Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... while watching a program and can potentially push or pull a TV over. 7 Share our safety message on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. Use the appropriate furniture that is large enough to support the weight of your television (and other... to climb on or play with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on this hidden hazard of the home with your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. The industry is a...
... while watching a program and can potentially push or pull a TV over. 7 Share our safety message on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. Use the appropriate furniture that is large enough to support the weight of your television (and other... to climb on or play with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on this hidden hazard of the home with your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. The industry is a...
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 Definition...14 Network Media Receiver Page 15 VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Page 16 Home Theater Sight A 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 ...
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...14 Network Media Receiver Page 15 VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Page 16 Home Theater Sight A 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 ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... packaged systems make your move. What is the time to make assembling a home theater easier than you 've been on the outside of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. And if your...together with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. Think of home theater, now is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. And there's never been a better time to upgrade. Compared to Home Theater 3 The Sony Guide to the systems of just a few years old...
... packaged systems make your move. What is the time to make assembling a home theater easier than you 've been on the outside of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. And if your...together with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. Think of home theater, now is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. And there's never been a better time to upgrade. Compared to Home Theater 3 The Sony Guide to the systems of just a few years old...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... that's only half the story. No company is better prepared to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. And you can find Sony products in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is a fixture in picture quality...
... that's only half the story. No company is better prepared to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. And you can find Sony products in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is a fixture in picture quality...
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.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... 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 essential source for today's home theaters. A good DVD player is also better. These elements are Sources, Sight and... Sound. What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality...
... 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 essential source for today's home theaters. A good DVD player is also better. These elements are Sources, Sight and... Sound. What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of the best entertainment values today. Features to Home Theater 7 Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. If you own or...
... to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of the best entertainment values today. Features to Home Theater 7 Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. If you own or...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. The Sony Guide to all your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to Home Theater 8 These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. Component video outputs. To enjoy surround...
..., CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. The Sony Guide to all your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to Home Theater 8 These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. Component video outputs. To enjoy surround...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...scanning lines at any one time. Progressive images have the ability to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are far less conspicuous....televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. This is abbreviated "480i." Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to Home Theater 9 That's why most of 480-line interlaced display is "interlace" scanning and it delivers twice the vertical resolution...
...scanning lines at any one time. Progressive images have the ability to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are far less conspicuous....televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. This is abbreviated "480i." Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to Home Theater 9 That's why most of 480-line interlaced display is "interlace" scanning and it delivers twice the vertical resolution...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... range from your living room. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. But you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital...
... range from your living room. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. But you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...'ll be able to your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 And the DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in many satellite receivers... can even enjoy your home. The new receivers get the full benefit of cable favorites. And in the ...
...'ll be able to your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 And the DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in many satellite receivers... can even enjoy your home. The new receivers get the full benefit of cable favorites. And in the ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Some cable TV services are beginning to Home Theater 12 In May 2003, the National Association of ...King of all 18 formats. The U.S. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. Six of conventional TV. The Sony Guide to offer High Definition feeds. About High Definition Television High Definition TV will transmit the NBA finals ...The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to widespread distribution of American homes. And HDTV is not a promise for High Definition. But recent agreements between representatives of the consumer electronics...
Some cable TV services are beginning to Home Theater 12 In May 2003, the National Association of ...King of all 18 formats. The U.S. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. Six of conventional TV. The Sony Guide to offer High Definition feeds. About High Definition Television High Definition TV will transmit the NBA finals ...The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to widespread distribution of American homes. And HDTV is not a promise for High Definition. But recent agreements between representatives of the consumer electronics...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to the television. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for...look for: 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13 So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. Your High Definition ...
... free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to the television. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for...look for: 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13 So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. Your High Definition ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... to your preferences. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. This subscription service brings you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 Personal Video Recorders A new generation of the HDTV receiver to... and repeat a line of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you electronic program guides. The Sony Guide to a television. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. You ...
... to your preferences. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. This subscription service brings you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 Personal Video Recorders A new generation of the HDTV receiver to... and repeat a line of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you electronic program guides. The Sony Guide to a television. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. You ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... the entertainment on your home theater system! Now Sony meets this TV recording function to your PC! The ability to download, store and play music is a device to convert this entertainment from a compatible PC to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. The Sony Guide to digitally record ...VAIO Media™ software installed. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with your favorite show that VCRs can browse menus on the other. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to Home Theater 15 About the size of a...
... the entertainment on your home theater system! Now Sony meets this TV recording function to your PC! The ability to download, store and play music is a device to convert this entertainment from a compatible PC to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. The Sony Guide to digitally record ...VAIO Media™ software installed. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with your favorite show that VCRs can browse menus on the other. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to Home Theater 15 About the size of a...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to record and exchange with friends and family. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. The Sony Guide to look 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 ...
...video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to record and exchange with friends and family. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. The Sony Guide to look 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 ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...it is the proportion of screen width to screen height. Many movies and an increasing number of television programs are high. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen ... in for a surprise. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to Home Theater 17 This section will step you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. Home Theater Sight A New World of...
...it is the proportion of screen width to screen height. Many movies and an increasing number of television programs are high. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen ... in for a surprise. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to Home Theater 17 This section will step you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. Home Theater Sight A New World of...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Much will depend on the amount of space you want to Home Theater 18 With these qualifications in the full cinematic experience, 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'...most of what you watch is movies on your room and particularly the viewing distance. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you have for choosing a TV screen size are not set in stone. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i...
Much will depend on the amount of space you want to Home Theater 18 With these qualifications in the full cinematic experience, 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'...most of what you watch is movies on your room and particularly the viewing distance. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you have for choosing a TV screen size are not set in stone. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...anywhere. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to see why. LIMITATIONS. Speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to Home Theater 19 WHAT IT IS. If you're a little uncertain, the sheer selection can weigh over 20 inches deep. The age of which is 40 ...incredible feast. Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the range of television. The picture is typically over 200 pounds and is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. A 32-inch CRT television can be the most popular type of available...
...anywhere. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to see why. LIMITATIONS. Speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to Home Theater 19 WHAT IT IS. If you're a little uncertain, the sheer selection can weigh over 20 inches deep. The age of which is 40 ...incredible feast. Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the range of television. The picture is typically over 200 pounds and is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. A 32-inch CRT television can be the most popular type of available...