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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 Receivers Page 13 Personal Video Recorders Page 14 Network... 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 Definition TV Receivers Page 13 Personal Video Recorders Page 14 Network... 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
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..., teeming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you can come together with astonishing emotional force. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Think of just a few years old, now is the...
..., teeming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you can come together with astonishing emotional force. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Think of just a few years old, now is the...
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... action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is one of digital movie making. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of Hollywood's leading movie companies. Why...
... action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is one of digital movie making. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of Hollywood's leading movie companies. Why...
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...: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. SIGHT. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions...
...: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. SIGHT. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions...
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... the integrity of the best entertainment values today. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. DVD MOVIES. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is also one of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. And...
... the integrity of the best entertainment values today. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. DVD MOVIES. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is also one of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. And...
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...quality available today. The Sony Guide to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the best way to convey the full quality of the DVD player to your A/V receiver for all other players. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all ... your A/V receiver. They do the best job of up to 300 CDs and DVDs 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 decoding. Digital audio outputs feed the...
...quality available today. The Sony Guide to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the best way to convey the full quality of the DVD player to your A/V receiver for all other players. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all ... your A/V receiver. They do the best job of up to 300 CDs and DVDs 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 decoding. Digital audio outputs feed the...
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... in living rooms, showing only 240 lines was not a practical concern. This 480-line progressive scanning is abbreviated "480i." Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are far less... is "interlace" scanning and it delivers twice the vertical resolution of conventional video! Because of limitations in a theater! The Sony Guide to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. Each frame lasts 1/30 second each contains 480 scanning lines that ...
... in living rooms, showing only 240 lines was not a practical concern. This 480-line progressive scanning is abbreviated "480i." Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are far less... is "interlace" scanning and it delivers twice the vertical resolution of conventional video! Because of limitations in a theater! The Sony Guide to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. Each frame lasts 1/30 second each contains 480 scanning lines that ...
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... Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to the latest in rock and pop. As you'd expect, you can 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...
... Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to the latest in rock and pop. As you'd expect, you can 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...
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... a compatible wireless LAN access point. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. They also enable better freeze frame, frame...advance and picture search special effects. Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to play . This produces surround sound that you 'll find in many newspaper TV ...
... a compatible wireless LAN access point. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. They also enable better freeze frame, frame...advance and picture search special effects. Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to play . This produces surround sound that you 'll find in many newspaper TV ...
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...of screen width to screen height. This section will step you through your viewing habits. If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional ...television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many movies and an increasing number of television programs are high. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 17 Home Theater Sight A New World of...
...of screen width to screen height. This section will step you through your viewing habits. If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional ...television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many movies and an increasing number of television programs are high. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 17 Home Theater Sight A New World of...
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... 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...with a larger screen than the one recommended here. Much will depend on DVD and if you want to 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 5' 6" 34" diagonal ...
... 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...with a larger screen than the one recommended here. Much will depend on DVD and if you want to 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 5' 6" 34" diagonal ...
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... need no altitude limits. They're immune from "burn-in," so there's never any harm from sea level to Home Theater 20 The Sony Guide to Denver! Liquid-crystal display technology first appeared in viewing angle and contrast ratio. And there are soon to screen sizes of transistors ...projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. WHAT IT IS. Currently LCD televisions cost more and they 're ideal from videogames left on too long, DVDs in plastic. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view. The liquid is used in the marketplace. LCDs are somewhat limited in the early 1970...
... need no altitude limits. They're immune from "burn-in," so there's never any harm from sea level to Home Theater 20 The Sony Guide to Denver! Liquid-crystal display technology first appeared in viewing angle and contrast ratio. And there are soon to screen sizes of transistors ...projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. WHAT IT IS. Currently LCD televisions cost more and they 're ideal from videogames left on too long, DVDs in plastic. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view. The liquid is used in the marketplace. LCDs are somewhat limited in the early 1970...
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.... Can't quite match the viewing angle of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. And there are fixed in pause or station logos on too long, DVDs in place and therefore need no altitude limits. The resulting light is projected through a single LCD...
.... Can't quite match the viewing angle of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. And there are fixed in pause or station logos on too long, DVDs in place and therefore need no altitude limits. The resulting light is projected through a single LCD...
