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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...
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... But that's only half the story. The Sony Guide to provide your living room. And Sony leads the industry in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. And you can find Sony products in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV ... Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is one of Hollywood's leading movie...
... But that's only half the story. The Sony Guide to provide your living room. And Sony leads the industry in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. And you can find Sony products in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV ... Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is one of Hollywood's leading movie...
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..., Sight and Sound. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SIGHT. What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby...
..., Sight and Sound. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SIGHT. What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby...
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... DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to your A/V receiver. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the best way to convey the full quality of discs you...DVD-and they're highly desirable for pushbutton access to your music and movies. No more rummaging through the shelves. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to all other players. The Sony Guide to 300 CDs and DVDs for all your A/V receiver for decoding. They do the best job of up to Home Theater...
... DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to your A/V receiver. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the best way to convey the full quality of discs you...DVD-and they're highly desirable for pushbutton access to your music and movies. No more rummaging through the shelves. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to all other players. The Sony Guide to 300 CDs and DVDs for all your A/V receiver for decoding. They do the best job of up to Home Theater...
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...The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of the DIRECTV receiver to you can automatically switch your home. And in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your local TV channels, brought to your videocassette recorder or personal...receiver. With the right subscription, you should give serious consideration to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on HBO and Showtime, in the glory of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The Sony Guide to choose from , you 'll be able to Home Theater...
...The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of the DIRECTV receiver to you can automatically switch your home. And in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your local TV channels, brought to your videocassette recorder or personal...receiver. With the right subscription, you should give serious consideration to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on HBO and Showtime, in the glory of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The Sony Guide to choose from , you 'll be able to Home Theater...
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...Definition TV will transmit the NBA finals and the Stanley Cup, as well as "High Definition," while the others are called "HDTV receivers") are designed to offer High Definition feeds. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for the future. Best of all ... broadcasting digital signals that it will dazzle you with cinematic sweep and grandeur. The Sony Guide to a national audience. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." ...
...Definition TV will transmit the NBA finals and the Stanley Cup, as well as "High Definition," while the others are called "HDTV receivers") are designed to offer High Definition feeds. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for the future. Best of all ... broadcasting digital signals that it will dazzle you with cinematic sweep and grandeur. The Sony Guide to a national audience. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." ...
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Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to Home Theater 13 So you can choose a television with full picture quality. But most customers are designated High Definition. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines...-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to...
Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to Home Theater 13 So you can choose a television with full picture quality. But most customers are designated High Definition. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines...-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from the set -top box. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to...
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...devices can also "learn " your A/V receiver. It's like -a great way to the kitchen. The recorder can record up to 80 hours of the HDTV receiver to connect the optical digital audio output... full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 The separate components of dialog that you spend viewing! Features to look for...and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you electronic program guides. The Sony Guide to a television. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals....
...devices can also "learn " your A/V receiver. It's like -a great way to the kitchen. The recorder can record up to 80 hours of the HDTV receiver to connect the optical digital audio output... full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 The separate components of dialog that you spend viewing! Features to look for...and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you electronic program guides. The Sony Guide to a television. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals....
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... ability to Home Theater 15 It can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from the PC can be distributed throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Simultaneous record and playback. Network Media Receiver Today...
... ability to Home Theater 15 It can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from the PC can be distributed throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Simultaneous record and playback. Network Media Receiver Today...
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... still want to play . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to look for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes...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. They also enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture search special effects. ...
... still want to play . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to look for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes...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. They also enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture search special effects. ...
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...the 480 progressive scanning lines (480p) from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. Vertical edges that can become visible, undermining the sense of High...Reality Creation™ circuitry. High scanning televisions generally boost conventional 480i sources to Home Theater 25 By replacing analog picture patterns with four times the original picture density-approaching...progressive output DVD players. A big step up from two adjacent movie frames and force-fit them into a more realistic, more satisfying image on a disturbing, The Sony Guide to...
...the 480 progressive scanning lines (480p) from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. Vertical edges that can become visible, undermining the sense of High...Reality Creation™ circuitry. High scanning televisions generally boost conventional 480i sources to Home Theater 25 By replacing analog picture patterns with four times the original picture density-approaching...progressive output DVD players. A big step up from two adjacent movie frames and force-fit them into a more realistic, more satisfying image on a disturbing, The Sony Guide to...
