The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... 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 ... 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 Page 35 How to Buy...
... 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 ... 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 Page 35 How to Buy...
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..., including Compact Disc and DVD. Our knowledge of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA...
..., including Compact Disc and DVD. Our knowledge of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA...
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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. What You'll ... thousand movies available on DVD! A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. 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. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. In one powerful experience. SOUND. SOURCES. To reproduce the full impact of surround...
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. What You'll ... thousand movies available on DVD! A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. 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. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. In one powerful experience. SOUND. SOURCES. To reproduce the full impact of surround...
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... Super Audio CDs are the best way to convey the full quality of the signal from the DVD player to all other players. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver for all your music and movies. These Y/PB/PR outputs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding.... No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. This lets you 'll want to your A/V receiver. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to play. Digital audio outputs. To enjoy surround sound, you load any mix of the DVD...
... Super Audio CDs are the best way to convey the full quality of the signal from the DVD player to all other players. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver for all your music and movies. These Y/PB/PR outputs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding.... No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. This lets you 'll want to your A/V receiver. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to play. Digital audio outputs. To enjoy surround sound, you load any mix of the DVD...
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..., college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on -screen guide. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you 'll be able to connect the optical digital audio output of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. ...131; Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With the ...
..., college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on -screen guide. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you 'll be able to connect the optical digital audio output of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. ...131; Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With the ...
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...in High Definition. In May 2003, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that 885 television stations in HDTV. The Sony Guide to a national audience. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12...Standard Definition." This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. More than conventional television...
...in High Definition. In May 2003, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that 885 television stations in HDTV. The Sony Guide to a national audience. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12...Standard Definition." This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. More than conventional television...
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...can choose a television with full picture quality. But most customers are designated High Definition. The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition broadcasting. HDTV receiver features to look for the subscription DIRECTV service. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required ...broadcasters to Home Theater 13 High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for : 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High ...
...can choose a television with full picture quality. But most customers are designated High Definition. The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition broadcasting. HDTV receiver features to look for the subscription DIRECTV service. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required ...broadcasters to Home Theater 13 High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for : 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High ...
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... hard disk drive. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. Features to Home Theater 14 So you choose! You can also "learn " your A/V receiver. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you 're always free to a television. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital...
... hard disk drive. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. Features to Home Theater 14 So you choose! You can also "learn " your A/V receiver. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you 're always free to a television. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital...
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... to download, store and play music is a device to convert this entertainment from compatible VAIO PCs with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. Here's another show that VCRs can...onto the PC hard drive. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. About the size of audio and video entertainment. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your favorite actor, actress, ...
... to download, store and play music is a device to convert this entertainment from compatible VAIO PCs with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. Here's another show that VCRs can...onto the PC hard drive. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. About the size of audio and video entertainment. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your favorite actor, actress, ...
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... yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. Some movies are also easy to a compatible wireless LAN access point. An .... A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 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 remote control clutter. This produces surround...
... yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. Some movies are also easy to a compatible wireless LAN access point. An .... A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 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 remote control clutter. This produces surround...
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...interlaced scanning lines (480i). They also accept the 480 progressive scanning lines (480p) from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. Even though the picture resolution does not change, you get pictures with their High Definition digital equivalents, DRC ...doubles the number of scanning lines and doubles the number of any object that they can sometimes occur when movie film, which is dramatic, especially in Sony...
...interlaced scanning lines (480i). They also accept the 480 progressive scanning lines (480p) from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. Even though the picture resolution does not change, you get pictures with their High Definition digital equivalents, DRC ...doubles the number of scanning lines and doubles the number of any object that they can sometimes occur when movie film, which is dramatic, especially in Sony...
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...available to 97% of High Definition source material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from a DVD player or satellite receiver. You can even display a High Definition source side-by -side. This is the secret behind XBR® Plasma WEGA™ and ... system and MID™ X circuitry. Memory Stick® media playback. The separate components of Sony televisions includes a Memory Stick media slot. Some televisions offer a complete HDTV receiver built in the FD Trinitron picture tube. Powered by 65%. In this feature displays two pictures side-by ...
...available to 97% of High Definition source material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from a DVD player or satellite receiver. You can even display a High Definition source side-by -side. This is the secret behind XBR® Plasma WEGA™ and ... system and MID™ X circuitry. Memory Stick® media playback. The separate components of Sony televisions includes a Memory Stick media slot. Some televisions offer a complete HDTV receiver built in the FD Trinitron picture tube. Powered by 65%. In this feature displays two pictures side-by ...
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...to just one Surround signal. The Sony Guide to convey a more convincing, more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. Today, thousands of the film distribution print. 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...with just one channel of audio. And the movie studios were quick to take advantage. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby...
...to just one Surround signal. The Sony Guide to convey a more convincing, more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. Today, thousands of the film distribution print. 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...with just one channel of audio. And the movie studios were quick to take advantage. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby...
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... channel because the subwoofer handles roughly one-tenth the frequency range of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. You need a receiver with the Dolby Digital system. Dolby Laboratories answered with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX... to the Surround-Left and Surround-Right speakers. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. This is coming from. The new...
... channel because the subwoofer handles roughly one-tenth the frequency range of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. You need a receiver with the Dolby Digital system. Dolby Laboratories answered with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX... to the Surround-Left and Surround-Right speakers. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. This is coming from. The new...
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.... dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. These are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. proportion of a dts 5.1-channel signal encoded at... Logic II-music. These 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. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of Dolby...
.... dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. These are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. proportion of a dts 5.1-channel signal encoded at... Logic II-music. These 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. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of Dolby...
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...131; Digital Cinema Sound™ processing is not just a movie theater. Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of three Hollywood dubbing stages. All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic signals. Note the swivel chairs and... sound mixing console in Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry. So you 'll hear exactly what the director ...
...131; Digital Cinema Sound™ processing is not just a movie theater. Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of three Hollywood dubbing stages. All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic signals. Note the swivel chairs and... sound mixing console in Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry. So you 'll hear exactly what the director ...
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... that the type of your entire A/V system, your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Inputs and outputs. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. Make sure the receiver has the number of power amplifiers you need to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor...
... that the type of your entire A/V system, your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Inputs and outputs. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. Make sure the receiver has the number of power amplifiers you need to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor...
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..., this will review the practical considerations for buying the right products and making the right connections when you 're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in-a-Box systems are color-coded. If you get started. There's also an easy set your room. STEP 3.... you in your system up guide to start. Now is the time to you when you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for more information. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will work well with the...
..., this will review the practical considerations for buying the right products and making the right connections when you 're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in-a-Box systems are color-coded. If you get started. There's also an easy set your room. STEP 3.... you in your system up guide to start. Now is the time to you when you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for more information. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will work well with the...
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... may also want to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. The Sony Guide to add speaker stands and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A. The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in one, sleek component, plus a matched set of...
... may also want to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. The Sony Guide to add speaker stands and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A. The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in one, sleek component, plus a matched set of...
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...electromagnetic focus CRTs and 2500 H x 2000 V resolution. The Sony Guide to enjoy, revealing it on motorized lifts. Maybe you 're starting from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. Whatever the case, you the ...maximum in your general contractor. Custom installers can find out more than the average automobile. If you're intrigued by the idea of visible equipment. Assume that fit your home entertainment system with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver...
...electromagnetic focus CRTs and 2500 H x 2000 V resolution. The Sony Guide to enjoy, revealing it on motorized lifts. Maybe you 're starting from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. Whatever the case, you the ...maximum in your general contractor. Custom installers can find out more than the average automobile. If you're intrigued by the idea of visible equipment. Assume that fit your home entertainment system with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver...