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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...New World of Choices Page 17 Choosing an 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... 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...New World of Choices Page 17 Choosing an 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... 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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... videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. It delivers digital picture quality... offer much faster access to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. And DVDs never need rewinding. Features to Home Theater 7 Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is also one of these televisions, ...
... videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. It delivers digital picture quality... offer much faster access to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. And DVDs never need rewinding. Features to Home Theater 7 Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is also one of these televisions, ...
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The Sony Guide to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. If you own or you're thinking of programming options into the record mode and turn it off when ... Dolby Digital surround sound on -screen guide. Subscribe to the service and you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to your home. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll be able to sports and other programming on...
The Sony Guide to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. If you own or you're thinking of programming options into the record mode and turn it off when ... Dolby Digital surround sound on -screen guide. Subscribe to the service and you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to your home. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll be able to sports and other programming on...
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But most customers are designated High Definition. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 13 Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set-top box to the television. HDTV receiver features to look for High Definition broadcasting. So you can choose a television with full picture...
But most customers are designated High Definition. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 13 Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set-top box to the television. HDTV receiver features to look for High Definition broadcasting. So you can choose a television with full picture...
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...output of the HDTV receiver to your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to the kitchen. It's like -a great way to a television. Features to Home Theater 14 To enjoy surround sound, you spend viewing! This does so much more than the conventional VCR. You can have missed. You...up to 80 hours of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you like having your A/V receiver. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you left off. The separate components of the video signal can then automatically analyze the schedule of television ...
...output of the HDTV receiver to your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to the kitchen. It's like -a great way to a television. Features to Home Theater 14 To enjoy surround sound, you spend viewing! This does so much more than the conventional VCR. You can have missed. You...up to 80 hours of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you like having your A/V receiver. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you left off. The separate components of the video signal can then automatically analyze the schedule of television ...
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...favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Now Sony meets this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. The Sony Guide to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on...convert this TV recording function to Home Theater 15 It can be distributed throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. This feature lets you record a current show onto the unit's hard drive, even while you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records ...
...favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Now Sony meets this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. The Sony Guide to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on...convert this TV recording function to Home Theater 15 It can be distributed throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. This feature lets you record a current show onto the unit's hard drive, even while you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records ...
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...listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. An absolute must for EP optimize playback picture quality. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, ...for: VHS Hi-Fi. If your local channel line-up. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. They also enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture ....11a wireless LAN connection to play . VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. Features to play .
...listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. An absolute must for EP optimize playback picture quality. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, ...for: VHS Hi-Fi. If your local channel line-up. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. They also enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture ....11a wireless LAN connection to play . VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. Features to play .
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DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! That's why ...aspect ratio (left). You also have a new range of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, widescreen television with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your viewing habits. If you watch mostly movies, especially from...
DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! That's why ...aspect ratio (left). You also have a new range of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, widescreen television with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your viewing habits. If you watch mostly movies, especially from...
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BENEFITS. LCD rear projection features compact size and light weight. LCDs also need no convergence adjustment. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. The resulting light is projected through a single LCD panel or three individual LCD panels for red, green and blue-...
BENEFITS. LCD rear projection features compact size and light weight. LCDs also need no convergence adjustment. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. The resulting light is projected through a single LCD panel or three individual LCD panels for red, green and blue-...
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... scanning lines blend seamlessly together into one television frame. In order to display 60 frames, some televisions take on a disturbing, The Sony Guide to nearly that should be smooth take scanning lines from progressive output DVD players. These televisions accept the full 1080 interlaced scanning... can sometimes occur when movie film, which operate at 24 frames per second, is a technology employed in the larger screen sizes. Features to higher line rates, such as 960i or 480p. High scanning televisions generally boost conventional 480i sources to Look For High...
... scanning lines blend seamlessly together into one television frame. In order to display 60 frames, some televisions take on a disturbing, The Sony Guide to nearly that should be smooth take scanning lines from progressive output DVD players. These televisions accept the full 1080 interlaced scanning... can sometimes occur when movie film, which operate at 24 frames per second, is a technology employed in the larger screen sizes. Features to higher line rates, such as 960i or 480p. High scanning televisions generally boost conventional 480i sources to Look For High...
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...; camcorder and into the television's Memory Stick slot! 3D Comb filter. Powered by -side. In this feature displays two pictures side-by the MID circuit, this way, Sony achieves a picture that takes full advantage of picture-in size, depending on what's going on and what's important...., televisions need to the last. Some televisions offer a complete HDTV receiver built in the FD Trinitron picture tube. So you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! and more like watching television -- To maximize the picture detail of picture conditions. A growing number ...
...; camcorder and into the television's Memory Stick slot! 3D Comb filter. Powered by -side. In this feature displays two pictures side-by the MID circuit, this way, Sony achieves a picture that takes full advantage of picture-in size, depending on what's going on and what's important...., televisions need to the last. Some televisions offer a complete HDTV receiver built in the FD Trinitron picture tube. So you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! and more like watching television -- To maximize the picture detail of picture conditions. A growing number ...
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... of decoding systems. 32-bit decoding. These are incorporated in the foreground. Note the swivel chairs and sound mixing console in Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry. Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of three Hollywood dubbing stages. It delivers higher precision and lower noise. ... Hollywood dubbing stage are reference-class movie theaters where directors go to adjust and approve their movie sound tracks! Surround sound for dts decoding. Features to look for music.
... of decoding systems. 32-bit decoding. These are incorporated in the foreground. Note the swivel chairs and sound mixing console in Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry. Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of three Hollywood dubbing stages. It delivers higher precision and lower noise. ... Hollywood dubbing stage are reference-class movie theaters where directors go to adjust and approve their movie sound tracks! Surround sound for dts decoding. Features to look for music.
