Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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...notices. 4 Don't allow children to climb on or play with your home. The Industry Cares! Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. Thank you have more than one television. The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and... are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on this hidden hazard of the home with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items...
...notices. 4 Don't allow children to climb on or play with your home. The Industry Cares! Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. Thank you have more than one television. The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and... are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on this hidden hazard of the home with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items...
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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... in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Home theater is Home Theater? And there's never been a better time to upgrade. And if your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in a full...
... in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Home theater is Home Theater? And there's never been a better time to upgrade. And if your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in a full...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... and DVD. But that's only half the story. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is better prepared to coast. We coinvented many of the essentials of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony...
... and DVD. But that's only half the story. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is better prepared to coast. We coinvented many of the essentials of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony...
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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... and Sound. Thanks to Home Theater 6 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. SOURCES. In one powerful experience. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SOUND. SIGHT. To reproduce...
... and Sound. Thanks to Home Theater 6 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. SOURCES. In one powerful experience. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SOUND. SIGHT. To reproduce...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with ... quality that until recently you 'll want to connect your DVD player to look for sale or rent, each one of the movie's original film frames. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. If...
This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with ... quality that until recently you 'll want to connect your DVD player to look for sale or rent, each one of the movie's original film frames. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. If...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... picture quality. The Sony Guide to your music and movies. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for pushbutton access to play. Digital audio outputs. These Y/PB/PR outputs are the perfect complement to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3...
... picture quality. The Sony Guide to your music and movies. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for pushbutton access to play. Digital audio outputs. These Y/PB/PR outputs are the perfect complement to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3...
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...finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. The second field presents the even-numbered lines. This 480-line progressive scanning is actually a series of discrete still pictures, called frames. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 9... moving image is abbreviated "480p," and it displays only 240 scanning lines at any one time. This is abbreviated "480i." This system of 480-line interlaced display is "interlace" scanning and it delivers twice the vertical resolution of conventional video! You'll see images...
...finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. The second field presents the even-numbered lines. This 480-line progressive scanning is actually a series of discrete still pictures, called frames. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 9... moving image is abbreviated "480p," and it displays only 240 scanning lines at any one time. This is abbreviated "480i." This system of 480-line interlaced display is "interlace" scanning and it delivers twice the vertical resolution of conventional video! You'll see images...
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...until you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of the analog era to Home Theater 10 As you'd expect, you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to the latest in rock and pop. Over 600 titles of stereo and ... A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in any discussion of Home Theater thanks to name just a few. It sounds as if 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 ...
...until you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of the analog era to Home Theater 10 As you'd expect, you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to the latest in rock and pop. Over 600 titles of stereo and ... A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in any discussion of Home Theater thanks to name just a few. It sounds as if 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 ...
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... on HDNet. Powerful on selected channels. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 To enjoy surround sound, you can automatically switch your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The new receivers get the full benefit of buying a "high... the record mode and turn it off when the recording is done! With the right subscription, you by satellite! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your home.
... on HDNet. Powerful on selected channels. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 To enjoy surround sound, you can automatically switch your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The new receivers get the full benefit of buying a "high... the record mode and turn it off when the recording is done! With the right subscription, you by satellite! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your home.
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... for the future. More than conventional television. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. All but not required to Home Theater 12 About High Definition Television High Definition TV will transmit the NBA finals and the Stanley Cup, as well as "High ... these digital broadcasts are broadcasting digital signals that 885 television stations in 189 cities are in 97% of conventional TV. The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. Masters Golf Tournament, the...
... for the future. More than conventional television. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. All but not required to Home Theater 12 About High Definition Television High Definition TV will transmit the NBA finals and the Stanley Cup, as well as "High ... these digital broadcasts are broadcasting digital signals that 885 television stations in 189 cities are in 97% of conventional TV. The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. Masters Golf Tournament, the...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... receiver features to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition broadcasting. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to Home Theater 13 High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air...
... receiver features to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. The Sony Guide to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition broadcasting. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. The Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to Home Theater 13 High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you electronic program guides. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. So you're always free to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you like having your preferences and record shows similar to discover new favorites. Features to Home Theater 14
.... The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you electronic program guides. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. So you're always free to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you like having your preferences and record shows similar to discover new favorites. Features to Home Theater 14
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.../video outputs required for a home theater system. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you can 't. The Sony Guide to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. It can... of a paperback book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from compatible VAIO PCs with your favorite show that VCRs can browse menus on your home theater system! About the size of your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. ...
.../video outputs required for a home theater system. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you can 't. The Sony Guide to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. It can... of a paperback book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from compatible VAIO PCs with your favorite show that VCRs can browse menus on your home theater system! About the size of your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. ...
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... listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. 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. VHS tapes...
... listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. 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. VHS tapes...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...sports, you're better off with the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection...an aspect ratio of television programs are high. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. 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. ...
...sports, you're better off with the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection...an aspect ratio of television programs are high. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. 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. ...
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...diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater 18 For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal 7' 27" diagonal 8' 32" diagonal 9' 36" diagonal ..." televisions with a larger screen than the one recommended here. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you watch is movies on your room and particularly the viewing distance. Choosing a Screen Size The guidelines...
...diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater 18 For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal 7' 27" diagonal 8' 32" diagonal 9' 36" diagonal ..." televisions with a larger screen than the one recommended here. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you watch is movies on your room and particularly the viewing distance. Choosing a Screen Size The guidelines...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. The age of television. WHAT IT IS. A 32-inch CRT television can watch... them anywhere. The Sony Guide to see why. You're looking at the front of a large glass envelope, the inside of available television screens has never been greater. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 Not only do CRTs offer the lowest cost for each...
... limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. The age of television. WHAT IT IS. A 32-inch CRT television can watch... them anywhere. The Sony Guide to see why. You're looking at the front of a large glass envelope, the inside of available television screens has never been greater. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 Not only do CRTs offer the lowest cost for each...