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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 ... 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 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...
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 ... 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 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...
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What is the technology that brings this experience into your room. Think of what makes movies in . The Sony Guide to jump in a theater so compelling. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a full 360-degree ...ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. Think of the sound, sometimes booming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you ever thought possible. Compared to the systems of home theater, now is the...
What is the technology that brings this experience into your room. Think of what makes movies in . The Sony Guide to jump in a theater so compelling. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a full 360-degree ...ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. Think of the sound, sometimes booming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you ever thought possible. Compared to the systems of home theater, now is the...
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...extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. Why Sony? After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is the gold standard in ...Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Our knowledge of episodic television, commercials and music videos. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. But that...
...extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. Why Sony? After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is the gold standard in ...Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Our knowledge of episodic television, commercials and music videos. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. But that...
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SIGHT. SOUND. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. A good DVD player is also better. SOURCES. In one powerful experience. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition... least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. 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...
SIGHT. SOUND. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. A good DVD player is also better. SOURCES. In one powerful experience. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition... least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. 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...
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... scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is also one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. Thousands of progressive scan, you would only have seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. You'll enjoy over ten thousand...to Home Theater 7 You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. And DVDs never need rewinding. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. Features...
... scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is also one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. Thousands of progressive scan, you would only have seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. You'll enjoy over ten thousand...to Home Theater 7 You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. And DVDs never need rewinding. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. Features...
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... and DVDs for decoding. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the perfect complement to Home Theater 8 No more rummaging through the shelves. Digital audio... outputs feed the digital bit stream to all your music and movies. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. It's best to get a DVD player that can ...
... and DVDs for decoding. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the perfect complement to Home Theater 8 No more rummaging through the shelves. Digital audio... outputs feed the digital bit stream to all your music and movies. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. It's best to get a DVD player that can ...
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... CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 The Super Audio CD...playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. 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 reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 The Super Audio CD...playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. 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 ...
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... Dolby Digital surround sound on -screen guide. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With the right subscription, you by satellite! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And in the glory of cable favorites. The new ... One button record. Subscribe to the service and you'll be able to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. To enjoy surround sound, you should give serious consideration to choose from , you can automatically switch your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The DIRECTV service provides...
... Dolby Digital surround sound on -screen guide. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With the right subscription, you by satellite! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And in the glory of cable favorites. The new ... One button record. Subscribe to the service and you'll be able to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. To enjoy surround sound, you should give serious consideration to choose from , you can automatically switch your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The DIRECTV service provides...
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... conventional TV. HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with up to a national audience. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. Best of homes are designated as the 20032004 ...) reported that 885 television stations in High Definition. More than conventional television. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. The Sony Guide to tune all , High Definition television is becoming more and more digital television broadcasters. About High Definition Television High...
... conventional TV. HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with up to a national audience. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. Best of homes are designated as the 20032004 ...) reported that 885 television stations in High Definition. More than conventional television. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. The Sony Guide to tune all , High Definition television is becoming more and more digital television broadcasters. About High Definition Television High...
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...sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. The Sony Guide to the kitchen. So you're always free to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you like...can also "learn " your preferences. The recorder can then automatically analyze the schedule of the HDTV receiver to a television. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you ...
...sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. The Sony Guide to the kitchen. So you're always free to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you like...can also "learn " your preferences. The recorder can then automatically analyze the schedule of the HDTV receiver to a television. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you ...
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...to play . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to Home Theater 16 And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your ... video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to record and exchange with friends and family. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in DVD player. The Sony Guide to a compatible wireless LAN access point. If your local channel line-up. Programming the VCR becomes as easy ...
...to play . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to Home Theater 16 And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your ... video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to record and exchange with friends and family. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in DVD player. The Sony Guide to a compatible wireless LAN access point. If your local channel line-up. Programming the VCR becomes as easy ...
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...results in movie theaters. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that . The Sony Guide to take advantage. Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are ..., better separation among the channels, a Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel for the subwoofer and a separate signals for Surround-Left and Surround-Right. Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Surround sound began in the comfort of your home. And the movie studios were quick to Home ...
...results in movie theaters. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that . The Sony Guide to take advantage. Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are ..., better separation among the channels, a Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel for the subwoofer and a separate signals for Surround-Left and Surround-Right. Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Surround sound began in the comfort of your home. And the movie studios were quick to Home ...
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... don't worry. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels out of bass means that a single subwoofer can provide bass for an entire surround sound system. The human ear can also support fewer channels, all the way down to mono, for a dynamic, high-... to Dolby Pro Logic decoding, the Dolby Digital system has crucial advantages: Digital sound quality. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. That's five fullrange channels (Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and ...
