This produces surround sound ...to the PlusCode® numbers you'll find in DVD player. Two heads for SP speed and two 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...
... play . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to look for: VHS Hi-Fi. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to Home Theater 16 This produces surround sound ...to the PlusCode® numbers you'll find in DVD player. Two heads for SP speed and two 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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...flat screen television! Many movies and an increasing number of television programs are high. The Sony Guide to screen height. You also have a new range of choices that the screens ...modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. Many of screen width to Home Theater 17 You now have a choice of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, ...depends on your budget and your viewing habits. If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you through your choices. This section will step you 're better off with the conventional 4:3...
...flat screen television! Many movies and an increasing number of television programs are high. The Sony Guide to screen height. You also have a new range of choices that the screens ...modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. Many of screen width to Home Theater 17 You now have a choice of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, ...depends on your budget and your viewing habits. If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you through your choices. This section will step you 're better off with the conventional 4:3...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to be immersed in the full cinematic experience, you may be better off with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony TV Screen Size Distance 5' 32" diagonal widescreen... 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater 18 If most of what you have for three classes of television. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal 7' 27" diagonal ...
...the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to be immersed in the full cinematic experience, you may be better off with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony TV Screen Size Distance 5' 32" diagonal widescreen... 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater 18 If most of what you have for three classes of television. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal 7' 27" diagonal ...