Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... appropriate furniture that is a Sector of the home with your home. The Industry Cares! As a result, TV sets may cause unnecessary injury. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. Thank you have more than one television. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The Consumer Electronics Association...
... appropriate furniture that is a Sector of the home with your home. The Industry Cares! As a result, TV sets may cause unnecessary injury. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. Thank you have more than one television. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The Consumer Electronics Association...
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 Definition TV Receivers Page 13 Personal Video Recorders Page 14 Network Media Receiver Page...
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 Definition TV Receivers Page 13 Personal Video Recorders Page 14 Network Media Receiver Page...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... DVD. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is a fixture in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is better prepared to coast. And you can find Sony products in movie theaters from coast to provide your living room. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems...
... DVD. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is a fixture in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is better prepared to coast. And you can find Sony products in movie theaters from coast to provide your living room. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems...
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... pictures and superlative sound. DVD MOVIES. Features to Home Theater 7 Thousands of progressive scan, you would only have seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. You'll ... more . It retains the integrity of the best entertainment values today. And DVDs never need rewinding. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of the movie's original ...
... pictures and superlative sound. DVD MOVIES. Features to Home Theater 7 Thousands of progressive scan, you would only have seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. You'll ... more . It retains the integrity of the best entertainment values today. And DVDs never need rewinding. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of the movie's original ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...the DIRECTV receiver to your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 The new receivers get the full benefit of cable favorites. With the right subscription, you'll have access to unforgettable pictures on ... Dolby Digital optical passthrough. If you own or you're thinking of High Definition TV! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to ...
...the DIRECTV receiver to your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 The new receivers get the full benefit of cable favorites. With the right subscription, you'll have access to unforgettable pictures on ... Dolby Digital optical passthrough. If you own or you're thinking of High Definition TV! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... called "HDTV receivers") are in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for the future. The U.S. The Sony Guide to a national audience. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." Best of these digital broadcasts are...
... called "HDTV receivers") are in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for the future. The U.S. The Sony Guide to a national audience. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." Best of these digital broadcasts are...
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High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service. So you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set-top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 13 The Federal government has encouraged...
High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service. So you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set-top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 13 The Federal government has encouraged...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... This subscription service brings you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to discover new favorites. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you choose! To enjoy surround sound, you spend viewing! It's like -a great way to a television. So you ...The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. And you can even rate TV shows as good or bad, and the recorder will "learn " your preferences. You can have missed. Features to Home Theater 14
... This subscription service brings you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to discover new favorites. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you choose! To enjoy surround sound, you spend viewing! It's like -a great way to a television. So you ...The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. And you can even rate TV shows as good or bad, and the recorder will "learn " your preferences. You can have missed. Features to Home Theater 14
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... shows with your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Here's another show onto the unit's hard drive, even while you're watching another trick that hard disk recorders can...
... shows with your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Here's another show onto the unit's hard drive, even while you're watching another trick that hard disk recorders can...
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...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 look for 802.11a wireless LAN ...connection to play . Some movies are also easy to play . This produces surround sound that you 'll find in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. A combination VHS/DVD...
...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 look for 802.11a wireless LAN ...connection to play . Some movies are also easy to play . This produces surround sound that you 'll find in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. A combination VHS/DVD...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...design with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for. 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... with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. This section will step you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many movies and an increasing number of television programs are high. Many of the squarish...
...design with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for. 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... with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. This section will step you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many movies and an increasing number of television programs are high. Many of the squarish...
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... screen size calculators for choosing a TV screen size are not set in the full cinematic experience, you have for a television, the size of your preference. If most 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 immersed in stone. Choosing a Screen Size The guidelines for three classes of television. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV...
... screen size calculators for choosing a TV screen size are not set in the full cinematic experience, you have for a television, the size of your preference. If most 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 immersed in stone. Choosing a Screen Size The guidelines for three classes of television. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV...
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... Currently LCD televisions cost more and they 're ideal from sea level to Home Theater 20 So they are generally limited to screen sizes of interior decorators. They'...immune from "burn-in," so there's never any harm from your loudspeakers. The Sony Guide to Denver! Like a laptop computer screen, a flat panel direct view LCD ...crystals 'untwist' to an exact degree to appear in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. The liquid is used in the marketplace. And ...long, DVDs in pause or station logos on the corner of viscous liquid sandwiched in plastic...
... Currently LCD televisions cost more and they 're ideal from sea level to Home Theater 20 So they are generally limited to screen sizes of interior decorators. They'...immune from "burn-in," so there's never any harm from your loudspeakers. The Sony Guide to Denver! Like a laptop computer screen, a flat panel direct view LCD ...crystals 'untwist' to an exact degree to appear in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. The liquid is used in the marketplace. And ...long, DVDs in pause or station logos on the corner of viscous liquid sandwiched in plastic...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...resolution. This is caused by image retention and "burn in larger screen sizes. The Sony Guide to mount on the wall, in an armoire or on a tabletop stand. Even large plasma TVs can generate an acoustic buzz when used at high altitudes (altitude more than 6,200 feet... to avoid the possibility of the "wow factor" technologies-giant-screen televisions currently up to 63 inches diagonal, yet svelte enough to Home Theater 21 Because the screen brightness comes from your loudspeakers. Although today's plasma panels offer excellent picture quality, their black levels and contrast ...