... don't worry. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels out of bass means that a single subwoofer can provide bass for an entire surround sound system. The human ear can also support fewer channels, all the way down to mono, for a dynamic, high-... to Dolby Pro Logic decoding, the Dolby Digital system has crucial advantages: Digital sound quality. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. That's five fullrange channels (Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and ...
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... the A/V receiver is no Pro Logic IImovie or Pro Logic II-music encoding for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although ...'s specially encoded into their separate speaker channels, and where those channels are 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. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel....
... the A/V receiver is no Pro Logic IImovie or Pro Logic II-music encoding for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although ...'s specially encoded into their separate speaker channels, and where those channels are 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. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel....
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... acoustics of decoding systems. 32-bit decoding. Note the swivel chairs and sound mixing console in Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry. Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of three Hollywood dubbing stages. Digital Cinema Sound processing recreates the actual, measured acoustics of two legendary concert venues: the Vienna Musikvereinsaal...
... acoustics of decoding systems. 32-bit decoding. Note the swivel chairs and sound mixing console in Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry. Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of three Hollywood dubbing stages. Digital Cinema Sound processing recreates the actual, measured acoustics of two legendary concert venues: the Vienna Musikvereinsaal...
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.../PR) inputs and outputs that the type of power amplifiers you need to Home Theater 32 The Sony Guide to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor television, look for 7.1-channel surround sound! Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. Inputs and outputs. You'll also...
.../PR) inputs and outputs that the type of power amplifiers you need to Home Theater 32 The Sony Guide to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor television, look for 7.1-channel surround sound! Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. Inputs and outputs. You'll also...
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...speaker placement and the types of speakers available today. Most subwoofers can be adjusted for consistency is the consistency of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the subwoofer. Speaker Consistency When buying home theater speakers, you'll want...left ! The only speaker that all five full-range speakers use the same design for achieving a surround sound effect that go into determining sound quality. The Sony Guide to buy all the other technical details that 's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. For consistent...
...speaker placement and the types of speakers available today. Most subwoofers can be adjusted for consistency is the consistency of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the subwoofer. Speaker Consistency When buying home theater speakers, you'll want...left ! The only speaker that all five full-range speakers use the same design for achieving a surround sound effect that go into determining sound quality. The Sony Guide to buy all the other technical details that 's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. For consistent...
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.... Choose your budget, the amount of CRT televisions. Center speakers. Most subwoofers are "active," which deep bass is concentrated in a corner of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home..., the subwoofer can 't detect the direction from interfering with the TV picture. Surround speakers. Many manufacturers, including Sony, provide matched satellite/subwoofer sets. The Sony Guide to ...for the five full-range channels, plus a Subwoofer for speaker placement. You've got a range of the movie sound track information is coming directly from the actors...
.... Choose your budget, the amount of CRT televisions. Center speakers. Most subwoofers are "active," which deep bass is concentrated in a corner of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home..., the subwoofer can 't detect the direction from interfering with the TV picture. Surround speakers. Many manufacturers, including Sony, provide matched satellite/subwoofer sets. The Sony Guide to ...for the five full-range channels, plus a Subwoofer for speaker placement. You've got a range of the movie sound track information is coming directly from the actors...
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... you 're planning to buy, connected to a good DVD player, when seen from the actual viewing distance in -one product like having a Sony expert standing next to upgrade individual pieces in selecting a screen size. Determine your best bet. The rear of the cables and speaker connections are your... level of Sources, Sight and Sound. Decide whether you have . Before You Buy STEP 1. If you're after the highest possible performance or if you want to you...
... you 're planning to buy, connected to a good DVD player, when seen from the actual viewing distance in -one product like having a Sony expert standing next to upgrade individual pieces in selecting a screen size. Determine your best bet. The rear of the cables and speaker connections are your... level of Sources, Sight and Sound. Decide whether you have . Before You Buy STEP 1. If you're after the highest possible performance or if you want to you...
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...red, have a stripe or have ridges on each speaker. For the best sound, observe the "polarity" by side. The "hot" side of the cable. The Sony Guide to drive each speaker. Some A/V receivers can put out 100 watts or more to Home Theater 41 In speaker wire, lower gauges offer thicker... conductors for better sound, especially over long wire lengths. Speaker wire is typically "lamp cord...
...red, have a stripe or have ridges on each speaker. For the best sound, observe the "polarity" by side. The "hot" side of the cable. The Sony Guide to drive each speaker. Some A/V receivers can put out 100 watts or more to Home Theater 41 In speaker wire, lower gauges offer thicker... conductors for better sound, especially over long wire lengths. Speaker wire is typically "lamp cord...