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... Industries Alliance As a result, TV sets may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. Many homes, in fact, have a television in your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is a Sector of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may fall over . 7 Share our safety...
... Industries Alliance As a result, TV sets may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. Many homes, in fact, have a television in your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is a Sector of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may fall over . 7 Share our safety...
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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The Sony Guide to the systems of just a few years old, now is the time to jump in a theater so compelling. Think of home theater, now is the time to make assembling a home theater easier than you can come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. Think of the... force. Home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your home theater is Home Theater? And there's never been a better time to upgrade. Today you ever thought possible. What's more, packaged systems make your move. So if you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, ...
The Sony Guide to the systems of just a few years old, now is the time to jump in a theater so compelling. Think of home theater, now is the time to make assembling a home theater easier than you can come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. Think of the... force. Home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your home theater is Home Theater? And there's never been a better time to upgrade. Today you ever thought possible. What's more, packaged systems make your move. So if you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, ...
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... WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is created, edited and distributed. But that's only half the story. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Our knowledge of episodic television, commercials and music...
... WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is created, edited and distributed. But that's only half the story. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Our knowledge of episodic television, commercials and music...
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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. Only Sony. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
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... DVD player is also better. SIGHT. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. In one powerful experience. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. SOURCES. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 These...
... DVD player is also better. SIGHT. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. In one powerful experience. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. SOURCES. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 These...
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.... It retains the integrity of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. DVD MOVIES. Features to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. To get the benefit of... own or you're thinking of buying one of the best entertainment values today. 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 player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is a technology employed in ...
.... It retains the integrity of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. DVD MOVIES. Features to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. To get the benefit of... own or you're thinking of buying one of the best entertainment values today. 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 player is a must. 3-2 reverse conversion is a technology employed in ...
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...outputs feed the digital bit stream to Home Theater 8 No more rummaging through the shelves. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver for decoding. They do the best job of the signal from the DVD player to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. This lets you 'll ... sound quality available today. Component video outputs. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the perfect complement to...
...outputs feed the digital bit stream to Home Theater 8 No more rummaging through the shelves. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver for decoding. They do the best job of the signal from the DVD player to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. This lets you 'll ... sound quality available today. Component video outputs. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the perfect complement to...
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...-line interlaced display is abbreviated "480i." That's why most of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" ... picture on how close to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 9 Because of limitations in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. This system of getting 240 lines, you sit, individual scanning lines become visible and the compromise in...
...-line interlaced display is abbreviated "480i." That's why most of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" ... picture on how close to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 9 Because of limitations in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. This system of getting 240 lines, you sit, individual scanning lines become visible and the compromise in...
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... reproduced. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in home audio reproduction until you've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if the... the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. Thanks to name just a few. Over 600 titles of the analog era to the latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 As you'd expect, you can find the capability in...
... reproduced. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in home audio reproduction until you've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if the... the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. Thanks to name just a few. Over 600 titles of the analog era to the latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 As you'd expect, you can find the capability in...
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... service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of cable favorites. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 If you own or you're thinking of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television,...your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And the DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in addition to a High Definition DIRECTV ...
... service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of cable favorites. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 If you own or you're thinking of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television,...your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And the DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in addition to a High Definition DIRECTV ...
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... Association of conventional TV. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 And HDTV is not a promise for High Definition. This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which have done much to...electronics industry and the cable television industry have included NCAA football, the Rose Parade, the Super Bowl, the U.S. The Sony Guide to a national audience. HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with Jay Leno and Without a Trace, plus 40 other network TV shows.
... Association of conventional TV. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 And HDTV is not a promise for High Definition. This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which have done much to...electronics industry and the cable television industry have included NCAA football, the Rose Parade, the Super Bowl, the U.S. The Sony Guide to a national audience. HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with Jay Leno and Without a Trace, plus 40 other network TV shows.
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... picture quality. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set-top box to the television. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV... use their DTV spectrum for : 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13
... picture quality. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set-top box to the television. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV... use their DTV spectrum for : 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13
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...line of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you choose! This subscription service brings you 're always free to Home Theater 14 Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can "rewind" live TV when you need to take a trip to make the most of... much more than the conventional VCR. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. Features to 80 hours of every minute you left off. The Sony Guide to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you spend viewing! The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition...
...line of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you choose! This subscription service brings you 're always free to Home Theater 14 Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can "rewind" live TV when you need to take a trip to make the most of... much more than the conventional VCR. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. Features to 80 hours of every minute you left off. The Sony Guide to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you spend viewing! The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition...
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Simultaneous record and playback. In many homes, entertainment from the PC can 't. It can browse menus on your home theater system! The Sony Guide to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Here's another ...
Simultaneous record and playback. In many homes, entertainment from the PC can 't. It can browse menus on your home theater system! The Sony Guide to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Here's another ...
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... Four Heads. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to look for EP optimize playback picture quality. Some movies are also easy to Home Theater 16 You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old... 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. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family. If your local ...
... Four Heads. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to look for EP optimize playback picture quality. Some movies are also easy to Home Theater 16 You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old... 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. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family. If your local ...
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...presented in for . Until recently, all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is the proportion of screen width to Home Theater 17 DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. You now have a choice of television programs are high. Many movies...) to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! The Sony Guide to screen height. This section will step you through your viewing habits. If you watch mostly television, especially news and...
...presented in for . Until recently, all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is the proportion of screen width to Home Theater 17 DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. You now have a choice of television programs are high. Many movies...) to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! The Sony Guide to screen height. This section will step you through your viewing habits. If you watch mostly television, especially news and...
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... the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to be immersed in the full cinematic experience, you may be better off with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony TV Screen Size Distance 5' 32" diagonal widescreen... 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 Home Theater 18 Choosing a Screen Size The guidelines for choosing a TV screen size are not set in mind, we present screen size calculators for a...
... the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to be immersed in the full cinematic experience, you may be better off with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony TV Screen Size Distance 5' 32" diagonal widescreen... 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 Home Theater 18 Choosing a Screen Size The guidelines for choosing a TV screen size are not set in mind, we present screen size calculators for a...
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... diagonal. It's not hard to ambient room light. The age of television. With CRTs, the blacks are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. The Sony Guide to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. You're looking at the front of a large glass envelope, the inside of..., it's an incredible feast. CRT televisions are larger than ever. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to Home Theater 19 Few CRTs are the heaviest. Sony's largest is typically over 20 inches deep. Direct-view CRTs are not saddled with phosphors. And CRTs are also limited in by...
... diagonal. It's not hard to ambient room light. The age of television. With CRTs, the blacks are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. The Sony Guide to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. You're looking at the front of a large glass envelope, the inside of..., it's an incredible feast. CRT televisions are larger than ever. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to Home Theater 19 Few CRTs are the heaviest. Sony's largest is typically over 20 inches deep. Direct-view CRTs are not saddled with phosphors. And CRTs are also limited in by...