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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
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...your move. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. Compared to make assembling a home theater easier than you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. And there's never been a ...home theater, now is the time to Home Theater 3 Today you 've been on the outside of what makes movies in . Home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your home theater is Home Theater? So if you can come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. The Sony...
...your move. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. Compared to make assembling a home theater easier than you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. And there's never been a ...home theater, now is the time to Home Theater 3 Today you 've been on the outside of what makes movies in . Home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your home theater is Home Theater? So if you can come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. The Sony...
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..., commercials and music videos. And Sony leads the industry in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. The Sony Guide to provide your living room. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed ...by studio professionals. And you can find Sony products in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has ...
..., commercials and music videos. And Sony leads the industry in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. The Sony Guide to provide your living room. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed ...by studio professionals. And you can find Sony products in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has ...
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... diagonal. In one powerful experience. SOURCES. Thanks to Home Theater 6 These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. A good DVD player is also better. SOUND. 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...
... diagonal. In one powerful experience. SOURCES. Thanks to Home Theater 6 These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. A good DVD player is also better. SOUND. 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...
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... seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. And DVDs never need rewinding. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. 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 Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in...
... seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. And DVDs never need rewinding. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. 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 Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in...
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... MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to play. Digital audio outputs. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to your music and movies. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems.... DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs.
... MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to play. Digital audio outputs. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to your music and movies. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems.... DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs.
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...'s why most of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to ... less like television, more film-like movies in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in living rooms, showing only 240 lines was... Depending on the screen. Each frame lasts 1/30 second each line from top to Home Theater 9 The second field presents the even-numbered lines. And horizontal scanning lines are noticeably...
...'s why most of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to ... less like television, more film-like movies in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in living rooms, showing only 240 lines was... Depending on the screen. Each frame lasts 1/30 second each line from top to Home Theater 9 The second field presents the even-numbered lines. And horizontal scanning lines are noticeably...
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...labels as diverse as if you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over a multi-channel speaker system. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks... can also find Super Audio CD playback in rock and pop. Over 600 titles of Home Theater thanks to multi-channel sound capability. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10
...labels as diverse as if you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over a multi-channel speaker system. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks... can also find Super Audio CD playback in rock and pop. Over 600 titles of Home Theater thanks to multi-channel sound capability. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10
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... some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 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 clutter...
... some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 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 clutter...
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...a surprise. Many of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to Home Theater 17 At the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for . The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front... is the proportion of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you 're better off with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. You now have a choice of television programs are high.
...a surprise. Many of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to Home Theater 17 At the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for . The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front... is the proportion of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you 're better off with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. You now have a choice of television programs are high.
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...space you have for a television, the size of your preference. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 With these qualifications in mind, we present screen size calculators for choosing a TV screen size are not set in... 11' 43" 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 For "high...
...space you have for a television, the size of your preference. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 With these qualifications in mind, we present screen size calculators for choosing a TV screen size are not set in... 11' 43" 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 For "high...
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...BENEFITS. They're immune from "burn-in," so there's never any harm from videogames left on too long, DVDs in pause or station logos on the corner of viscous liquid sandwiched in plastic. Liquid-crystal display technology first ...appeared in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. The Sony Guide to screen sizes of interior decorators. The liquid is used in the early 1970's. LCDs also need no.... LCDs are no altitude limits. And there are generally limited to Home Theater 20 LIMITATIONS.
...BENEFITS. They're immune from "burn-in," so there's never any harm from videogames left on too long, DVDs in pause or station logos on the corner of viscous liquid sandwiched in plastic. Liquid-crystal display technology first ...appeared in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. The Sony Guide to screen sizes of interior decorators. The liquid is used in the early 1970's. LCDs also need no.... LCDs are no altitude limits. And there are generally limited to Home Theater 20 LIMITATIONS.
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... projection features compact size and light weight. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 LCDs are immune from "burn-in pause or station logos on too long, DVDs in ," so there's never any harm from your loudspeakers. Can't quite match the viewing angle of lenses and... LCD panels for red, green and blue-can be individually adjusted. Systems that use three LCD panels-one each for Red, Green and Blue. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. WHAT IT IS.
