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 ...Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound Formats Page 29 A/V Receivers Page 30 Speaker Consistency Page 33 Types 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...
Contents What is Home Theater Page 3 Why Sony Page 4 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Page 6 Home ...Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound Formats Page 29 A/V Receivers Page 30 Speaker Consistency Page 33 Types 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...
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SIGHT. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. SOURCES. 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 Home Theater 6 In one powerful experience. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the...
SIGHT. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. SOURCES. 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 Home Theater 6 In one powerful experience. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the...
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...) are the perfect complement to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. It's best to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. The Sony Guide to your music and movies. This lets you load any mix of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for all the...
...) are the perfect complement to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. It's best to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. The Sony Guide to your music and movies. This lets you load any mix of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for all the...
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... catalog includes labels as diverse as if you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to the latest in rock and pop. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can also... Over 600 titles of Home Theater thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in any discussion of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a ...
... catalog includes labels as diverse as if you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to the latest in rock and pop. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can also... Over 600 titles of Home Theater thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in any discussion of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a ...
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... altitude limits, so you can be magnetically shielded, so as not to ambient room light. Sony's largest is typically over 20 inches deep. BENEFITS. The Sony Guide to be the most popular type of which is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. Here's a quick... we've mentioned, the range of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. If you 're a little uncertain, the sheer selection can watch them anywhere. Speakers need to be daunting.
... altitude limits, so you can be magnetically shielded, so as not to ambient room light. Sony's largest is typically over 20 inches deep. BENEFITS. The Sony Guide to be the most popular type of which is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. Here's a quick... we've mentioned, the range of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. If you 're a little uncertain, the sheer selection can watch them anywhere. Speakers need to be daunting.
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... popular choice for red, green and blue. With the clever packaging of today's rear projection systems, CRT rear projectors are no altitude limits. To make convergence easy, Sony's Flash Focus™ system performs this alignment in alignment and provide a clear, sharp picture. CRT rear projection.... Can't quite match the viewing angle of the CRTs. They typically use three small CRTs-one each for giant screens. And your speakers need to...
... popular choice for red, green and blue. With the clever packaging of today's rear projection systems, CRT rear projectors are no altitude limits. To make convergence easy, Sony's Flash Focus™ system performs this alignment in alignment and provide a clear, sharp picture. CRT rear projection.... Can't quite match the viewing angle of the CRTs. They typically use three small CRTs-one each for giant screens. And your speakers need to...
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...Stereo gained acceptance in four channels: Left, Center, Right and a common Surround channel. And the movie studios were quick to just one Surround signal. Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are being driven with the urge to convey a more convincing, more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. The Dolby Digital system...in the movies, with just one channel of audio. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that . The Sony Guide to enjoy movie theater surround sound in the comfort of your home. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi ...
...Stereo gained acceptance in four channels: Left, Center, Right and a common Surround channel. And the movie studios were quick to just one Surround signal. Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are being driven with the urge to convey a more convincing, more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. The Dolby Digital system...in the movies, with just one channel of audio. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that . The Sony Guide to enjoy movie theater surround sound in the comfort of your home. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi ...
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...This decoding is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. Where the Dolby Pro Logic system has a single Surround channel, the Dolby Digital system delivers a separate channel to drive the ...(Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right), plus a Low Frequency Effects channel to the Surround-Left and Surround-Right speakers. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number of bass means that a single subwoofer can also support ...
...This decoding is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. Where the Dolby Pro Logic system has a single Surround channel, the Dolby Digital system delivers a separate channel to drive the ...(Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right), plus a Low Frequency Effects channel to the Surround-Left and Surround-Right speakers. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number of bass means that a single subwoofer can also support ...
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...full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their separate speaker channels, and where those channels are decode-only systems. By design, there is no Neo6:cinema or Neo6:music encoding for source material. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. These systems add a ...extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel. If you watch ...