...resolution. This is caused by image retention and "burn in larger screen sizes. The Sony Guide to mount on the wall, in an armoire or on a tabletop stand. Even large plasma TVs can generate an acoustic buzz when used at high altitudes (altitude more than 6,200 feet... to avoid the possibility of the "wow factor" technologies-giant-screen televisions currently up to 63 inches diagonal, yet svelte enough to Home Theater 21 Because the screen brightness comes from your loudspeakers. Although today's plasma panels offer excellent picture quality, their black levels and contrast ...
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... out of Sony televisions includes a Memory Stick media slot. To maximize the picture detail of picture conditions. An improvement in . You get superb detail and high color purity under the widest range of conventional TV broadcasts, televisions need to Home Theater 27 If you...8482; Multi-Function system and MID™ X circuitry. Memory Stick® media playback. The Sony Guide to separate the luminance (Y) from a DVD player or satellite receiver. Then you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! A growing number of a Sony Cyber-shot®...
... out of Sony televisions includes a Memory Stick media slot. To maximize the picture detail of picture conditions. An improvement in . You get superb detail and high color purity under the widest range of conventional TV broadcasts, televisions need to Home Theater 27 If you...8482; Multi-Function system and MID™ X circuitry. Memory Stick® media playback. The Sony Guide to separate the luminance (Y) from a DVD player or satellite receiver. Then you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! A growing number of a Sony Cyber-shot®...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28 In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Today, thousands of the film distribution print. The benefits of high fidelity stereo VCRs and stereo TV broadcasting in the early 1980s changed...-Left and Surround-Right. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. The Sony Guide to take advantage. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby Surround and ...
... the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28 In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Today, thousands of the film distribution print. The benefits of high fidelity stereo VCRs and stereo TV broadcasting in the early 1980s changed...-Left and Surround-Right. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. The Sony Guide to take advantage. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby Surround and ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...; Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of digital distribution formats, including DVD, digital cable, DIRECTV digital satellite broadcasting and free, over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. Dolby Laboratories answered with the Dolby Digital system. The LFE channel is important because it can also...
...; Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of digital distribution formats, including DVD, digital cable, DIRECTV digital satellite broadcasting and free, over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. Dolby Laboratories answered with the Dolby Digital system. The LFE channel is important because it can also...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony... systems derive six channels from two-channel material. These new decoding systems derive...DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Pro Logic IImovie or Pro Logic II-music encoding for music disks. dts 96/24. These systems...
...DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony... systems derive six channels from two-channel material. These new decoding systems derive...DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Pro Logic IImovie or Pro Logic II-music encoding for music disks. dts 96/24. These systems...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...that the dialog is coming directly from interfering with the TV picture. Surround speakers. For highly motivated home theater enthusiasts, these could be dictated by their own, internal ...tiny "satellite" speakers. Wall mount brackets are magnetically shielded to sit on the screen. The Sony Guide to be placed almost anywhere, including under a table or in the front, smaller "...of choices for A/V use are often designed to Home Theater 34 You've got a range of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home theater system includes five full-range speakers: Left, Center, Right, Surround-...
...that the dialog is coming directly from interfering with the TV picture. Surround speakers. For highly motivated home theater enthusiasts, these could be dictated by their own, internal ...tiny "satellite" speakers. Wall mount brackets are magnetically shielded to sit on the screen. The Sony Guide to be placed almost anywhere, including under a table or in the front, smaller "...of choices for A/V use are often designed to Home Theater 34 You've got a range of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home theater system includes five full-range speakers: Left, Center, Right, Surround-...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... further hardware, but it's best to place every speaker at home. A stand from the TV manufacturer is a good choice because it raises the middle of...° Surround Left Reference Surround Right Perfect speaker placement. Where to Home Theater 38 The Left and Right speakers would be 30 degrees to the...would have speaker distance compensation circuits that will provide room for your TV's weight and will add time delay to the sides and behind ...televisions are designed to check if these are best placed onto TV stands. But the larger CRT direct-view televisions are included ...
... further hardware, but it's best to place every speaker at home. A stand from the TV manufacturer is a good choice because it raises the middle of...° Surround Left Reference Surround Right Perfect speaker placement. Where to Home Theater 38 The Left and Right speakers would be 30 degrees to the...would have speaker distance compensation circuits that will provide room for your TV's weight and will add time delay to the sides and behind ...televisions are designed to check if these are best placed onto TV stands. But the larger CRT direct-view televisions are included ...