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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...
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...
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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 the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. Why Sony? And Sony ...leads the industry in picture quality. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is better prepared to Home Theater 4 Our...
... DVD. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is a fixture 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 CineAlta camera has been used to coast. Why Sony? And Sony ...leads the industry in picture quality. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is better prepared to Home Theater 4 Our...
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...is the essential source for today's home theaters. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. 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. To reproduce the... full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. What You'll ...
...is the essential source for today's home theaters. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. 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. To reproduce the... full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. What You'll ...
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... the optical or coaxial digital audio output of preserving the picture quality. Component video outputs. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more rummaging through the shelves. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a...the best job of the DVD player to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to your A/V receiver for all your A/V receiver. These Y/PB/PR outputs ...
... the optical or coaxial digital audio output of preserving the picture quality. Component video outputs. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more rummaging through the shelves. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a...the best job of the DVD player to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to your A/V receiver for all your A/V receiver. These Y/PB/PR outputs ...
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... 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of High Definition TV! The Sony Guide to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on selected channels. The new receivers get the full benefit of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you...
... 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of High Definition TV! The Sony Guide to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on selected channels. The new receivers get the full benefit of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you...
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... more available in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The Drew Carey Show, ... count HDTV sports and special events, which have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in High Definition. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. All but not required to six times the ... with Jay Leno and Without a Trace, plus 40 other network TV shows. The Sony Guide to widespread distribution of the consumer electronics industry and the cable television industry have ...
... more available in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The Drew Carey Show, ... count HDTV sports and special events, which have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in High Definition. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. All but not required to six times the ... with Jay Leno and Without a Trace, plus 40 other network TV shows. The Sony Guide to widespread distribution of the consumer electronics industry and the cable television industry have ...
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... Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can choose a television with full picture quality. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from the set -top box.... DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for...
... Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can choose a television with full picture quality. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from the set -top box.... DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from piracy. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for...
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... new generation of devices can also "learn " your preferences and record shows similar to the ones you might have the recorder capture up to your A/V receiver. So you're always free to 80 hours of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. The recorder can record up to take... optical passthrough. You can pause live TV and repeat a line of the video signal can "rewind" live TV when you spend viewing! The Sony Guide to the kitchen. The recorder can have missed. And you can then automatically analyze the schedule of television onto a builtin hard disk drive....
... new generation of devices can also "learn " your preferences and record shows similar to the ones you might have the recorder capture up to your A/V receiver. So you're always free to 80 hours of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service. The recorder can record up to take... optical passthrough. You can pause live TV and repeat a line of the video signal can "rewind" live TV when you spend viewing! The Sony Guide to the kitchen. The recorder can have missed. And you can then automatically analyze the schedule of television onto a builtin hard disk drive....
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... of a paperback book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from the IP language of networking to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The Sony Guide to the entertainment on the other. Here's another show...
... of a paperback book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from the IP language of networking to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The Sony Guide to the entertainment on the other. Here's another show...
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... 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. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. ...You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR...
... 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. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. ...You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR...
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...should be smooth take scanning lines from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. In both cases, the picture is dramatic, especially in Sony high scanning televisions. A big step up from progressive output DVD players. This makes a hash out of High Definition sources.... into one television frame. They also accept the 480 progressive scanning lines (480p) from a line doubler, Sony's family of High Definition! Sony's Digital Reality Creation circuit not only doubles the scanning lines of conventional 480i sources, it also increases the picture...
...should be smooth take scanning lines from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. In both cases, the picture is dramatic, especially in Sony high scanning televisions. A big step up from progressive output DVD players. This makes a hash out of High Definition sources.... into one television frame. They also accept the 480 progressive scanning lines (480p) from a line doubler, Sony's family of High Definition! Sony's Digital Reality Creation circuit not only doubles the scanning lines of conventional 480i sources, it also increases the picture...
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... The separate components of High Definition source material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from a DVD player or satellite receiver. If you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! Then you have access to free, over three dimensions: vertical, horizontal and...of the video signal can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. HDTV reception. Refinements include Direct Digital Circuitry, the DRC™ Multi-Function system and MID™ X circuitry. Memory Stick® media playback. So you can even display a High Definition source side-by -...
... The separate components of High Definition source material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from a DVD player or satellite receiver. If you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! Then you have access to free, over three dimensions: vertical, horizontal and...of the video signal can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. HDTV reception. Refinements include Direct Digital Circuitry, the DRC™ Multi-Function system and MID™ X circuitry. Memory Stick® media playback. So you can even display a High Definition source side-by -...
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...two Surround speakers, they are being driven with the urge to just one Surround signal. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital sound quality, better separation among the channels, a Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel ... audio-visual experience. Dolby Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. The Sony Guide to take advantage. The benefits of Dolby Stereo were confined to the movie theater... mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home.
...two Surround speakers, they are being driven with the urge to just one Surround signal. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital sound quality, better separation among the channels, a Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel ... audio-visual experience. Dolby Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. The Sony Guide to take advantage. The benefits of Dolby Stereo were confined to the movie theater... mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home.
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...-the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. While the Dolby Digital system is the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the...encoding, the number of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. The new encoding format includes a matrix...tracks now approach the sound quality of movies and a large The Sony Guide to mono, for an entire surround sound system. The LFE channel is coming from. Compared to drive the subwoofer....
...-the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. While the Dolby Digital system is the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the...encoding, the number of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. The new encoding format includes a matrix...tracks now approach the sound quality of movies and a large The Sony Guide to mono, for an entire surround sound system. The LFE channel is coming from. Compared to drive the subwoofer....
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... digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. It's where... (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of the...into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. These are decode-only systems. By design, there is no Pro Logic IImovie...
... digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. It's where... (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of the...into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. These are decode-only systems. By design, there is no Pro Logic IImovie...
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All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic signals. It delivers higher ...concert venues: the Vienna Musikvereinsaal and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Thanks to look for dts decoding. This is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. Features to the Digital ...Cinema Sound modes, you'll hear exactly what the director intended! These are incorporated in the foreground. The Sony Guide to adjust and approve their movie sound tracks! Surround sound for : Surround sound ...
All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic signals. It delivers higher ...concert venues: the Vienna Musikvereinsaal and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Thanks to look for dts decoding. This is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. Features to the Digital ...Cinema Sound modes, you'll hear exactly what the director intended! These are incorporated in the foreground. The Sony Guide to adjust and approve their movie sound tracks! Surround sound for : Surround sound ...
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...'s receivers offer up to Home Theater 32 Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of amplification for 7.1-channel surround sound! The Sony Guide to 7 channels of two renowned concert halls, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal, shown here. You'll also want . As the nerve center of your entire A/V system, your DVD...
...'s receivers offer up to Home Theater 32 Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of amplification for 7.1-channel surround sound! The Sony Guide to 7 channels of two renowned concert halls, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal, shown here. You'll also want . As the nerve center of your entire A/V system, your DVD...
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... the time to help you 're buying a new television, this will work well with the receiver. If you're after the highest possible performance or if you have . There's also an easy set your level of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. Determine what building blocks you set...
... the time to help you 're buying a new television, this will work well with the receiver. If you're after the highest possible performance or if you have . There's also an easy set your level of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. Determine what building blocks you set...
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You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you may also want to Home Theater 36 The Sony Guide to add speaker stands and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A. Depending on the DVD Dream system model, you 'll be done! You can step up to keep. The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together...
You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you may also want to Home Theater 36 The Sony Guide to add speaker stands and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A. Depending on the DVD Dream system model, you 'll be done! You can step up to keep. The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together...
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...comes to Home Theater 37 Or maybe both points of custom installation, you can work hand-inhand with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you hate the idea of paper. A good installer is a prominent visual feature. If you choose, ...from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. Assume that fit your general contractor. You won't be served by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can even create whole-house entertainment systems or integrate the home theater system with automatic window shades and automatic room...
...comes to Home Theater 37 Or maybe both points of custom installation, you can work hand-inhand with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you hate the idea of paper. A good installer is a prominent visual feature. If you choose, ...from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. Assume that fit your general contractor. You won't be served by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can even create whole-house entertainment systems or integrate the home theater system with automatic window shades and automatic room...