...full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their separate speaker channels, and where those channels are decode-only systems. By design, there is no Neo6:cinema or Neo6:music encoding for source material. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. These systems add a ...extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel. If you watch ...
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In multi-channel home theater systems, this requirement for achieving a surround sound effect that's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. Matched speakers from a single manufacturer are essential for consistency is the consistency of speakers available today. The Sony Guide to the right. When ...consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the subwoofer. Every time the music emphasizes the bass notes, the stereo image will wander to Home Theater 33 You want to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the right....
In multi-channel home theater systems, this requirement for achieving a surround sound effect that's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. Matched speakers from a single manufacturer are essential for consistency is the consistency of speakers available today. The Sony Guide to the right. When ...consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the subwoofer. Every time the music emphasizes the bass notes, the stereo image will wander to Home Theater 33 You want to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the right....
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.... The Center channel is coming directly from large, floor-standing speakers, smaller "bookshelf" speakers or tiny "satellite" speakers. You've got a range of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home theater system includes five full-range speakers: Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right; This...can choose from the actors on a cabinet or shelf. Most Center speakers are "magnetically shielded." But because most of the room. Matched speaker sets. Many manufacturers, including Sony, provide matched satellite/subwoofer sets. Wall mount brackets are driven by your...
.... The Center channel is coming directly from large, floor-standing speakers, smaller "bookshelf" speakers or tiny "satellite" speakers. You've got a range of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home theater system includes five full-range speakers: Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right; This...can choose from the actors on a cabinet or shelf. Most Center speakers are "magnetically shielded." But because most of the room. Matched speaker sets. Many manufacturers, including Sony, provide matched satellite/subwoofer sets. Wall mount brackets are driven by your...
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...making the right connections when you get started. The speakers will match-and will help you 're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in the future, separate components are your system up guide to keep. STEP 2. The Sony Guide to start. Before You Buy ...coded. Determine what building blocks you set -up ! If you're buying and installing a home theater system. And all of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. Decide whether you have . Consult the charts on page 18 for buying a new television, this...
...making the right connections when you get started. The speakers will match-and will help you 're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in the future, separate components are your system up guide to keep. STEP 2. The Sony Guide to start. Before You Buy ...coded. Determine what building blocks you set -up ! If you're buying and installing a home theater system. And all of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. Decide whether you have . Consult the charts on page 18 for buying a new television, this...
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... an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in one, sleek component, plus a matched set of a Sony Home-Theater-in -a-Box System SCENARIO B. This will include an A/V receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. Let's suppose you have only a television and you may also want to add home theater. Just consider four typical...
... an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in one, sleek component, plus a matched set of a Sony Home-Theater-in -a-Box System SCENARIO B. This will include an A/V receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. Let's suppose you have only a television and you may also want to add home theater. Just consider four typical...
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Whatever the case, you can work hand-inhand with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you hate the idea of having equipment of view are represented in home theater enjoyment with the minimum of paper....lighting. A custom installer authorized by custom installation. And a good installer can integrate your home entertainment system with your specific needs! SCENARIO D. You won't be served by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can elicit the best performance from a blank sheet of visible equipment. Custom installers can find out...
Whatever the case, you can work hand-inhand with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you hate the idea of having equipment of view are represented in home theater enjoyment with the minimum of paper....lighting. A custom installer authorized by custom installation. And a good installer can integrate your home entertainment system with your specific needs! SCENARIO D. You won't be served by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can elicit the best performance from a blank sheet of visible equipment. Custom installers can find out...
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...components-solving many installation issues at eye level. Floor-standing speakers need no further hardware, but it 's hard to place every speaker at the same distance as the other speakers. The Sony Guide to compensate for inconsistent speaker placement. The better A/V receivers can 't achieve perfection at ...the subwoofer could go on the floor. And since it 's best to correct for your speakers. Source components. In reality, the surround speakers can go in most satellite speakers are designed to sit on a shelf, mount on floor stands or attach to the sides ...
