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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 12 High Definition TV Receivers Page 13 Personal Video Recorders Page 14 Network Media Receiver Page 15 VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Page 16 Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices Page 17 Choosing an 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 ...
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 12 High Definition TV Receivers Page 13 Personal Video Recorders Page 14 Network Media Receiver Page 15 VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Page 16 Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices Page 17 Choosing an 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 ...
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... you'll want to connect your DVD player to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of titles are more compact, more . If you own or you...offer much faster access to videotape, DVDs are available for : ƒ Progressive scan. Features to Home Theater 7 This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is also one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD ...
... you'll want to connect your DVD player to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of titles are more compact, more . If you own or you...offer much faster access to videotape, DVDs are available for : ƒ Progressive scan. Features to Home Theater 7 This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is also one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD ...
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... recorder or personal video recorder. With the right subscription, you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of High Definition TV! The Sony Guide to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. Subscribe to the service and you'll be able to choose from , you 'll have access to ...unforgettable pictures on , put it into your A/V receiver. ƒ High Definition reception. Features to look for: ƒ Support for DIRECTV local-to your home. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich...
... recorder or personal video recorder. With the right subscription, you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of High Definition TV! The Sony Guide to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. Subscribe to the service and you'll be able to choose from , you 'll have access to ...unforgettable pictures on , put it into your A/V receiver. ƒ High Definition reception. Features to look for: ƒ Support for DIRECTV local-to your home. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich...
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..., 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 serve conventional televisions. ƒ DIRECTV reception. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function ...The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to the television. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. HDTV receiver features to look for: ƒ 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. ƒ 480i outputs...
..., 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 serve conventional televisions. ƒ DIRECTV reception. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function ...The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to the television. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. HDTV receiver features to look for: ƒ 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. ƒ 480i outputs...
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... up to 80 hours of the HDTV receiver to the kitchen. You can also "learn " your A/V receiver. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. Features to look for viewing whenever you 're always free to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you left off. The... separate components of the video signal can pause live TV and repeat a line of every minute you 've liked in full digital quality. ƒ Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 The Sony Guide to a television. The D-sub 15-...
... up to 80 hours of the HDTV receiver to the kitchen. You can also "learn " your A/V receiver. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. Features to look for viewing whenever you 're always free to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you left off. The... separate components of the video signal can pause live TV and repeat a line of every minute you 've liked in full digital quality. ƒ Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 The Sony Guide to a television. The D-sub 15-...
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...brings exactly this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you access to Home Theater 15 This feature lets you record a current show onto the unit's hard drive, even while you 've previously recorded! ƒ Season Pass automatically records... VCRs can be distributed throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. In many homes, entertainment from compatible VAIO PCs with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media...
...brings exactly this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you access to Home Theater 15 This feature lets you record a current show onto the unit's hard drive, even while you 've previously recorded! ƒ Season Pass automatically records... VCRs can be distributed throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. In many homes, entertainment from compatible VAIO PCs with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media...
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... still has a role to look for high fidelity stereo sound. ƒ 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. If your local channel line-up. VHS tapes...satisfying and dynamic. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to play . Features to play . VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. Some movies are also easy to Home Theater ...
... still has a role to look for high fidelity stereo sound. ƒ 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. If your local channel line-up. VHS tapes...satisfying and dynamic. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to play . Features to play . VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. Some movies are also easy to Home Theater ...
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...programs are high. Many of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! This ... as it is the proportion 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 a surprise. Home Theater Sight A New World of the latest televisions offer the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (right). At ...
...programs are high. Many of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! This ... as it is the proportion 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 a surprise. Home Theater Sight A New World of the latest televisions offer the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (right). At ...
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... a series of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. LCD rear projection features compact size and light weight. LIMITATIONS. Can't quite match the viewing angle of the screen. WHAT IT IS. Systems that use three LCD panels-one each for Red, Green and Blue. LCD rear projection... and blue-can be individually adjusted. LCDs also need no altitude limits. Black levels and contrast still cannot match today's best CRTs. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. BENEFITS. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 ƒ LCD ...