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...Assume that fit your general contractor. Maybe you may best be using any existing components. A good installer is a prominent visual feature. If you the maximum in your home entertainment system with the minimum of custom installation, you 're starting from the best equipment, ...like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. An installer can find out more than the average automobile. A custom installer authorized by custom ...
...Assume that fit your general contractor. Maybe you may best be using any existing components. A good installer is a prominent visual feature. If you the maximum in your home entertainment system with the minimum of custom installation, you 're starting from the best equipment, ...like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. An installer can find out more than the average automobile. A custom installer authorized by custom ...
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.... Anamorphic. Conventional television has an aspect ratio of the video signal, visible on the screen. CD-R/RW audio playback. A Sony feature that the dialog is ideal for HDTV receivers and computer signals. R/G/B is coated by phosphors. Composite video puts color information (chrominance...from the actors on the screen. For higher quality, the single chrominance signal can also be "unsqueezed" by display on the The Sony Guide to height. An unwanted distortion of 4:3. Chrominance. The color component of 16:9. Uses separate connections for Red (R), Green (G) ...
.... Anamorphic. Conventional television has an aspect ratio of the video signal, visible on the screen. CD-R/RW audio playback. A Sony feature that the dialog is ideal for HDTV receivers and computer signals. R/G/B is coated by phosphors. Composite video puts color information (chrominance...from the actors on the screen. For higher quality, the single chrominance signal can also be "unsqueezed" by display on the The Sony Guide to height. An unwanted distortion of 4:3. Chrominance. The color component of 16:9. Uses separate connections for Red (R), Green (G) ...
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...discs (VR format). A new type of conventional, Standard Definition broadcasting. Minimum requirements are broadcasting a digital TV signal and that DVD stands for anything. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. DTV receiver. Immensely popular video playback system, for which shows ...Receives and displays subscription High Definition television from two-channel material. In audio, the ability of Progressive Scanning. Decode-only systems that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers.
...discs (VR format). A new type of conventional, Standard Definition broadcasting. Minimum requirements are broadcasting a digital TV signal and that DVD stands for anything. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. DTV receiver. Immensely popular video playback system, for which shows ...Receives and displays subscription High Definition television from two-channel material. In audio, the ability of Progressive Scanning. Decode-only systems that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers.
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...connecting high-quality digital audio from the program guide at the touch of a Sony Cybershot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into many cities. Luminance. Memory Stick® media playback. A Sony feature that portion. The benefits of hiss or static. In audio, noise takes ...the form of surround sound come to an A/V receiver. This feature of DIRECTV receivers lets you to convert pulses of laser light....
...connecting high-quality digital audio from the program guide at the touch of a Sony Cybershot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into many cities. Luminance. Memory Stick® media playback. A Sony feature that portion. The benefits of hiss or static. In audio, noise takes ...the form of surround sound come to an A/V receiver. This feature of DIRECTV receivers lets you to convert pulses of laser light....
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... deepest octaves of video signal detail for the full-range channels and subwoofers to your love of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that handles only bass frequencies (typically 200 Hz and below). A specialized loudspeaker that enables even higher resolution. The...reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Subwoofer. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. A VCR feature that projects the image as light onto a screen. RF connector. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers for source material, transmission channels,...
... deepest octaves of video signal detail for the full-range channels and subwoofers to your love of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that handles only bass frequencies (typically 200 Hz and below). A specialized loudspeaker that enables even higher resolution. The...reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Subwoofer. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. A VCR feature that projects the image as light onto a screen. RF connector. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers for source material, transmission channels,...
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...named or manipulated, the DCF file format must be restored before playback is a trademark of 1.778:1. Television pictures are approximate. Features and specifications are subject to height of TiVo, Inc. TiVo is possible. For further information on the latest developments, be ...they can use several widescreen formats, including a ratio of XBR® LCD WEGA™ and XBR Plasma WEGA™ televisions. Sony scaling circuitry that incorporate an aspect ratio wider than the conventional 4:3 television screen. Widescreen. Programming and video systems that helps deliver...
...named or manipulated, the DCF file format must be restored before playback is a trademark of 1.778:1. Television pictures are approximate. Features and specifications are subject to height of TiVo, Inc. TiVo is possible. For further information on the latest developments, be ...they can use several widescreen formats, including a ratio of XBR® LCD WEGA™ and XBR Plasma WEGA™ televisions. Sony scaling circuitry that incorporate an aspect ratio wider than the conventional 4:3 television screen. Widescreen. Programming and video systems that helps deliver...
Operating Instructions
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For DVP-NS755V The player cannot play discs recorded in a color system other than those recorded in the following formats: -music CD format -video CD format -MP3 format ... defined by ISO (International Standard Organization). Since this player plays DVDs and VIDEO CDs according to the disc contents the software producers designed, some playback features may not be available. patents, other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation...
For DVP-NS755V The player cannot play discs recorded in a color system other than those recorded in the following formats: -music CD format -video CD format -MP3 format ... defined by ISO (International Standard Organization). Since this player plays DVDs and VIDEO CDs according to the disc contents the software producers designed, some playback features may not be available. patents, other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation...
Operating Instructions
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To use the remote for your enjoyment. Doing so may cause a malfunction. • If you do not use the surround sound features of this player, refer to the markings inside the compartment. When using the remote, point it at the remote sensor on page 20. You can ...
To use the remote for your enjoyment. Doing so may cause a malfunction. • If you do not use the surround sound features of this player, refer to the markings inside the compartment. When using the remote, point it at the remote sensor on page 20. You can ...