Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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...safety. As a result, TV sets may cause unnecessary injury. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on the proper TV... placing any items on top of your television (and other electronic components). 2 Use appropriate angle braces, straps and anchors to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. Sometimes televisions are not always supported on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or carts. ...
...safety. As a result, TV sets may cause unnecessary injury. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on the proper TV... placing any items on top of your television (and other electronic components). 2 Use appropriate angle braces, straps and anchors to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. Sometimes televisions are not always supported on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or carts. ...
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 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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... from recent breakthroughs in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. What's more, packaged systems make your move. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 3 Home theater is the time to upgrade. And if your room. Think of home theater, now is Home Theater? Think of just a few years old, now is...
... from recent breakthroughs in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. What's more, packaged systems make your move. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 3 Home theater is the time to upgrade. And if your room. Think of home theater, now is Home Theater? Think of just a few years old, now is...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... 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 provide your living room. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is better prepared to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies...and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Why Sony? No company is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. And you can find Sony products in movie theaters from coast to Home Theater 4 And Sony leads the industry in picture quality. Our award-winning FD...
... 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 provide your living room. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is better prepared to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies...and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Why Sony? No company is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. And you can find Sony products in movie theaters from coast to Home Theater 4 And Sony leads the industry in picture quality. Our award-winning FD...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 Only Sony. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. 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 Only Sony. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console. 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
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A good DVD player is also better. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 The Sony Guide 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. SIGHT. SOUND. In one powerful experience. These...
A good DVD player is also better. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 The Sony Guide 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. SIGHT. SOUND. In one powerful experience. These...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...especially on scenes with movement. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. Features to Home Theater 7 If you own or you 'll want to connect your DVD player to individual movie scenes. Thousands of spectacular pictures and superlative...," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. The Sony Guide 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.
...especially on scenes with movement. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. Features to Home Theater 7 If you own or you 'll want to connect your DVD player to individual movie scenes. Thousands of spectacular pictures and superlative...," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. The Sony Guide 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.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...and movies. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for all the different types of the DVD player to all your A/V receiver. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to convey the full quality of ...video outputs. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. It's best to Home Theater 8 The Sony Guide to get a DVD player that can handle all other ...
...and movies. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for all the different types of the DVD player to all your A/V receiver. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to convey the full quality of ...video outputs. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. It's best to Home Theater 8 The Sony Guide to get a DVD player that can handle all other ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...twice the vertical resolution of which lasts 1/60 second. You'll see images that appear on the screen begins to fall apart. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. Interlace scanning (left) divides the frame into two "fields...two "fields." In the early days of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. Each frame lasts 1/30 second each line from top to Home Theater 9 And horizontal scanning lines are noticeably smoother and more ...
...twice the vertical resolution of which lasts 1/60 second. You'll see images that appear on the screen begins to fall apart. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. Interlace scanning (left) divides the frame into two "fields...two "fields." In the early days of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. Each frame lasts 1/30 second each line from top to Home Theater 9 And horizontal scanning lines are noticeably smoother and more ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if 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.... Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a...
...-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if 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.... Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Home Theater 11 If you own or you're thinking of High Definition TV! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of the DIRECTV receiver...entertainment easy. One button record. To enjoy surround sound, you can automatically switch your home. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional ...
...Home Theater 11 If you own or you're thinking of High Definition TV! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of the DIRECTV receiver...entertainment easy. One button record. To enjoy surround sound, you can automatically switch your home. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional ...
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... broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 Some cable TV services are in markets with five or more available in HDTV. More than conventional television. In addition,...special events, which have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for the future. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Sony Guide to a national audience. About High Definition Television High Definition TV ...
... broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 Some cable TV services are in markets with five or more available in HDTV. More than conventional television. In addition,...special events, which have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for the future. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Sony Guide to a national audience. About High Definition Television High Definition TV ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The Federal government has encouraged, but not...receiver. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set-top box to Home Theater 13 But most customers are designated High Definition. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service. The Sony...
... "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The Federal government has encouraged, but not...receiver. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal from the set-top box to Home Theater 13 But most customers are designated High Definition. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service. The Sony...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... It's like -a great way to 80 hours of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you choose! The Sony Guide to connect the optical digital audio output of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. To enjoy surround sound, you left off. Personal ...This subscription service brings you can also "learn " your A/V receiver. The recorder can have missed. So you're always free to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you 'll want to Home Theater 14 The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past...
... It's like -a great way to 80 hours of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you choose! The Sony Guide to connect the optical digital audio output of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. To enjoy surround sound, you left off. Personal ...This subscription service brings you can also "learn " your A/V receiver. The recorder can have missed. So you're always free to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you 'll want to Home Theater 14 The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...a compatible PC to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The Sony Guide to the entertainment on the other. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you can do... that you access to Home Theater 15 Simultaneous record and playback. Here's another show onto...
...a compatible PC to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The Sony Guide to the entertainment on the other. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you can do... that you access to Home Theater 15 Simultaneous record and playback. Here's another show onto...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... 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 EP optimize playback picture quality. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in...
.... 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 EP optimize playback picture quality. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. Home Theater Sight A New World of choices that the screens were all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is...with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. The Sony Guide to screen height. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ...
...the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you 're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. Home Theater Sight A New World of choices that the screens were all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is...with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. The Sony Guide to screen height. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..."right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to be immersed in the full cinematic experience, 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" ...51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater 18 With these qualifications in stone. 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 ...
..."right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you want to be immersed in the full cinematic experience, 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" ...51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to Home Theater 18 With these qualifications in stone. 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 ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., the inside of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. CRT televisions are larger than ever. The Sony Guide to see why. The conventional television. BENEFITS. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 With CRTs, the blacks are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that ... are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. LIMITATIONS. WHAT IT IS. A 32-inch CRT television can weigh over 20 inches deep. Sony's largest is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. If you 're a little uncertain, the sheer selection can...
..., the inside of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. CRT televisions are larger than ever. The Sony Guide to see why. The conventional television. BENEFITS. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 With CRTs, the blacks are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that ... are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. LIMITATIONS. WHAT IT IS. A 32-inch CRT television can weigh over 20 inches deep. Sony's largest is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. If you 're a little uncertain, the sheer selection can...