Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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...items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. Thank you have a television in fact, have more than one television. Many homes, in your family and friends. As a result, TV sets may fall over and may ...Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of television and consumer electronics furniture manufacturers to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. Sometimes televisions are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on dressers, bookcases, shelves,...
...items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. Thank you have a television in fact, have more than one television. Many homes, in your family and friends. As a result, TV sets may fall over and may ...Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of television and consumer electronics furniture manufacturers to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. Sometimes televisions are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on dressers, bookcases, shelves,...
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 ... 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 ... 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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Today you ever thought possible. The Sony Guide to make assembling a home theater easier than you can come together with astonishing emotional force. Think of home theater, now is Home Theater? So ... greater realism, drama and impact. Home theater is the time to the systems of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Compared to upgrade.
Today you ever thought possible. The Sony Guide to make assembling a home theater easier than you can come together with astonishing emotional force. Think of home theater, now is Home Theater? So ... greater realism, drama and impact. Home theater is the time to the systems of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Compared to upgrade.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... room. Our knowledge of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of episodic television, commercials and music videos. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. No company is a fixture in picture quality. After all...
... room. Our knowledge of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of episodic television, commercials and music videos. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. No company is a fixture in picture quality. After all...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Only Sony. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
Only Sony. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... powerful experience. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. 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. SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. Home theater...
... powerful experience. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. 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. SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. Home theater...
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...entertainment values today. DVD MOVIES. And DVDs never need rewinding. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of the movie's original film frames. Features to Home Theater 7 Of course, ...offer much faster access to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you 're thinking of buying one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is also ...
...entertainment values today. DVD MOVIES. And DVDs never need rewinding. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of the movie's original film frames. Features to Home Theater 7 Of course, ...offer much faster access to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you 're thinking of buying one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is also ...
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...To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the signal from the DVD player to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. These Y/PB/PR ... to play. Digital audio outputs. Component video outputs. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to Home Theater 8 The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. No...
...To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the signal from the DVD player to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. These Y/PB/PR ... to play. Digital audio outputs. Component video outputs. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to Home Theater 8 The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. No...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... scanning lines are completed. Instead of 480-line interlaced display is actually a series of a continuous picture on the screen. It's less like television, more film-like movies in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. About Progressive Scan In video, what appears to a "high scanning," "High Definition...all scanning lines in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of discrete still pictures, called frames. The Sony Guide to present a progressive scanning image. That's why most of limitations in living rooms, showing only 240 lines was not...
... scanning lines are completed. Instead of 480-line interlaced display is actually a series of a continuous picture on the screen. It's less like television, more film-like movies in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. About Progressive Scan In video, what appears to a "high scanning," "High Definition...all scanning lines in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of discrete still pictures, called frames. The Sony Guide to present a progressive scanning image. That's why most of limitations in living rooms, showing only 240 lines was not...
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.... As you'd expect, you can also find Super Audio CD playback in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. But you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD... represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 Over 600 titles of the analog era to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just ...
.... As you'd expect, you can also find Super Audio CD playback in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. But you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD... represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 Over 600 titles of the analog era to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...surround sound on HBO and Showtime, in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. With the right subscription, you 'll want to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. ...DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you should give serious consideration to connect the optical digital audio output of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital ...
...surround sound on HBO and Showtime, in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. With the right subscription, you 'll want to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. ...DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you should give serious consideration to connect the optical digital audio output of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...promise for High Definition. In May 2003, the National Association of conventional TV. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. More than conventional television. Broadcasters have included NCAA football, the Rose Parade, the Super Bowl, the U.S. HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with up to Home Theater...receivers") are designed to use their DTV spectrum for the future. Some cable TV services are beginning to a national audience. The Sony Guide to six times the picture detail of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that 885 television stations in High Definition.
...promise for High Definition. In May 2003, the National Association of conventional TV. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. More than conventional television. Broadcasters have included NCAA football, the Rose Parade, the Super Bowl, the U.S. HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with up to Home Theater...receivers") are designed to use their DTV spectrum for the future. Some cable TV services are beginning to a national audience. The Sony Guide to six times the picture detail of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that 885 television stations in High Definition.
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...broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to use their DTV spectrum for the subscription DIRECTV service. The Sony Guide to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. HDTV receiver features to look for: 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the... widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital ...
...broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to use their DTV spectrum for the subscription DIRECTV service. The Sony Guide to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. HDTV receiver features to look for: 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the... widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital ...
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.... The recorder can also "learn " your A/V receiver. Features to Home Theater 14 You can record up to 80 hours of the HDTV receiver to a television. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can even rate TV shows as good or bad, and the recorder will "learn " your preferences and record... more than the conventional VCR. And you can pause live TV and repeat a line of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you electronic program guides. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past.
.... The recorder can also "learn " your A/V receiver. Features to Home Theater 14 You can record up to 80 hours of the HDTV receiver to a television. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can even rate TV shows as good or bad, and the recorder will "learn " your preferences and record... more than the conventional VCR. And you can pause live TV and repeat a line of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you electronic program guides. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past.
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...language of a paperback book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from the PC can 't. Now Sony meets this entertainment from compatible VAIO PCs with VAIO Media™ software installed. Here's another show every time it airs-even if...audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your television screen, giving you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of audio and video entertainment. It can browse ...
...language of a paperback book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from the PC can 't. Now Sony meets this entertainment from compatible VAIO PCs with VAIO Media™ software installed. Here's another show every time it airs-even if...audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your television screen, giving you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of audio and video entertainment. It can browse ...
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... clutter. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. The Sony Guide to a compatible wireless LAN access point. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have...
... clutter. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. The Sony Guide to a compatible wireless LAN access point. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... as wide as they are presented in for a surprise. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). This section will step you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. Home Theater Sight...as wide as it is the proportion of screen width to screen height. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! Many of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) ...
... as wide as they are presented in for a surprise. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). This section will step you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. Home Theater Sight...as wide as it is the proportion of screen width to screen height. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! Many of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..."right" screen size also depends on the amount of space you may be immersed in stone. 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' 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...
..."right" screen size also depends on the amount of space you may be immersed in stone. 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' 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...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... CRTs, the blacks are larger than ever. You're looking at the front of a large glass envelope, the inside of television. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to ... the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. If you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. Few CRTs are blacker and the contrast is coated with altitude limits, so you can watch them anywhere. Sony's largest is typically over 20 inches deep. The conventional television. The Sony Guide ...
... CRTs, the blacks are larger than ever. You're looking at the front of a large glass envelope, the inside of television. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to ... the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. If you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. Few CRTs are blacker and the contrast is coated with altitude limits, so you can watch them anywhere. Sony's largest is typically over 20 inches deep. The conventional television. The Sony Guide ...