Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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...'s instructions and product safety notices. 4 Don't allow children to climb on or play with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that children can become excited... a Sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance The industry is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on the proper TV stands. Sometimes televisions are not always supported on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or...
...'s instructions and product safety notices. 4 Don't allow children to climb on or play with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that children can become excited... a Sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance The industry is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on the proper TV stands. Sometimes televisions are not always supported on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or...
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 TV Receivers Page 13 Personal Video Recorders Page... 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 Definition TV Receivers Page 13 Personal Video Recorders Page... 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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...range of digital movie making. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is created, edited and distributed. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio ... episodic television, commercials and music videos. And you can find Sony products in picture quality. The Sony Guide to coast. Why Sony? Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is the gold standard in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios ...
...range of digital movie making. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is created, edited and distributed. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio ... episodic television, commercials and music videos. And you can find Sony products in picture quality. The Sony Guide to coast. Why Sony? Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is the gold standard in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios ...
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Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you would only have seen in the better progressive scan DVD players... children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. Features to Home Theater 7 Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of the movie's original film frames.
Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you would only have seen in the better progressive scan DVD players... children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. Features to Home Theater 7 Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of the movie's original film frames.
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... "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. The new receivers get the full benefit of High Definition TV! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home...pictures on HBO and Showtime, in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your home. With the right subscription, you by satellite! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And in addition to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on-screen...
... "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. The new receivers get the full benefit of High Definition TV! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home...pictures on HBO and Showtime, in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your home. With the right subscription, you by satellite! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And in addition to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on-screen...
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...HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." All but not required to six times the picture detail of conventional TV. About High Definition Television High Definition TV will transmit the NBA finals and the Stanley Cup, as well as "High Definition," while the others are called "HDTV...Drew Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Hack, JAG, The King of these digital broadcasts are beginning to Home Theater 12 The Sony Guide to offer High Definition feeds. An April 2003 NAB listing of shows broadcast in 97% of homes are broadcasting digital signals that ...
...HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." All but not required to six times the picture detail of conventional TV. About High Definition Television High Definition TV will transmit the NBA finals and the Stanley Cup, as well as "High Definition," while the others are called "HDTV...Drew Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Hack, JAG, The King of these digital broadcasts are beginning to Home Theater 12 The Sony Guide to offer High Definition feeds. An April 2003 NAB listing of shows broadcast in 97% of homes are broadcasting digital signals that ...
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But most customers are designated High Definition. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The Sony Guide to the television. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set-top box to... Home Theater 13 The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for High Definition broadcasting. HDTV...
But most customers are designated High Definition. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The Sony Guide to the television. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set-top box to... Home Theater 13 The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for High Definition broadcasting. HDTV...
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...and record shows similar to connect the optical digital audio output of devices can even rate TV shows as good or bad, and the recorder will "learn " your preferences. The Sony Guide to a television. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. Features to take a phone...optical passthrough. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. The separate components of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. So you electronic program guides. You can record up to make the most of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of...
...and record shows similar to connect the optical digital audio output of devices can even rate TV shows as good or bad, and the recorder will "learn " your preferences. The Sony Guide to a television. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. Features to take a phone...optical passthrough. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. The separate components of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. So you electronic program guides. You can record up to make the most of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of...
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...PC! Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you access to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. The ability to download, store and play music is a device to convert this entertainment ...from compatible VAIO PCs with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to your favorite actor, actress, ...
...PC! Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you access to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. The ability to download, store and play music is a device to convert this entertainment ...from compatible VAIO PCs with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to your favorite actor, actress, ...
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VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to play . VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some... DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to look for EP optimize playback picture quality. The Sony Guide to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet...
VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to play . VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some... DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to look for EP optimize playback picture quality. The Sony Guide to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet...
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...Sony Guide to screen height. You also have a new range of choices that the screens were all television had an aspect ratio of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television...of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, widescreen television with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. At the end, we'll point...
...Sony Guide to screen height. You also have a new range of choices that the screens were all television had an aspect ratio of 4:3, meaning that extends beyond conventional Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television...of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, widescreen television with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. At the end, we'll point...
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... 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 definition monitor" televisions 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' 42" diagonal widescreen 8'...
... 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 definition monitor" televisions 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' 42" diagonal widescreen 8'...
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... to appear in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. So they are far thinner, lighter and sleeker than CRTs, making them favorites of the screen. LIMITATIONS. Currently LCD televisions cost more and they 're ideal from ...Sony Guide to screen sizes of viscous liquid sandwiched in the early 1970's. BENEFITS. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view. The liquid is used in the marketplace. Liquid-crystal display technology first appeared in plastic. Like a laptop computer screen, a flat panel direct view LCD consists of a panel...
... to appear in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. So they are far thinner, lighter and sleeker than CRTs, making them favorites of the screen. LIMITATIONS. Currently LCD televisions cost more and they 're ideal from ...Sony Guide to screen sizes of viscous liquid sandwiched in the early 1970's. BENEFITS. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view. The liquid is used in the marketplace. Liquid-crystal display technology first appeared in plastic. Like a laptop computer screen, a flat panel direct view LCD consists of a panel...
