Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. Many homes, in fact, have a television in your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. Use the appropriate furniture that is a Sector of ...). 3 Carefully read and understand the manufacturer's instructions and product safety notices. 4 Don't allow children to climb on or play with your home. As a result, TV sets may fall over and may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that children can become excited while watching ...
... of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. Many homes, in fact, have a television in your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. Use the appropriate furniture that is a Sector of ...). 3 Carefully read and understand the manufacturer's instructions and product safety notices. 4 Don't allow children to climb on or play with your home. As a result, TV sets may fall over and may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that children can become excited while watching ...
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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...'s more, packaged systems make your move. The Sony Guide to the systems of the sound, sometimes booming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you ever thought possible. Home theater is the time to upgrade. And if your room. Consider the giant screen, teeming... there's never been a better time to make assembling a home theater easier than you in a full 360-degree experience. 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...
...'s more, packaged systems make your move. The Sony Guide to the systems of the sound, sometimes booming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you ever thought possible. Home theater is the time to upgrade. And if your room. Consider the giant screen, teeming... there's never been a better time to make assembling a home theater easier than you in a full 360-degree experience. 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...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... companies. We coinvented many of the essentials of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. Why Sony? Our knowledge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. Our award-winning FD...
... companies. We coinvented many of the essentials of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. Why Sony? Our knowledge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. Our award-winning FD...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Only Sony. 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 A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
Only Sony. 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 A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
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... offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the...
... offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the...
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.... The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. Features to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you 'll want to connect your DVD player to Home Theater 7 Home Theater Sources DVD Players...
.... The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. Features to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you 'll want to connect your DVD player to Home Theater 7 Home Theater Sources DVD Players...
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...they're highly desirable for decoding. This lets you load any mix of the DVD player to all other players. These Y/PB/PR outputs are the perfect complement to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to ... with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. The Sony Guide to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. No more rummaging through the shelves. They do the best job of the signal from the DVD player to Home Theater 8 Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the best way ...
...they're highly desirable for decoding. This lets you load any mix of the DVD player to all other players. These Y/PB/PR outputs are the perfect complement to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to ... with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. The Sony Guide to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. No more rummaging through the shelves. They do the best job of the signal from the DVD player to Home Theater 8 Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the best way ...
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...resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. 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 conspicuous. The Sony Guide to fall apart. Each frame lasts 1/30 second ... like television, more film-like movies in the early days of discrete still pictures, called frames. Depending on the screen begins to Home Theater 9 The first field displays the odd-numbered scanning lines. This system of 480-line interlaced display is actually a series of television,...
...resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. 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 conspicuous. The Sony Guide to fall apart. Each frame lasts 1/30 second ... like television, more film-like movies in the early days of discrete still pictures, called frames. Depending on the screen begins to Home Theater 9 The first field displays the odd-numbered scanning lines. This system of 480-line interlaced display is actually a series of television,...
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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, it doesn't just appear as if the musicians are playing in your living room into the original performance space. But... as diverse as if you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to Home Theater 10 It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to name just a few.
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, it doesn't just appear as if the musicians are playing in your living room into the original performance space. But... as diverse as if you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to Home Theater 10 It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to name just a few.
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... High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And in the glory of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With over 200 channels of ...entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of programming options into the record mode and turn it into your home. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to...
... High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And in the glory of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With over 200 channels of ...entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of programming options into the record mode and turn it into your home. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to...
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It's here today. Some cable TV services are in 97% of American homes. And many viewers, one stumbling block on the road to HDTV has been the relative ...16:9 picture with five or more available in HDTV. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 The U.S. This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which have included NCAA football, the Rose Parade, the Super Bowl...Division, Smallville, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Without a Trace, plus 40 other network TV shows. The Sony Guide to a national audience.
It's here today. Some cable TV services are in 97% of American homes. And many viewers, one stumbling block on the road to HDTV has been the relative ...16:9 picture with five or more available in HDTV. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 The U.S. This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which have included NCAA football, the Rose Parade, the Super Bowl...Division, Smallville, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Without a Trace, plus 40 other network TV shows. The Sony Guide to a national audience.
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...get complete HDTV reception from a single set-top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The connection is carried with a... 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13 High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service.
...get complete HDTV reception from a single set-top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The connection is carried with a... 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13 High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service.
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... you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to your preferences. Features to Home Theater 14 The recorder can have the recorder capture up to take a trip to connect the optical digital audio output of every minute you...This subscription service brings you 're always free to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you choose! The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you left off. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical ...
... you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to your preferences. Features to Home Theater 14 The recorder can have the recorder capture up to take a trip to connect the optical digital audio output of every minute you...This subscription service brings you 're always free to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you choose! The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you left off. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical ...
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... you can browse menus on your television screen, giving you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of your home theater system! The Sony Guide to your favorite show that VCRs can't. Here's another show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. ...with your PC! The ability to download, store and play music is a device to convert this entertainment from a compatible PC to Home Theater 15 Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. In many...
... you can browse menus on your television screen, giving you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of your home theater system! The Sony Guide to your favorite show that VCRs can't. Here's another show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. ...with your PC! The ability to download, store and play music is a device to convert this entertainment from a compatible PC to Home Theater 15 Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. In many...
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... movies are also easy to Home Theater 16 And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. Two heads for SP speed and two for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802...
... movies are also easy to Home Theater 16 And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. Two heads for SP speed and two for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802...
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...If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. Until recently, all television had an aspect ratio of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to Home Theater 17 The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (...Many of the latest televisions offer the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (right). Many movies and an increasing number of television programs are high. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. This...
...If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. Until recently, all television had an aspect ratio of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to Home Theater 17 The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (...Many of the latest televisions offer the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (right). Many movies and an increasing number of television programs are high. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. This...
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... have for a television, the size of your preference. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal 7' 27" diagonal 8' 32" diagonal 9' 36" diagonal 10' 40" diagonal 11'...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 definition monitor" televisions with a larger screen than the one recommended here. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to Home Theater...
... have for a television, the size of your preference. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal 7' 27" diagonal 8' 32" diagonal 9' 36" diagonal 10' 40" diagonal 11'...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 definition monitor" televisions with a larger screen than the one recommended here. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to Home Theater...
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...Direct-view CRTs are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are larger than ever. The Sony Guide to ambient room light. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to interfere with the CRT electron guns. CRT televisions are blacker and ... do CRTs offer the lowest cost for each screen size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. Sony's largest is greater. Few CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to Home Theater 19
...Direct-view CRTs are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are larger than ever. The Sony Guide to ambient room light. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to interfere with the CRT electron guns. CRT televisions are blacker and ... do CRTs offer the lowest cost for each screen size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. Sony's largest is greater. Few CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to Home Theater 19