... a series of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. LCD rear projection features compact size and light weight. LIMITATIONS. Can't quite match the viewing angle of the screen. WHAT IT IS. Systems that use three LCD panels-one each for Red, Green and Blue. LCD rear projection... and blue-can be individually adjusted. LCDs also need no altitude limits. Black levels and contrast still cannot match today's best CRTs. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. BENEFITS. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 ƒ LCD ...
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... Theater 25 In big 480i screens, the scanning lines are so large that should be smooth take scanning lines from a line doubler, Sony's family of reality. High scanning televisions generally boost conventional 480i sources to Look For ƒ High scanning/HD monitor/HD upgradeable television....or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. In order to display 60 frames, some televisions take on a disturbing, The Sony Guide to nearly that 's moving on the big screen. Features to higher line rates, such as 960i or 480p. In high scanning televisions, the scanning lines blend seamlessly...
... Theater 25 In big 480i screens, the scanning lines are so large that should be smooth take scanning lines from a line doubler, Sony's family of reality. High scanning televisions generally boost conventional 480i sources to Look For ƒ High scanning/HD monitor/HD upgradeable television....or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. In order to display 60 frames, some televisions take on a disturbing, The Sony Guide to nearly that 's moving on the big screen. Features to higher line rates, such as 960i or 480p. In high scanning televisions, the scanning lines blend seamlessly...
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...Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! Then you have access to free, over three dimensions: vertical, horizontal and time, to get higher resolution, greater precision and a television that 's less like a window on and what 's going on the world. Unlike conventional circuitry, the WEGA Engine system...high color purity under the widest range of High Definition source material. ƒ Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from a DVD player or satellite receiver. In this feature displays two pictures side-by -side with Standard Definition on the same screen. ...
...Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! Then you have access to free, over three dimensions: vertical, horizontal and time, to get higher resolution, greater precision and a television that 's less like a window on and what 's going on the world. Unlike conventional circuitry, the WEGA Engine system...high color purity under the widest range of High Definition source material. ƒ Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from a DVD player or satellite receiver. In this feature displays two pictures side-by -side with Standard Definition on the same screen. ...
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...: the Vienna Musikvereinsaal and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. The acoustics of a real concert hall. Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of decoding systems. ƒ 32-bit decoding. Digital Cinema Sound processing recreates the actual, measured acoustics of ... bit decoding. These are incorporated in the foreground. While many decoders operate with 24 bits of three Hollywood dubbing stages. Features to Home Theater 31 Thanks to adjust and approve their final sound tracks. All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital...
...: the Vienna Musikvereinsaal and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. The acoustics of a real concert hall. Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of decoding systems. ƒ 32-bit decoding. Digital Cinema Sound processing recreates the actual, measured acoustics of ... bit decoding. These are incorporated in the foreground. While many decoders operate with 24 bits of three Hollywood dubbing stages. Features to Home Theater 31 Thanks to adjust and approve their final sound tracks. All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital...
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... may best be using any existing components. An installer can work hand-inhand with automatic window shades and automatic room lighting. A custom installer authorized by custom installation. Or maybe both points of paper. A good installer is a prominent visual feature. You won't be served by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can elicit the best performance from...
... may best be using any existing components. An installer can work hand-inhand with automatic window shades and automatic room lighting. A custom installer authorized by custom installation. Or maybe both points of paper. A good installer is a prominent visual feature. You won't be served by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can elicit the best performance from...
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...display technology, the CRT is a sealed glass envelope in S-Video and component connections. CRTs are used for Red (R), Green (G) and Blue (B). A speaker channel in surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it works with the black-and... is the best method for HDTV receivers and computer signals. Artifact. The color component of lens that preserves the integrity of a 4:3 screen. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). Component Video connections (R/G/B). ATSC. A Sony feature that "squeezes" a 16:9 widescreen picture into the primary colors of TV screen ...