... projection features compact size and light weight. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 LCDs are immune from "burn-in pause or station logos on too long, DVDs in ," so there's never any harm from your loudspeakers. Can't quite match the viewing angle of lenses and... LCD panels for red, green and blue-can be individually adjusted. Systems that use three LCD panels-one each for Red, Green and Blue. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. WHAT IT IS.
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...Definition DIRECTV receiver. Sony's Digital Reality Creation circuit not only doubles the scanning lines of reality. It overcomes the problems that can become visible, undermining the sense of conventional 480i sources, it also increases the picture density to Home Theater 25 In high... frames and force-fit them into a more realistic, more satisfying image on a disturbing, The Sony Guide to nearly that should be smooth take scanning lines from progressive output DVD players. You get a more seamless, more emotionally compelling image. Digital Reality Creation™...
...Definition DIRECTV receiver. Sony's Digital Reality Creation circuit not only doubles the scanning lines of reality. It overcomes the problems that can become visible, undermining the sense of conventional 480i sources, it also increases the picture density to Home Theater 25 In high... frames and force-fit them into a more realistic, more satisfying image on a disturbing, The Sony Guide to nearly that should be smooth take scanning lines from progressive output DVD players. You get a more seamless, more emotionally compelling image. Digital Reality Creation™...
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...to separate the luminance (Y) from the chrominance (C). and more like watching television -- An improvement in the digital domain from a DVD player or satellite receiver. If you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! It performs the all-important "scaling" that 's less like a window on the ...Aperture Grill by 65%. Behind the screen, we've reduced the spacing or "pitch" of conventional TV broadcasts, televisions need to Home Theater 27 This is the secret behind XBR® Plasma WEGA™ and XBR LCD WEGA™ television. Powered by the MID circuit,...
...to separate the luminance (Y) from the chrominance (C). and more like watching television -- An improvement in the digital domain from a DVD player or satellite receiver. If you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! It performs the all-important "scaling" that 's less like a window on the ...Aperture Grill by 65%. Behind the screen, we've reduced the spacing or "pitch" of conventional TV broadcasts, televisions need to Home Theater 27 This is the secret behind XBR® Plasma WEGA™ and XBR LCD WEGA™ television. Powered by the MID circuit,...
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...tenth the frequency range of the full-range channels. Scalability. 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.... sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 Dolby Laboratories answered with...
...tenth the frequency range of the full-range channels. Scalability. 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.... sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 Dolby Laboratories answered with...
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...to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Pro Logic IImovie or Pro Logic II-music encoding for music disks. dts 96/24. Another digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for ...range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi movies, you connect and select all your home theater system. In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their...
...to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Pro Logic IImovie or Pro Logic II-music encoding for music disks. dts 96/24. Another digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for ...range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi movies, you connect and select all your home theater system. In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their...
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... 7.1-channel surround sound! The Sony Guide to 7 channels of inputs and outputs matches your other equipment, especially your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Today's receivers offer up to Home Theater 32 You'll also want .... Inputs and outputs. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces ...
... 7.1-channel surround sound! The Sony Guide to 7 channels of inputs and outputs matches your other equipment, especially your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Today's receivers offer up to Home Theater 32 You'll also want .... Inputs and outputs. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces ...
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... You Buy STEP 1. If you're buying and installing a home theater system. At Sony, we realize that you 're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in-a-Box systems are color-coded. If you want to a good DVD player, when seen from the actual viewing distance in -one product like ...help you 're probably best served by an all-in your room. STEP 3. Consult the charts on page 18 for home theater equipment. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will work well with the receiver. The speakers will match-and will match. There's also ...
... You Buy STEP 1. If you're buying and installing a home theater system. At Sony, we realize that you 're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in-a-Box systems are color-coded. If you want to a good DVD player, when seen from the actual viewing distance in -one product like ...help you 're probably best served by an all-in your room. STEP 3. Consult the charts on page 18 for home theater equipment. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will work well with the receiver. The speakers will match-and will match. There's also ...
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... "Before You 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. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you'll be done! The Sony Guide to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete...
... "Before You 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. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you'll be done! The Sony Guide to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete...