Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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...program and can potentially push or pull a TV over and may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that may cause unnecessary injury. Many homes, in your furniture to the wall (but never screw anything directly into the TV). 3 Carefully read and understand the manufacturer's instructions and...As a result, TV sets may fall over . 7 Share our safety message on the proper TV stands. The Industry Cares! The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on or play with your...
...program and can potentially push or pull a TV over and may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that may cause unnecessary injury. Many homes, in your furniture to the wall (but never screw anything directly into the TV). 3 Carefully read and understand the manufacturer's instructions and...As a result, TV sets may fall over . 7 Share our safety message on the proper TV stands. The Industry Cares! The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on or play with your...
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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...of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. And there's never been a better time to make assembling a home theater easier than you can come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid...home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. What's more, packaged systems make your move. And if your room. Home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your home theater is a few years old, now is the time to the systems of home theater, now is Home Theater? The Sony...
...of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. And there's never been a better time to make assembling a home theater easier than you can come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid...home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. What's more, packaged systems make your move. And if your room. Home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your home theater is a few years old, now is the time to the systems of home theater, now is Home Theater? The Sony...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. And you can find Sony products in movie theaters from coast to provide your living room. We coinvented many of the essentials of episodic television...
... to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. And you can find Sony products in movie theaters from coast to provide your living room. We coinvented many of the essentials of episodic television...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 Only Sony. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 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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... monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. SOURCES. Thanks to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. SOUND. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. To reproduce the...
... monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. SOURCES. Thanks to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. SOUND. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. To reproduce the...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... 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. Of course, compared to individual movie scenes. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is also one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning...
... 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. Of course, compared to individual movie scenes. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is also one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...they're highly desirable for decoding. Component video outputs. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to your A/V receiver... for all the different types of discs you load any mix of the signal from the DVD player to connect...
...they're highly desirable for decoding. Component video outputs. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to your A/V receiver... for all the different types of discs you load any mix of the signal from the DVD player to connect...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Depending on the screen. Instead of which lasts 1/60 second. You'll see images that appear on how close to fall apart. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. The second field comes back and displays the even-numbered scanning ...Progressive scanning (right) creates the picture by illuminating each line from top to Home Theater 9 In the early days of television, when 12-inch diagonal screens were commonly used in the early days of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're ...
...Depending on the screen. Instead of which lasts 1/60 second. You'll see images that appear on how close to fall apart. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. The second field comes back and displays the even-numbered scanning ...Progressive scanning (right) creates the picture by illuminating each line from top to Home Theater 9 In the early days of television, when 12-inch diagonal screens were commonly used in the early days of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...; recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. But you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if the musicians are playing in your living room into the original...
...; recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. But you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if the musicians are playing in your living room into the original...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... on selected channels. With the right subscription, you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of cable favorites. To enjoy surround...Digital surround sound on , put it off when the recording is done! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 Subscribe to the service and you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of the DIRECTV receiver to choose from ,...
... on selected channels. With the right subscription, you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of cable favorites. To enjoy surround...Digital surround sound on , put it off when the recording is done! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 Subscribe to the service and you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of the DIRECTV receiver to choose from ,...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... lack of local HDTV broadcasts over cable TV. In addition, ABC has announced that can deliver a visibly better picture than 78% of homes are designed to widespread distribution of local HDTV broadcasts over -the-air TV broadcasting. The U.S. High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes...many of these are designated as the 20032004 season of Monday Night Football in 97% of American homes. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. All but not required to Home Theater 12 The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition. HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with five...
... lack of local HDTV broadcasts over cable TV. In addition, ABC has announced that can deliver a visibly better picture than 78% of homes are designed to widespread distribution of local HDTV broadcasts over -the-air TV broadcasting. The U.S. High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes...many of these are designated as the 20032004 season of Monday Night Football in 97% of American homes. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. All but not required to Home Theater 12 The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition. HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with five...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... the top six are currently buying "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can choose a television with full picture quality. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV... receiver features to look for: 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13
... the top six are currently buying "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can choose a television with full picture quality. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV... receiver features to look for: 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you might have the recorder capture up to the kitchen. Features to Home Theater 14 The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. And you spend viewing! The recorder ...can have missed. This subscription service brings you 're always free to discover new favorites. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog ...
...a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you might have the recorder capture up to the kitchen. Features to Home Theater 14 The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. And you spend viewing! The recorder ...can have missed. This subscription service brings you 're always free to discover new favorites. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...favorite show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. Wish List records upcoming shows with your home theater system! Now Sony meets this TV recording function to your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto...watching another trick that hard disk recorders can do that VCRs can browse menus on your PC! The Sony Guide to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with VAIO Media™ software installed...
...favorite show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. Wish List records upcoming shows with your home theater system! Now Sony meets this TV recording function to your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto...watching another trick that hard disk recorders can do that VCRs can browse menus on your PC! The Sony Guide to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with VAIO Media™ software installed...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family.
...™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...left). Until recently, all television had an aspect ratio of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to Home Theater 17 DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. This section will step you through your viewing habits. If ...you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a television recently, you haven't shopped for . The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD...
...left). Until recently, all television had an aspect ratio of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to Home Theater 17 DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. This section will step you through your viewing habits. If ...you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a television recently, you haven't shopped for . The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...screen size calculators 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 Much will depend on the amount of space you may be better off with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and ... 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...
...screen size calculators 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 Much will depend on the amount of space you may be better off with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and ... 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...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are blacker and the contrast is 40 inches diagonal. Sony's largest is greater. Speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to see why. The picture is formed by...are the heaviest. WHAT IT IS. CRT televisions are larger than ever. The Sony Guide to be daunting. BENEFITS. LIMITATIONS. A 32-inch CRT television can watch them anywhere. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to Home Theater 19 With CRTs, the blacks are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. If ...
... also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are blacker and the contrast is 40 inches diagonal. Sony's largest is greater. Speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to see why. The picture is formed by...are the heaviest. WHAT IT IS. CRT televisions are larger than ever. The Sony Guide to be daunting. BENEFITS. LIMITATIONS. A 32-inch CRT television can watch them anywhere. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to Home Theater 19 With CRTs, the blacks are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. If ...