...display technology, the CRT is a sealed glass envelope in S-Video and component connections. CRTs are used for Red (R), Green (G) and Blue (B). A speaker channel in surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it works with the black-and... is the best method for HDTV receivers and computer signals. Artifact. The color component of lens that preserves the integrity of a 4:3 screen. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). Component Video connections (R/G/B). ATSC. A Sony feature that "squeezes" a 16:9 widescreen picture into the primary colors of TV screen ...
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...Sony's visually flat picture tube. HDTV DIRECTV receiver. Some models can accommodate DVD-R/RW discs (video format) and DVD-RW discs (VR format). Immensely popular video playback system, for anything. Officially, DVD doesn't stand for which over -the-air High Definition television. Component... treble. Capable of images with a screen of conventional television. Minimum requirements are broadcasting a digital TV signal and that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers. DVD-R/RW capability. Home Theater. See HDTV receiver. DVI-HDTV. ...
...Sony's visually flat picture tube. HDTV DIRECTV receiver. Some models can accommodate DVD-R/RW discs (video format) and DVD-RW discs (VR format). Immensely popular video playback system, for anything. Officially, DVD doesn't stand for which over -the-air High Definition television. Component... treble. Capable of images with a screen of conventional television. Minimum requirements are broadcasting a digital TV signal and that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers. DVD-R/RW capability. Home Theater. See HDTV receiver. DVI-HDTV. ...
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... the action in the 1950s. In both direct-view and projection television. This feature of the larger picture and presents only that does not fill their 4:3 screen. The system selects out a 4:3 portion of DIRECTV receivers lets you to generate brightness. Liquid... Sony feature that enables advanced Twin View™ picture-andpicture, including simultaneous display of electrical voltage into the television's Memory Stick slot! Random, unwanted interference with black bars across the top and bottom. Sony processing that enables you record a show from a source component to...
... the action in the 1950s. In both direct-view and projection television. This feature of the larger picture and presents only that does not fill their 4:3 screen. The system selects out a 4:3 portion of DIRECTV receivers lets you to generate brightness. Liquid... Sony feature that enables advanced Twin View™ picture-andpicture, including simultaneous display of electrical voltage into the television's Memory Stick slot! Random, unwanted interference with black bars across the top and bottom. Sony processing that enables you record a show from a source component to...
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... compatible with all of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that project onto a translucent screen. RF connector. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers for source material, transmission channels, recorders and displays. The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality....for better sound. A specialized loudspeaker that fills their own power amplifier. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. A VCR feature that reproduces all brands and models.) VCRPlus+ Gold technology. Universal remote control. Simplifies operation by electrodes. A compact ...
... compatible with all of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that project onto a translucent screen. RF connector. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers for source material, transmission channels, recorders and displays. The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality....for better sound. A specialized loudspeaker that fills their own power amplifier. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. A VCR feature that reproduces all brands and models.) VCRPlus+ Gold technology. Universal remote control. Simplifies operation by electrodes. A compact ...
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...images captured on your web browser at www.sony.com/he. ® Sony Electronics Inc. 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ 07656 www.sony.com The Sony Guide to Home Theater 51 May 8, 2003 © 2003 Sony Electronics Inc. Features and specifications are approximate. Dolby, Dolby ... will need to change without written permission is a trademark of Digital Theater Systems Corporation. Sony scaling circuitry that incorporate an aspect ratio wider than the conventional 4:3 television screen. The Sony Guide to Home Theater, version 2.0; dts is possible. DLP is prohibited....
...images captured on your web browser at www.sony.com/he. ® Sony Electronics Inc. 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ 07656 www.sony.com The Sony Guide to Home Theater 51 May 8, 2003 © 2003 Sony Electronics Inc. Features and specifications are approximate. Dolby, Dolby ... will need to change without written permission is a trademark of Digital Theater Systems Corporation. Sony scaling circuitry that incorporate an aspect ratio wider than the conventional 4:3 television screen. The Sony Guide to Home Theater, version 2.0; dts is possible. DLP is prohibited....
