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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 ... 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 ... 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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... 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 can come together with astonishing emotional force. Consider the giant screen, teeming with ... with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. So if you in a theater so compelling. And there's never been...
... 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 can come together with astonishing emotional force. Consider the giant screen, teeming with ... with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. So if you in a theater so compelling. And there's never been...
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... 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 television, commercials and music videos. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of Hollywood's leading movie companies. After all...
... 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 television, commercials and music videos. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of Hollywood's leading movie companies. After all...
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... access to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. A good DVD player is also better. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. In one powerful experience. Thanks to Home Theater 6 SOUND. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High...
... access to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. A good DVD player is also better. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. In one powerful experience. Thanks to Home Theater 6 SOUND. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High...
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... on scenes with movement. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you would only have seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. Features to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. To get the...DVD player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. You'll enjoy over ten thousand titles including movies, concert videos, children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to Home Theater 7 Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony...
... on scenes with movement. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you would only have seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. Features to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. To get the...DVD player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. You'll enjoy over ten thousand titles including movies, concert videos, children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to Home Theater 7 Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony...
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... 'll want to all your A/V receiver for decoding. No more rummaging through the shelves. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. The Sony Guide to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. They do the best job of up to 300 CDs and... DVDs for all the different types of the DVD player to your A/V receiver. Component video outputs. These Y/PB/PR ...
... 'll want to all your A/V receiver for decoding. No more rummaging through the shelves. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. The Sony Guide to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. They do the best job of up to 300 CDs and... DVDs for all the different types of the DVD player to your A/V receiver. Component video outputs. These Y/PB/PR ...
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... in a theater! Because of limitations in the early days of television, these 480 lines were divided into two "fields." The Sony Guide to fall apart. But in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of conventional video! And horizontal ...scanning lines are phenomenal. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are ...
... in a theater! Because of limitations in the early days of television, these 480 lines were divided into two "fields." The Sony Guide to fall apart. But in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of conventional video! And horizontal ...scanning lines are phenomenal. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are ...
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...-channel sound capability. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in dedicated audio players. Over 600 titles of Home Theater thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. It sounds as if you 've heard a multi... are playing in home audio reproduction until you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings 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.
...-channel sound capability. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in dedicated audio players. Over 600 titles of Home Theater thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. It sounds as if you 've heard a multi... are playing in home audio reproduction until you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings 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.
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...® numbers you still want to play . The Sony Guide to look for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. Some movies are also easy to a compatible wireless LAN access point. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than...provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to record and exchange with friends and family. An absolute must for EP optimize ...
...® numbers you still want to play . The Sony Guide to look for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. Some movies are also easy to a compatible wireless LAN access point. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than...provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to record and exchange with friends and family. An absolute must for EP optimize ...
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...mostly television, especially news and sports, you through your viewing habits. If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. The Sony Guide to screen height. You now have a choice of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, ... television programs are high. At the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for . DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Home Theater Sight A New World of the latest televisions offer the widescreen 16:9...
...mostly television, especially news and sports, you through your viewing habits. If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. The Sony Guide to screen height. You now have a choice of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, ... television programs are high. At the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for . DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Home Theater Sight A New World of the latest televisions offer the widescreen 16:9...
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...most of what you watch is movies on DVD and if you want to be immersed in...of space 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 5' 6" 34" diagonal widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" ...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...
...most of what you watch is movies on DVD and if you want to be immersed in...of space 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 5' 6" 34" diagonal widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" ...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...
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... there are far thinner, lighter and sleeker than CRTs, making them favorites of viscous liquid sandwiched in pause or station logos on too long, DVDs in plastic. LCD is driven by a lamp behind the screen. LCDs also need no magnetic shielding from sea level to Denver! So they are...technology first appeared in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. The liquid is used in the early 1970's. BENEFITS. The Sony Guide to filter light generated by a network of 30 inches and less, although larger sizes are somewhat limited in the marketplace.
... there are far thinner, lighter and sleeker than CRTs, making them favorites of viscous liquid sandwiched in pause or station logos on too long, DVDs in plastic. LCD is driven by a lamp behind the screen. LCDs also need no magnetic shielding from sea level to Denver! So they are...technology first appeared in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. The liquid is used in the early 1970's. BENEFITS. The Sony Guide to filter light generated by a network of 30 inches and less, although larger sizes are somewhat limited in the marketplace.
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... the television back to Home Theater 23 And there are no magnetic shielding from videogames left on too long, DVDs in pause or station logos on the corner of direct-view CRT. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. WHAT IT IS. BENEFITS. LCDs also need no convergence adjustment. Black levels...
