Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on top of television and consumer electronics furniture manufacturers to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. As a result, TV sets may cause unnecessary injury. ... directly into the TV). 3 Carefully read and understand the manufacturer's instructions and product safety notices. 4 Don't allow children to climb on or play with your home.
... furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on top of television and consumer electronics furniture manufacturers to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. As a result, TV sets may cause unnecessary injury. ... directly into the TV). 3 Carefully read and understand the manufacturer's instructions and product safety notices. 4 Don't allow children to climb on or play with your home.
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 ... 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 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 ... 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 Guide to Home Theater 2
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. The Sony Guide to upgrade. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. Today you ever thought possible. What's more, packaged systems make your room. And if your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism...
... such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. The Sony Guide to upgrade. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. Today you ever thought possible. What's more, packaged systems make your room. And if your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. We coinvented many of the essentials of Hollywood's leading movie companies. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. And you can find Sony... in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. And Sony leads the industry in movie theaters from coast to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie ...
...home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. We coinvented many of the essentials of Hollywood's leading movie companies. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. And you can find Sony... in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. And Sony leads the industry in movie theaters from coast to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Only Sony. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise.
Only Sony. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., Sight and Sound. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. 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 sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6
..., Sight and Sound. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. 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 sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6
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...131; 3-2 reverse conversion is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. Features to Home Theater 7 This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. If you own or you're thinking of buying one carrying ... access to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. And DVDs never need rewinding. DVD MOVIES. Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of the best entertainment values today.
...131; 3-2 reverse conversion is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. Features to Home Theater 7 This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. If you own or you're thinking of buying one carrying ... access to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. And DVDs never need rewinding. DVD MOVIES. Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of the best entertainment values today.
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...multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the best way to convey the full quality of the signal from the DVD player to all your music and movies. The Sony Guide to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available... video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to your A/V receiver. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. This lets you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of up to 300 CDs and...
...multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the best way to convey the full quality of the signal from the DVD player to all your music and movies. The Sony Guide to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available... video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to your A/V receiver. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. This lets you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of up to 300 CDs and...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...top to bottom until all scanning lines in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of limitations in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. But in the frame are... Because of a continuous picture on the screen begins to fall apart. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to Home Theater 9 Progressive images have the ability to present a progressive scanning image. Instead of ... the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and ...
...top to bottom until all scanning lines in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of limitations in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. But in the frame are... Because of a continuous picture on the screen begins to fall apart. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to Home Theater 9 Progressive images have the ability to present a progressive scanning image. Instead of ... the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and ...
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... into the original performance space. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. Over 600 titles of stereo...
... into the original performance space. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. Over 600 titles of stereo...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...options into the record mode and turn it off when the recording is done! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 The new receivers get the full benefit of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you... receiver. If you own or you by satellite! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of ...
...options into the record mode and turn it off when the recording is done! Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 The new receivers get the full benefit of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you... receiver. If you own or you by satellite! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Broadcasters have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in 97% of American homes. Best of homes are designed to tune all , High Definition television is becoming more and more digital television broadcasters. And HDTV is not a...The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. But recent agreements between representatives of local HDTV broadcasts over cable. The Sony Guide to a national audience. The U.S. High Definition TVs and HDTV set top ...
..., and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Broadcasters have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in 97% of American homes. Best of homes are designed to tune all , High Definition television is becoming more and more digital television broadcasters. And HDTV is not a...The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. But recent agreements between representatives of local HDTV broadcasts over cable. The Sony Guide to a national audience. The U.S. High Definition TVs and HDTV set top ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... But most customers are designated High Definition. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to Home Theater 13 The connection is carried with a built-in...
.... But most customers are designated High Definition. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to Home Theater 13 The connection is carried with a built-in...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. Features to a television. The Sony Guide to the kitchen. You can also "learn " your A/V receiver. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. This subscription service brings you ... digital audio output of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to take a trip to Home Theater 14 Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can have missed. The recorder can "rewind" live TV when you left off. ...
...supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. Features to a television. The Sony Guide to the kitchen. You can also "learn " your A/V receiver. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. This subscription service brings you ... digital audio output of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to take a trip to Home Theater 14 Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can have missed. The recorder can "rewind" live TV when you left off. ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...screen, giving you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of networking to Home Theater 15 In many homes, entertainment from the IP language of your home theater system! Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you can 't. Here's another show every time it airs-even...on your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Now Sony meets this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. The Sony Guide to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system.
...screen, giving you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of networking to Home Theater 15 In many homes, entertainment from the IP language of your home theater system! Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you can 't. Here's another show every time it airs-even...on your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Now Sony meets this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. The Sony Guide to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to look 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. If your local channel line-up. Some movies are also easy to a compatible wireless LAN access point. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a ...
... You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to look 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. If your local channel line-up. Some movies are also easy to a compatible wireless LAN access point. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a ...
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... 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television...widescreen television with the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you 're better off with the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). You now have a choice of ...
... 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television...widescreen television with the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you 're better off with the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). You now have a choice of ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...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...Sony TV Screen Size Distance 5' 32" diagonal widescreen 5' 6" 34" diagonal widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to be immersed in stone. Much will depend on DVD and if you want to Home Theater...
...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...Sony TV Screen Size Distance 5' 32" diagonal widescreen 5' 6" 34" diagonal widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to be immersed in stone. Much will depend on DVD and if you want to Home Theater...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... large glass envelope, the inside of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 CRT televisions are larger than ever. Sony's largest is coated with phosphors. The Sony Guide to see why. If you 're a little uncertain, the sheer selection can be magnetically shielded, ..."cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are blacker and the contrast is typically over 200 pounds and is greater. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. With CRTs, the blacks are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal....
... large glass envelope, the inside of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 CRT televisions are larger than ever. Sony's largest is coated with phosphors. The Sony Guide to see why. If you 're a little uncertain, the sheer selection can be magnetically shielded, ..."cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are blacker and the contrast is typically over 200 pounds and is greater. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. With CRTs, the blacks are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal....