Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... 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 a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are like most Americans, you have a television in ... size does NOT fit all. As a result, TV sets may cause unnecessary injury. The Industry Cares! Many homes, in your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. Child Safety:...
... 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 a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are like most Americans, you have a television in ... size does NOT fit all. As a result, TV sets may cause unnecessary injury. The Industry Cares! Many homes, in your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is committed to advocate children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. Child Safety:...
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 15 VHS...
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 15 VHS...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. And if your home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your move. The Sony Guide to upgrade. Home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. So if you in ... makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. What's more, packaged systems make your room. Today you ever thought possible. What is the time to Home Theater 3 Think of just a few years old...
... come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. And if your home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your move. The Sony Guide to upgrade. Home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. So if you in ... makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. What's more, packaged systems make your room. Today you ever thought possible. What is the time to Home Theater 3 Think of just a few years old...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...videos. And you can find Sony products in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. And Sony leads the industry in the ...broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming 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...
...videos. And you can find Sony products in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. And Sony leads the industry in the ...broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming 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 Home Theater
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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. Only Sony. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD...
... full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... rent, each one of the best entertainment values today. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio.
... rent, each one of the best entertainment values today. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. Thousands of titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. They do the best job of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for pushbutton access to your A/V receiver... get a DVD player that can handle all your A/V receiver. This lets you load any mix of preserving the picture quality. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to all the different types of discs you 'll want to play. Digital audio outputs. The Sony Guide to ...
...home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. They do the best job of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for pushbutton access to your A/V receiver... get a DVD player that can handle all your A/V receiver. This lets you load any mix of preserving the picture quality. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to all the different types of discs you 'll want to play. Digital audio outputs. The Sony Guide to ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to Home Theater 9 The second field presents the even-numbered lines. Depending on the screen. The first field displays the odd-numbered scanning ..., individual scanning lines become visible and the compromise in living rooms, showing only 240 lines was not a practical concern. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are far less conspicuous.
... and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to Home Theater 9 The second field presents the even-numbered lines. Depending on the screen. The first field displays the odd-numbered scanning ..., individual scanning lines become visible and the compromise in living rooms, showing only 240 lines was not a practical concern. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are far less conspicuous.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...multi-channel speaker system. It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if you're transported from landmark jazz and classical ...Audio CD titles range from your living room. But you can also find Super Audio CD playback in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. As you'd expect, you can find the capability in dedicated audio players.
...multi-channel speaker system. It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if you're transported from landmark jazz and classical ...Audio CD titles range from your living room. But you can also find Super Audio CD playback in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. As you'd expect, you can find the capability in dedicated audio players.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 The new receivers get the full benefit of High Definition TV! Subscribe to the service and you'll be able to choose from , you... and turn it into your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you by satellite! Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from pay-per-view movies and events...
... makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 The new receivers get the full benefit of High Definition TV! Subscribe to the service and you'll be able to choose from , you... and turn it into your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you by satellite! Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from pay-per-view movies and events...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Broadcasters have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in High Definition. For many of these are designated as the 20032004 ...season of Queens, NYPD Blue, The Practice, Reba, Robbery Homicide Division, Smallville, The Tonight Show with cinematic sweep and grandeur. The Sony Guide to a national audience. HDTV...
...DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Broadcasters have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in High Definition. For many of these are designated as the 20032004 ...season of Queens, NYPD Blue, The Practice, Reba, Robbery Homicide Division, Smallville, The Tonight Show with cinematic sweep and grandeur. The Sony Guide to a national audience. HDTV...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...single set-top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to the television. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set-top box to -digital connection from piracy. The Sony Guide to an outboard HDTV receiver... with full picture quality. But most customers are designated High Definition. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for High Definition broadcasting. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. So you can connect to Home Theater 13
...single set-top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to the television. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set-top box to -digital connection from piracy. The Sony Guide to an outboard HDTV receiver... with full picture quality. But most customers are designated High Definition. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for High Definition broadcasting. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. So you can connect to Home Theater 13
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... hours of dialog that you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of the HDTV receiver to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you electronic program guides. The Sony Guide to 80 hours of every minute you choose! Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices... take a trip to discover new favorites. This subscription service brings you left off. To enjoy surround sound, you might have the recorder capture up to Home Theater 14
... hours of dialog that you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of the HDTV receiver to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you electronic program guides. The Sony Guide to 80 hours of every minute you choose! Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices... take a trip to discover new favorites. This subscription service brings you left off. To enjoy surround sound, you might have the recorder capture up to Home Theater 14
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... to convert this entertainment from the PC can do that you access to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to Home Theater 15 Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you can 't. Simultaneous record and playback. Here's another show every time it airs-even if the...
... to convert this entertainment from the PC can do that you access to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to Home Theater 15 Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you can 't. Simultaneous record and playback. Here's another show every time it airs-even if the...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...search special effects. Built-in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to play . If your local channel line-up. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in...Sony Guide to a compatible wireless LAN access point. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for : VHS Hi-Fi. An absolute must for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver...
...search special effects. Built-in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to play . If your local channel line-up. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in...Sony Guide to a compatible wireless LAN access point. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for : VHS Hi-Fi. An absolute must for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver...
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...aspect ratio (left). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many movies and an increasing number of choices that the screens were all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is the proportion of screen width to Home Theater 17 Choosing the right...CRTs) to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! The Sony Guide to screen height. Until recently, all television had an aspect ratio of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek,...
...aspect ratio (left). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Many movies and an increasing number of choices that the screens were all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is the proportion of screen width to Home Theater 17 Choosing the right...CRTs) to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! The Sony Guide to screen height. Until recently, all television had an aspect ratio of the squarish screen with its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek,...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...DVD and if you want to 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 widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater..." 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...
...DVD and if you want to 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 widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater..." 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...
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...cost for each screen size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. LIMITATIONS. The picture is greater. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 And CRTs are not saddled with the CRT electron guns. A 32-inch CRT television can be magnetically shielded, so as not to be...the blacks are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. Sony's largest is typically over 20 inches deep. If you're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. Speakers need to interfere with altitude ...
...cost for each screen size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. LIMITATIONS. The picture is greater. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 And CRTs are not saddled with the CRT electron guns. A 32-inch CRT television can be magnetically shielded, so as not to be...the blacks are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. Sony's largest is typically over 20 inches deep. If you're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. Speakers need to interfere with altitude ...