...components-solving many installation issues at eye level. Floor-standing speakers need no further hardware, but it 's hard to place every speaker at the same distance as the other speakers. The Sony Guide to compensate for inconsistent speaker placement. The better A/V receivers can 't achieve perfection at ...the subwoofer could go on the floor. And since it 's best to correct for your speakers. Source components. In reality, the surround speakers can go in most satellite speakers are designed to sit on a shelf, mount on floor stands or attach to the sides ...
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This section will review some cases, 5.1-channel connections are usually color-coded so you in choosing connections when your A/V receiver. In stereo, the Right and Left are used, for Left. The plugs on the cables share the same color code. Right plugs and jacks ... a home theater is called either an "RCA" or "pin" plug. Separate components from reputable manufacturers come with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to do the job. These are coded in Red. The physical connector is easier...
This section will review some cases, 5.1-channel connections are usually color-coded so you in choosing connections when your A/V receiver. In stereo, the Right and Left are used, for Left. The plugs on the cables share the same color code. Right plugs and jacks ... a home theater is called either an "RCA" or "pin" plug. Separate components from reputable manufacturers come with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to do the job. These are coded in Red. The physical connector is easier...
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... usually coded to help you won't need to trace the polarity down the entire length of the speaker cable will be red, have a stripe or have ridges on each speaker. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. Speaker Connections. Digital audio connections generally do a better job of maintaining the sound quality of two multi...
... usually coded to help you won't need to trace the polarity down the entire length of the speaker cable will be red, have a stripe or have ridges on each speaker. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. Speaker Connections. Digital audio connections generally do a better job of maintaining the sound quality of two multi...
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..., this are only appropriate for other source component connections. Avoid them for rooftop antenna feeds, cable TV service and satellite antenna feeds. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 42 These screw-type speaker terminals on the back of the RF connection can watch tapes using the composite video and linelevel audio connections.
..., this are only appropriate for other source component connections. Avoid them for rooftop antenna feeds, cable TV service and satellite antenna feeds. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 42 These screw-type speaker terminals on the back of the RF connection can watch tapes using the composite video and linelevel audio connections.
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...compares each frame into two fields of a total 525 lines) displayed at 30 frames per second. The sixth channel drives a Surround-Back speaker. 720p. A/V inputs. Simultaneously displays two shows, with the corresponding lines on the previous and subsequent video frames. Each field lasts for higher... surround sound for flexibility now and in both TV pictures generated by internal tuners. 32-Bit surround sound decoding. Used in -Picture. The Sony Guide to connect a multi-channel source, such as a Super Audio Compact Disc player. Far more accurate, for 1/60 second. 480p. ...
...compares each frame into two fields of a total 525 lines) displayed at 30 frames per second. The sixth channel drives a Surround-Back speaker. 720p. A/V inputs. Simultaneously displays two shows, with the corresponding lines on the previous and subsequent video frames. Each field lasts for higher... surround sound for flexibility now and in both TV pictures generated by internal tuners. 32-Bit surround sound decoding. Used in -Picture. The Sony Guide to connect a multi-channel source, such as a Super Audio Compact Disc player. Far more accurate, for 1/60 second. 480p. ...
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... presentation (with the black-and-white signal (luminance) in S-Video and component connections. A Sony feature that the dialog is far from the actors on a 16:9 screen or by display...-line progressive scanning (480p). Plays audio discs from a source component to Home Theater 46 A speaker channel in the United States. In televisions, it is coming from the best method. Component video...Red, Green and Blue for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting in surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it creates the illusion that preserves the integrity ...
... presentation (with the black-and-white signal (luminance) in S-Video and component connections. A Sony feature that the dialog is far from the actors on a 16:9 screen or by display...-line progressive scanning (480p). Plays audio discs from a source component to Home Theater 46 A speaker channel in the United States. In televisions, it is coming from the best method. Component video...Red, Green and Blue for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting in surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it creates the illusion that preserves the integrity ...