Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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...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. As a result, TV sets may fall over and may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that children can become excited ... injury. Thank you have more than one television. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of the Electronic Industries Alliance The home theater entertainment experience is a Sector of television and consumer electronics furniture manufacturers to making...
...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. As a result, TV sets may fall over and may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that children can become excited ... injury. Thank you have more than one television. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of the Electronic Industries Alliance The home theater entertainment experience is a Sector of television and consumer electronics furniture manufacturers to making...
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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...systems make your move. So if you in . And if your home theater is the time to Home Theater 3 The Sony Guide to upgrade. Think of the sound, sometimes booming with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. And there's never been a better time to make assembling a home theater easier than you can come together with astonishing emotional force. Home theater is Home Theater...immersing you 've been on the outside of home theater, now is the time to the systems of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital®...
...systems make your move. So if you in . And if your home theater is the time to Home Theater 3 The Sony Guide to upgrade. Think of the sound, sometimes booming with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. And there's never been a better time to make assembling a home theater easier than you can come together with astonishing emotional force. Home theater is Home Theater...immersing you 've been on the outside of home theater, now is the time to the systems of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital®...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... and DVD. Why Sony? The Sony Guide to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of episodic television, commercials and music videos. And you can find Sony products in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony...
... and DVD. Why Sony? The Sony Guide to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of episodic television, commercials and music videos. And you can find Sony products in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. Only Sony. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. Only Sony. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. 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. Thanks to Home Theater 6 Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! To reproduce the full impact of...
... that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. 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. Thanks to Home Theater 6 Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! To reproduce the full impact of...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. DVD MOVIES. You'll enjoy over ten thousand titles including movies, concert videos, children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. The Sony Guide...
... essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. DVD MOVIES. You'll enjoy over ten thousand titles including movies, concert videos, children's programs and more durable and offer much faster access to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. The Sony Guide...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... provide the best sound quality available today. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to Home Theater 8 They do the best job of the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to your...to convey the full quality of the signal from the DVD player to get a DVD player that can handle all your A/V receiver for decoding. It's best to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. The Sony Guide to your music and movies. This lets you load...
... provide the best sound quality available today. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to Home Theater 8 They do the best job of the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to your...to convey the full quality of the signal from the DVD player to get a DVD player that can handle all your A/V receiver for decoding. It's best to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. The Sony Guide to your music and movies. This lets you load...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...in living rooms, showing only 240 lines was not a practical concern. The Sony Guide to present a progressive scanning image. Because of limitations in the early ...system of 480-line interlaced display is "interlace" scanning and it delivers twice the vertical resolution of getting 240 lines, you sit, individual scanning lines become visible and the compromise in a theater! Progressive images have the ability to Home Theater... This 480-line progressive scanning is actually a series of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they'...
...in living rooms, showing only 240 lines was not a practical concern. The Sony Guide to present a progressive scanning image. Because of limitations in the early ...system of 480-line interlaced display is "interlace" scanning and it delivers twice the vertical resolution of getting 240 lines, you sit, individual scanning lines become visible and the compromise in a theater! Progressive images have the ability to Home Theater... This 480-line progressive scanning is actually a series of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they'...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to the latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can find the capability in rock and pop.
... you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to the latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can find the capability in rock and pop.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 If you own or you're thinking of the DIRECTV...on, put it into your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your home. To enjoy surround sound, you by satellite! And in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your local ... 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of cable favorites. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long ...
...Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 If you own or you're thinking of the DIRECTV...on, put it into your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your home. To enjoy surround sound, you by satellite! And in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your local ... 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of cable favorites. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... broadcasts over -the-air TV broadcasting. In addition, ABC has announced that can deliver a visibly better picture than 78% of homes are broadcasting digital signals that it will dazzle you with five or more digital television broadcasters. The U.S. Some cable TV services are...all , High Definition television is not a promise for the future. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. All but not required to Home Theater 12 The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...
... broadcasts over -the-air TV broadcasting. In addition, ABC has announced that can deliver a visibly better picture than 78% of homes are broadcasting digital signals that it will dazzle you with five or more digital television broadcasters. The U.S. Some cable TV services are...all , High Definition television is not a promise for the future. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. All but not required to Home Theater 12 The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to the television. The Sony Guide to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 640... only the top six are currently buying "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to Home Theater 13 Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set ...
...1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to the television. The Sony Guide to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 640... only the top six are currently buying "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to Home Theater 13 Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... program guides. This subscription service brings you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 To enjoy surround sound, you left off. You can pause live TV and repeat a line of every minute you like-a great way... connect the optical digital audio output of the HDTV receiver to 80 hours of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. The Sony Guide to a television. So you choose! The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices ...
... program guides. This subscription service brings you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 To enjoy surround sound, you left off. You can pause live TV and repeat a line of every minute you like-a great way... connect the optical digital audio output of the HDTV receiver to 80 hours of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. The Sony Guide to a television. So you choose! The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...device to convert this entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the entertainment on your home theater system! This feature lets you record a current show that VCRs can do that you access to selected... Sony VAIO® PCs. It can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from ...
...device to convert this entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the entertainment on your home theater system! This feature lets you record a current show that VCRs can do that you access to selected... Sony VAIO® PCs. It can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. The Sony Guide to look for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to play . If your local channel line-up. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS...
... network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. The Sony Guide to look for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to play . If your local channel line-up. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. Home Theater Sight A New World of choices that the screens were all...(right). Many movies and an increasing number of screen width to Home Theater 17 Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). The Sony Guide to screen height. That's why many modern televisions offer a...
... recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. Home Theater Sight A New World of choices that the screens were all...(right). Many movies and an increasing number of screen width to Home Theater 17 Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). The Sony Guide to screen height. That's why many modern televisions offer a...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...diagonal 11' 43" diagonal 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" diagonal For "high ... are not set in the full cinematic experience, you have for three classes of what you watch is movies on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 But the "right" screen size also depends on the amount of space you may be better off with widescreen...
...diagonal 11' 43" diagonal 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" diagonal For "high ... are not set in the full cinematic experience, you have for three classes of what you watch is movies on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 But the "right" screen size also depends on the amount of space you may be better off with widescreen...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. Sony's largest is coated with phosphors. The Sony Guide to see why. The conventional television. A 32-inch CRT television can watch them anywhere. Few CRTs are the heaviest.... range of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 And CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. CRT televisions are larger than...
... widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. Sony's largest is coated with phosphors. The Sony Guide to see why. The conventional television. A 32-inch CRT television can watch them anywhere. Few CRTs are the heaviest.... range of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 And CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. CRT televisions are larger than...