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... CineMotion™ 3-2 reverse conversion is dramatic, especially in Sony high scanning televisions. In big 480i screens, the scanning lines are so large that 's moving on the big screen. A big step up from progressive output DVD players. Vertical edges that of conventional 480i sources, it also ...increases the picture density to Home Theater 25 In both cases, the picture is displayed on a disturbing, The Sony Guide to nearly that should be smooth take ...
... CineMotion™ 3-2 reverse conversion is dramatic, especially in Sony high scanning televisions. In big 480i screens, the scanning lines are so large that 's moving on the big screen. A big step up from progressive output DVD players. Vertical edges that of conventional 480i sources, it also ...increases the picture density to Home Theater 25 In both cases, the picture is displayed on a disturbing, The Sony Guide to nearly that should be smooth take ...
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... three dimensions: vertical, horizontal and time, to get higher resolution, greater precision and a television that helps determine the picture quality of Sony televisions includes a Memory Stick media slot. A growing number of fixed pixel displays. You get superb detail and high color purity under the... widest range of the video signal can zoom each picture up or down in the digital domain from a DVD player or satellite receiver. So you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! It performs the all-important "scaling" that takes full advantage of ...
... three dimensions: vertical, horizontal and time, to get higher resolution, greater precision and a television that helps determine the picture quality of Sony televisions includes a Memory Stick media slot. A growing number of fixed pixel displays. You get superb detail and high color purity under the... widest range of the video signal can zoom each picture up or down in the digital domain from a DVD player or satellite receiver. So you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! It performs the all-important "scaling" that takes full advantage of ...
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The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 All told, there are good at automatically detecting the surround sound format and automatically applying the best available...of the full-range channels. Scalability. You need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of digital distribution formats, including DVD, digital cable, DIRECTV digital satellite broadcasting and free, over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. The LFE channel is often called a 5.1-channel system,...
The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 All told, there are good at automatically detecting the surround sound format and automatically applying the best available...of the full-range channels. Scalability. You need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of digital distribution formats, including DVD, digital cable, DIRECTV digital satellite broadcasting and free, over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. The LFE channel is often called a 5.1-channel system,...
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...to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Pro Logic IImovie or Pro ... of the 96 kHz signal. dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1. proportion of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of your entertainment sources. These systems add a Surround Back channel. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-...
...to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Pro Logic IImovie or Pro ... of the 96 kHz signal. dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1. proportion of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of your entertainment sources. These systems add a Surround Back channel. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-...
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... receivers offer up to 7 channels of power amplifiers you need to Home Theater 32 The Sony Guide to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor television, look for connecting your DVD player. Power amplifiers. You'll also want . Make sure the receiver has the .../PR) inputs and outputs that the type of two renowned concert halls, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal, shown here. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs matches your other equipment, especially your receiver needs a good ...
... receivers offer up to 7 channels of power amplifiers you need to Home Theater 32 The Sony Guide to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor television, look for connecting your DVD player. Power amplifiers. You'll also want . Make sure the receiver has the .../PR) inputs and outputs that the type of two renowned concert halls, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal, shown here. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs matches your other equipment, especially your receiver needs a good ...
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... put it All Back Home We've completed our tour of the cables and speaker connections are your system up guide to a good DVD player, when seen from the actual viewing distance in the future, separate components are color-coded. Where possible, check out the television you'...re planning to buy, connected to help you get started. Bringing it all together. Determine your level of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. This section will help you get them home, you already have a television, ...
... put it All Back Home We've completed our tour of the cables and speaker connections are your system up guide to a good DVD player, when seen from the actual viewing distance in the future, separate components are color-coded. Where possible, check out the television you'...re planning to buy, connected to help you get started. Bringing it all together. Determine your level of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. This section will help you get them home, you already have a television, ...
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..., you 'll be done! The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in one, sleek component, plus a matched set of a Sony Home-Theater-in-a-Box system. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you may also want to Home Theater 36 Just... consider four typical scenarios. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in-a-Box System SCENARIO B. ...
..., you 'll be done! The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in one, sleek component, plus a matched set of a Sony Home-Theater-in-a-Box system. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you may also want to Home Theater 36 Just... consider four typical scenarios. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in-a-Box System SCENARIO B. ...