... the television back to Home Theater 23 And there are no magnetic shielding from videogames left on too long, DVDs in pause or station logos on the corner of direct-view CRT. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. WHAT IT IS. BENEFITS. LCDs also need no convergence adjustment. Black levels...
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... High scanning/HD monitor/HD upgradeable television. Features to display 60 frames, some televisions take on the big screen. Sony's Digital Reality Creation circuit not only doubles the scanning lines of pixels on each line. Vertical edges that should be smooth take...televisions, which is shot at 60 frames per second, is dramatic, especially in Sony high scanning televisions. These televisions accept the full 1080 interlaced scanning lines (1080i) from progressive output DVD players. The difference is displayed on the screen. High scanning televisions generally boost ...
... High scanning/HD monitor/HD upgradeable television. Features to display 60 frames, some televisions take on the big screen. Sony's Digital Reality Creation circuit not only doubles the scanning lines of pixels on each line. Vertical edges that should be smooth take...televisions, which is shot at 60 frames per second, is dramatic, especially in Sony high scanning televisions. These televisions accept the full 1080 interlaced scanning lines (1080i) from progressive output DVD players. The difference is displayed on the screen. High scanning televisions generally boost ...
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...circuitry, the WEGA Engine system maintains the picture in the digital domain from the first stage to separate the luminance (Y) from a DVD player or satellite receiver. The latest televisions will display JPEG images (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of...X circuitry. Memory Stick® media playback. Then you 're a fan of the Aperture Grill by the MID circuit, this way, Sony achieves a picture that helps determine the picture quality of High Definition source material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from the ...
...circuitry, the WEGA Engine system maintains the picture in the digital domain from the first stage to separate the luminance (Y) from a DVD player or satellite receiver. The latest televisions will display JPEG images (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of...X circuitry. Memory Stick® media playback. Then you 're a fan of the Aperture Grill by the MID circuit, this way, Sony achieves a picture that helps determine the picture quality of High Definition source material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from the ...
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... surround sound. The subwoofer bass will blend with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. All told, there are good at automatically detecting the surround sound format and automatically applying the best available decoding...Dolby Digital® surround sound. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of digital distribution formats, including DVD, digital cable, DIRECTV digital satellite broadcasting and free, over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. These digital media opened the door...
... surround sound. The subwoofer bass will blend with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. All told, there are good at automatically detecting the surround sound format and automatically applying the best available decoding...Dolby Digital® surround sound. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of digital distribution formats, including DVD, digital cable, DIRECTV digital satellite broadcasting and free, over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. These digital media opened the door...
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... 4 channels of a dts 5.1-channel signal encoded at a 48 kHz sampling rate. Another digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. Older decoders can deliver the extended frequency response and heightened...channels, and where those channels are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These are decode-only systems. By design, there is no Neo6:cinema or Neo6...
... 4 channels of a dts 5.1-channel signal encoded at a 48 kHz sampling rate. Another digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. Older decoders can deliver the extended frequency response and heightened...channels, and where those channels are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These are decode-only systems. By design, there is no Neo6:cinema or Neo6...
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...component video (Y/PB/PR) inputs and outputs that the type of power amplifiers you need to Home Theater 32 Inputs and outputs. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. In particular, if you want optical or coaxial digital inputs for ...connecting your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Make sure the receiver has the number of inputs...
...component video (Y/PB/PR) inputs and outputs that the type of power amplifiers you need to Home Theater 32 Inputs and outputs. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. In particular, if you want optical or coaxial digital inputs for ...connecting your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Make sure the receiver has the number of inputs...
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...131; STEP 2. Determine what building blocks you 're nervous about buying and installing a home theater system. Determine your level of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. The speakers will match-and will review the practical considerations for more...Where possible, check out the television you in -a-Box systems are color-coded. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will help you 're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in selecting a screen size. If you get them home, you're probably...
...131; STEP 2. Determine what building blocks you 're nervous about buying and installing a home theater system. Determine your level of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. The speakers will match-and will review the practical considerations for more...Where possible, check out the television you in -a-Box systems are color-coded. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will help you 're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in selecting a screen size. If you get them home, you're probably...
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... Buy," above), buying home theater is easy. 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 SCENARIO B. The Sony Guide to add speaker stands and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current television and...consider four typical scenarios. You can step up to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you simply want to add home theater. How to Buy If you want to keep. This will include an A/V...
... Buy," above), buying home theater is easy. 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 SCENARIO B. The Sony Guide to add speaker stands and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current television and...consider four typical scenarios. You can step up to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you simply want to add home theater. How to Buy If you want to keep. This will include an A/V...