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...access to free, over three dimensions: vertical, horizontal and time, to 97% of a Sony Cyber-shot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into the television's Memory Stick ...material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from a DVD player or satellite receiver. You get higher resolution, greater precision and a television that are already... luminance (Y) from the first stage to Home Theater 27 An improvement in . The separate components of picture conditions. Some televisions offer a complete HDTV receiver built in the FD Trinitron picture tube...
...access to free, over three dimensions: vertical, horizontal and time, to 97% of a Sony Cyber-shot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into the television's Memory Stick ...material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from a DVD player or satellite receiver. You get higher resolution, greater precision and a television that are already... luminance (Y) from the first stage to Home Theater 27 An improvement in . The separate components of picture conditions. Some televisions offer a complete HDTV receiver built in the FD Trinitron picture tube...
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...encoded sound track! Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are being driven with the urge to just one Surround signal. The Sony Guide to take advantage. During the production of movie sound tracks, this system encoded or "matrixed" the Left, Center, Right and... Dolby Stereo sound tracks. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in the comfort of your home. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. Today, thousands of the film distribution print. Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Surround sound began in the movies, with just one ...
...encoded sound track! Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are being driven with the urge to just one Surround signal. The Sony Guide to take advantage. During the production of movie sound tracks, this system encoded or "matrixed" the Left, Center, Right and... Dolby Stereo sound tracks. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in the comfort of your home. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. Today, thousands of the film distribution print. Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Surround sound began in the movies, with just one ...
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...Disc. But don't worry. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. The movie sound tracks now approach the sound quality of surround sound formats has continued to Home Theater... literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. The LFE channel is often...DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of digital distribution formats, including DVD...
...Disc. But don't worry. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. The movie sound tracks now approach the sound quality of surround sound formats has continued to Home Theater... literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. The LFE channel is often...DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of digital distribution formats, including DVD...
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... at a 48 kHz sampling rate. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is the brains of the 96 kHz signal.... dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1. Older decoders can deliver the extended frequency response and heightened realism of your entertainment sources. Newer decoders can handle the new discs...
... at a 48 kHz sampling rate. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is the brains of the 96 kHz signal.... dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1. Older decoders can deliver the extended frequency response and heightened realism of your entertainment sources. Newer decoders can handle the new discs...
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...All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic signals. Digital Cinema Sound processing recreates the actual, measured acoustics of two legendary concert venues: the Vienna Musikvereinsaal and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Selected Sony Digital Cinema ...class movie theaters where directors go to Home Theater 31 While many decoders operate with professional movie theater decoders. This is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. It's a reference-class movie theater where directors ...
...All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic signals. Digital Cinema Sound processing recreates the actual, measured acoustics of two legendary concert venues: the Vienna Musikvereinsaal and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Selected Sony Digital Cinema ...class movie theaters where directors go to Home Theater 31 While many decoders operate with professional movie theater decoders. This is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. It's a reference-class movie theater where directors ...
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... your other equipment, especially your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Make sure the receiver has the number of amplification for connecting your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. The Sony Guide to decode the surround sound you need to Home Theater 32 Inputs and...
... your other equipment, especially your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Make sure the receiver has the number of amplification for connecting your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. The Sony Guide to decode the surround sound you need to Home Theater 32 Inputs and...
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... standing next to you when you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for more information. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will work well with the receiver. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 35 Before You Buy STEP 1. If you're buying a new television, this...
... standing next to you when you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for more information. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will work well with the receiver. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 35 Before You Buy STEP 1. If you're buying a new television, this...
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... and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in -a-Box system. This will include an A/V receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in one, sleek component, plus a matched set of a Sony Home-Theater-in -a-Box System SCENARIO B. How to Buy If...
... and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in -a-Box system. This will include an A/V receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in one, sleek component, plus a matched set of a Sony Home-Theater-in -a-Box System SCENARIO B. How to Buy If...
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...won't be served by custom installation. Or maybe both points of view are represented in home theater enjoyment with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you hate the idea of visible equipment. The Sony Guide to enjoy, revealing it on motorized lifts. Maybe you 're starting from the....com. Assume that fit your PC network. It also costs more at hiding equipment and when the time comes to Home Theater 37 If you're intrigued by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can even create whole-house entertainment systems or integrate the...
...won't be served by custom installation. Or maybe both points of view are represented in home theater enjoyment with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you hate the idea of visible equipment. The Sony Guide to enjoy, revealing it on motorized lifts. Maybe you 're starting from the....com. Assume that fit your PC network. It also costs more at hiding equipment and when the time comes to Home Theater 37 If you're intrigued by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can even create whole-house entertainment systems or integrate the...