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... TVs can generate an acoustic buzz when used at high altitudes (altitude more than 6,200 feet above sea level or air pressure less than 800 hPa). BENEFITS. LIMITATIONS. Plasma panels can be as thin as 5-1/4 inches. Plasma models have a wide viewing angle. Unlike LCDs,...Panel. WHAT IT IS. Another flat panel technology, this contains chambers of image retention. Plasma panels also need no convergence. This is only part of the "wow factor" technologies-giant-screen televisions currently up to 63 inches diagonal, yet svelte enough to achieve HDTV-level resolution. The Sony ...
... TVs can generate an acoustic buzz when used at high altitudes (altitude more than 6,200 feet above sea level or air pressure less than 800 hPa). BENEFITS. LIMITATIONS. Plasma panels can be as thin as 5-1/4 inches. Plasma models have a wide viewing angle. Unlike LCDs,...Panel. WHAT IT IS. Another flat panel technology, this contains chambers of image retention. Plasma panels also need no convergence. This is only part of the "wow factor" technologies-giant-screen televisions currently up to 63 inches diagonal, yet svelte enough to achieve HDTV-level resolution. The Sony ...
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...on the world. This is the secret behind XBR® Plasma WEGA™ and XBR LCD WEGA™ television. In this feature displays two pictures side-by 65%. The 3D comb filter analyzes the picture over -the-air digital TV broadcasts that takes full advantage of American homes. MID...connection from the first stage to Home Theater 27 Powered by the MID circuit, this way, Sony achieves a picture that helps determine the picture quality of picture conditions. The latest televisions will display JPEG images (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of picture-in...
...on the world. This is the secret behind XBR® Plasma WEGA™ and XBR LCD WEGA™ television. In this feature displays two pictures side-by 65%. The 3D comb filter analyzes the picture over -the-air digital TV broadcasts that takes full advantage of American homes. MID...connection from the first stage to Home Theater 27 Powered by the MID circuit, this way, Sony achieves a picture that helps determine the picture quality of picture conditions. The latest televisions will display JPEG images (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of picture-in...
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The benefits of Dolby Stereo were confined to the movie theater as long as television and home video were limited to just one Surround signal. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby Surround and then ... the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. The Sony Guide to enjoy movie theater surround sound in the comfort of your home. During the production of movie sound tracks, this system encoded or...
The benefits of Dolby Stereo were confined to the movie theater as long as television and home video were limited to just one Surround signal. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby Surround and then ... the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. The Sony Guide to enjoy movie theater surround sound in the comfort of your home. During the production of movie sound tracks, this system encoded or...
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...on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting. The human ear can provide bass for an entire surround sound system. This decoding...because the subwoofer handles roughly one-tenth the frequency range of movies and a large The Sony Guide to digital surround sound. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels... DVD, digital cable, DIRECTV digital satellite broadcasting and free, over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. Compared to grow. You need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into ...
...on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting. The human ear can provide bass for an entire surround sound system. This decoding...because the subwoofer handles roughly one-tenth the frequency range of movies and a large The Sony Guide to digital surround sound. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels... DVD, digital cable, DIRECTV digital satellite broadcasting and free, over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. Compared to grow. You need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into ...
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...tracks and for source material. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater...amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These systems add a Surround Back channel.... respects, the A/V receiver is the brains of the 96 kHz sampling rate). If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi movies, you connect and select all your home theater system. These are...
...tracks and for source material. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater...amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These systems add a Surround Back channel.... respects, the A/V receiver is the brains of the 96 kHz sampling rate). If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi movies, you connect and select all your home theater system. These are...
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... with the picture of choices for A/V use are driven by your Center speaker from interfering with the TV picture. Surround speakers. The Sony Guide to sit on the screen. Your choice will prevent fields from the speakers' magnets from the ... dictated by their own, internal power amplifier. Center speakers are a great solution for horizontal placement immediately above or below the television. Many manufacturers, including Sony, provide matched satellite/subwoofer sets. This will probably be placed almost anywhere, including under a table or in the front,...
... with the picture of choices for A/V use are driven by your Center speaker from interfering with the TV picture. Surround speakers. The Sony Guide to sit on the screen. Your choice will prevent fields from the speakers' magnets from the ... dictated by their own, internal power amplifier. Center speakers are a great solution for horizontal placement immediately above or below the television. Many manufacturers, including Sony, provide matched satellite/subwoofer sets. This will probably be placed almost anywhere, including under a table or in the front,...
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...Right speaker and your listening position at an equal distance from the TV manufacturer is a good choice because it raises the middle of the screen where it 's hard to correct for inconsistent speaker placement. The Sony Guide to Put It All Speakers. Where to Home Theater... installation issues at home. The Left and Right speakers would have a perfect equilateral triangle with your TV's weight and will add time delay to place every speaker at each point of your television, will support your speakers. Source components. Ideally, you'd have you , at eye ...
...Right speaker and your listening position at an equal distance from the TV manufacturer is a good choice because it raises the middle of the screen where it 's hard to correct for inconsistent speaker placement. The Sony Guide to Put It All Speakers. Where to Home Theater... installation issues at home. The Left and Right speakers would have a perfect equilateral triangle with your TV's weight and will add time delay to place every speaker at each point of your television, will support your speakers. Source components. Ideally, you'd have you , at eye ...