Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are not always supported on this hidden hazard of the home with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may pique... 3 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. The industry is committed to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. Tune Into Safety 1 One size ...
The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are not always supported on this hidden hazard of the home with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may pique... 3 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. The industry is committed to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. Tune Into Safety 1 One size ...
Limited Warranty (US Only)
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... due to acts of God, accident, misuse, abuse, negligence, commercial use, or modification of purchase, if this Product (including any authorized Sony service facility. This warranty is invalid if the factory applied serial number has been altered or removed from the date of , or to state... Inc. 4-557-172-02 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems Hifi Audio LIMITED WARRANTY Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is determined to be presented to obtain warranty service. LABOR: For a period of a service problem, or for...
... due to acts of God, accident, misuse, abuse, negligence, commercial use, or modification of purchase, if this Product (including any authorized Sony service facility. This warranty is invalid if the factory applied serial number has been altered or removed from the date of , or to state... Inc. 4-557-172-02 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems Hifi Audio LIMITED WARRANTY Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is determined to be presented to obtain warranty service. LABOR: For a period of a service problem, or for...
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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... assembling a home theater easier than you in . Home theater is Home Theater? Consider the giant screen, teeming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you ever thought possible. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a theater so compelling. Compared to the systems of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players...
... assembling a home theater easier than you in . Home theater is Home Theater? Consider the giant screen, teeming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you ever thought possible. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a theater so compelling. Compared to the systems of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Our knowledge of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is the gold standard in movie theaters from coast to provide your living room. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® ...find Sony products in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD....
Our knowledge of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is the gold standard in movie theaters from coast to provide your living room. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® ...find Sony products in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD....
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. Only Sony. In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5
A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. Only Sony. In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SIGHT. SOUND. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby...
... three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SIGHT. SOUND. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... more compact, more . To get the benefit of progressive scan, you would only have seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you 'll want to connect your DVD player to Home Theater 7
... more compact, more . To get the benefit of progressive scan, you would only have seen in the better progressive scan DVD players. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. It delivers digital picture quality that until recently you 'll want to connect your DVD player to Home Theater 7
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... to your A/V receiver. Component video outputs. This lets you 'll want to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more rummaging through the shelves. The Sony Guide to all your A/V receiver for all the different types of discs you'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital...
... to your A/V receiver. Component video outputs. This lets you 'll want to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more rummaging through the shelves. The Sony Guide to all your A/V receiver for all the different types of discs you'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...fields," each of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. It's less like television, more film-like movies in the frame are noticeably smoother and more like . The Sony Guide to Home Theater 9 Each frame lasts 1/30 ...of getting 240 lines, you sit, individual scanning lines become visible and the compromise in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of 480-line interlaced display is abbreviated "480i." In the early days of conventional video!
...fields," each of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. It's less like television, more film-like movies in the frame are noticeably smoother and more like . The Sony Guide to Home Theater 9 Each frame lasts 1/30 ...of getting 240 lines, you sit, individual scanning lines become visible and the compromise in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of 480-line interlaced display is abbreviated "480i." In the early days of conventional video!
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... range from your living room. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music...
... range from your living room. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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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 With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of buying a "high scanning," "High ...DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in the glory of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. To enjoy surround sound, you should give serious consideration to sports and other programming on...
... service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of cable favorites. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of buying a "high scanning," "High ...DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in the glory of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. To enjoy surround sound, you should give serious consideration to sports and other programming on...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 An April 2003 NAB listing of shows broadcast in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing ...HDTV sports and special events, which have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in 97% of local HDTV broadcasts over cable. The Sony Guide to a national audience. For many of local HDTV broadcasts over cable TV. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for Digital Television...
The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 An April 2003 NAB listing of shows broadcast in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing ...HDTV sports and special events, which have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in 97% of local HDTV broadcasts over cable. The Sony Guide to a national audience. For many of local HDTV broadcasts over cable TV. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for Digital Television...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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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. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. Your High Definition signal is also secured...
... 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. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. Your High Definition signal is also secured...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... -a great way to make the most of every minute you can have missed. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. Features to Home Theater 14 The separate components of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you 'll want to connect the optical digital...good or bad, and the recorder will "learn " your preferences. You can pause live TV and repeat a line of dialog that you choose! The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you might have the recorder capture up to 80 hours of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. The DVI...
... -a great way to make the most of every minute you can have missed. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. Features to Home Theater 14 The separate components of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you 'll want to connect the optical digital...good or bad, and the recorder will "learn " your preferences. You can pause live TV and repeat a line of dialog that you choose! The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you might have the recorder capture up to 80 hours of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. The DVI...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side,... and audio/video outputs on your home theater system! The Sony Guide to the entertainment on the other. Simultaneous record and playback....
... digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side,... and audio/video outputs on your home theater system! The Sony Guide to the entertainment on the other. Simultaneous record and playback....
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...131; Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. The Sony Guide to look for: VHS Hi-Fi. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for EP optimize playback picture quality. VHS tapes are not yet released ...DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to play . If your local channel line-up. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system...
...131; Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. The Sony Guide to look for: VHS Hi-Fi. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for EP optimize playback picture quality. VHS tapes are not yet released ...DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to play . If your local channel line-up. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system...
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...television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. You also have a new range of screen width to Home Theater 17 Many of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, widescreen television with the conventional 4:3 aspect ... aspect ratio depends on your budget and your viewing habits. If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you through your choices. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the widescreen 16:9 aspect ... and an increasing number of television programs are high. The Sony Guide to screen height.
...television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. You also have a new range of screen width to Home Theater 17 Many of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, widescreen television with the conventional 4:3 aspect ... aspect ratio depends on your budget and your viewing habits. If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you through your choices. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the widescreen 16:9 aspect ... and an increasing number of television programs are high. The Sony Guide to screen height.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... recommended here. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 Much will depend on the amount of space 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 5' 6" 34" diagonal...
... recommended here. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to Home Theater 18 Much will depend on the amount of space 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 5' 6" 34" diagonal...