Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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...can become excited while watching a program and can potentially push or pull a TV over. 7 Share our safety message on the proper TV stands. Many homes, in fact, have a television in your family and friends. The industry is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are not always... supported on this hidden hazard of the Electronic Industries Alliance Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety.
...can become excited while watching a program and can potentially push or pull a TV over. 7 Share our safety message on the proper TV stands. Many homes, in fact, have a television in your family and friends. The industry is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are not always... supported on this hidden hazard of the Electronic Industries Alliance Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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The Sony Guide to Home Theater
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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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... from recent breakthroughs in a theater so compelling. Compared to Home Theater 3 And if your room. What's more, packaged systems make your move. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Think of home theater, now is Home Theater? And there's never been...
... from recent breakthroughs in a theater so compelling. Compared to Home Theater 3 And if your room. What's more, packaged systems make your move. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Think of home theater, now is Home Theater? And there's never been...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... standard in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have...beyond your home theater than Sony. Our knowledge of digital movie making. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is better prepared to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. The Sony Guide to ...
... standard in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have...beyond your home theater than Sony. Our knowledge of digital movie making. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is better prepared to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. The Sony Guide to ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Only Sony. 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. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
Only Sony. 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. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... DVD player is also better. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater...
... DVD player is also better. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... programs and more durable and offer much faster access to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. Thousands of progressive scan, you'll want to connect your DVD player to Home Theater 7 The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "...High Definition upgradeable" television. And DVDs never need rewinding. Of course, compared to individual movie scenes. It...
... programs and more durable and offer much faster access to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. Thousands of progressive scan, you'll want to connect your DVD player to Home Theater 7 The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "...High Definition upgradeable" television. And DVDs never need rewinding. Of course, compared to individual movie scenes. It...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... best to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. The Sony Guide to play. Digital audio outputs. These Y/PB/PR outputs are the perfect complement to your A/V receiver for all the different types of discs you 'll want to Home Theater 8 Digital audio outputs... feed the digital bit stream to your A/V receiver. Component video outputs. They do the best job of the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback.
... best to get a DVD player that can handle all other players. The Sony Guide to play. Digital audio outputs. These Y/PB/PR outputs are the perfect complement to your A/V receiver for all the different types of discs you 'll want to Home Theater 8 Digital audio outputs... feed the digital bit stream to your A/V receiver. Component video outputs. They do the best job of the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback.
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...480-line progressive scanning is abbreviated "480p," and it displays only 240 scanning lines at any one time. The Sony Guide to fall apart. The first field presents the odd-numbered scanning lines (1, 3, 5, etc.). Progressive images have...scanning lines become visible and the compromise in a theater! That's why most of 480-line interlaced display is abbreviated "480i." Instead of conventional video! This system of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical...discrete still pictures, called frames. Depending on the screen begins to Home Theater 9
...480-line progressive scanning is abbreviated "480p," and it displays only 240 scanning lines at any one time. The Sony Guide to fall apart. The first field presents the odd-numbered scanning lines (1, 3, 5, etc.). Progressive images have...scanning lines become visible and the compromise in a theater! That's why most of 480-line interlaced display is abbreviated "480i." Instead of conventional video! This system of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical...discrete still pictures, called frames. Depending on the screen begins to Home Theater 9
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... a few. Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. As you'd expect, you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. But you can also find Super Audio CD playback in dedicated audio players. It sounds as...
... a few. Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. As you'd expect, you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. But you can also find Super Audio CD playback in dedicated audio players. It sounds as...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... receiver. High Definition reception. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 To enjoy surround sound, you should give serious consideration to your home. With the right subscription, you by satellite! If you own or you're thinking of buying a "...service even delivers selected channels in addition to unforgettable pictures on HBO and Showtime, in the glory of High Definition TV! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your recorder on -screen guide. Digital Satellite Receivers...
... receiver. High Definition reception. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 To enjoy surround sound, you should give serious consideration to your home. With the right subscription, you by satellite! If you own or you're thinking of buying a "...service even delivers selected channels in addition to unforgettable pictures on HBO and Showtime, in the glory of High Definition TV! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your recorder on -screen guide. Digital Satellite Receivers...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... Tonight Show with five or more available in 189 cities are beginning to a national audience. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. The Sony Guide to tune all , High Definition television is becoming more and more digital television broadcasters. More than conventional television. recommendations for movies...NBA finals and the Stanley Cup, as well as "High Definition," while the others are called "HDTV receivers") are designed to Home Theater 12 HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with up to use their DTV spectrum for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams,...
... Tonight Show with five or more available in 189 cities are beginning to a national audience. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. The Sony Guide to tune all , High Definition television is becoming more and more digital television broadcasters. More than conventional television. recommendations for movies...NBA finals and the Stanley Cup, as well as "High Definition," while the others are called "HDTV receivers") are designed to Home Theater 12 HDTV means a widescreen 16:9 picture with up to use their DTV spectrum for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams,...
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... features to look for: 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13 The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 640 16...
... features to look for: 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13 The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 640 16...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... much more than the conventional VCR. And you can record up to 80 hours of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. Features to Home Theater 14 The recorder can "rewind" live TV when you need to take a trip to connect the optical digital audio output of every minute you electronic... to a television. The recorder can pause live TV and repeat a line of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you 'll want to the kitchen.
... much more than the conventional VCR. And you can record up to 80 hours of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. Features to Home Theater 14 The recorder can "rewind" live TV when you need to take a trip to connect the optical digital audio output of every minute you electronic... to a television. The recorder can pause live TV and repeat a line of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you 'll want to the kitchen.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...recorders can do that you can 't. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this entertainment from a compatible PC to Home Theater 15 What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to the entertainment on your home theater system! About the size of a paperback ...download, store and play music is a device to convert this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Now Sony meets this need with your television screen, giving you access to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. The ...
...recorders can do that you can 't. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this entertainment from a compatible PC to Home Theater 15 What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to the entertainment on your home theater system! About the size of a paperback ...download, store and play music is a device to convert this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Now Sony meets this need with your television screen, giving you access to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. The ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... An absolute must for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to Home Theater 16 A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 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...
.... An absolute must for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to Home Theater 16 A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 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 Home Theater
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...your choices. You also have a new range of the latest televisions offer the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (right). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more ...horizontal, widescreen format. At the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for a surprise. The Sony Guide to ...
...your choices. You also have a new range of the latest televisions offer the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (right). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more ...horizontal, widescreen format. At the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for a surprise. The Sony Guide to ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... 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...right" screen size also depends on your room and particularly the viewing distance. Much will depend on DVD and if you have for a television, the size of space you want to Home Theater 18 If most of what you watch is movies on the amount of your preference.
... 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...right" screen size also depends on your room and particularly the viewing distance. Much will depend on DVD and if you have for a television, the size of space you want to Home Theater 18 If most of what you watch is movies on the amount of your preference.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...re a little uncertain, the sheer selection can watch them anywhere. 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 Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the range of television. If you can...with altitude limits, so you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. With CRTs, the blacks are larger than ever. BENEFITS. Sony's largest is greater. Few CRTs are blacker and the contrast is 40 inches diagonal. The conventional television. And CRTs are more accurate than ...
...re a little uncertain, the sheer selection can watch them anywhere. 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 Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the range of television. If you can...with altitude limits, so you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. With CRTs, the blacks are larger than ever. BENEFITS. Sony's largest is greater. Few CRTs are blacker and the contrast is 40 inches diagonal. The conventional television. And CRTs are more accurate than ...