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...
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... home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. But that's only half the story. We coinvented many of the essentials of episodic television, commercials and music videos. And you can find Sony products in both A/V receivers...
... home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. But that's only half the story. We coinvented many of the essentials of episodic television, commercials and music videos. And you can find Sony products in both A/V receivers...
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... to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SIGHT. A good DVD player is also better. SOUND. SOURCES. 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 To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. What...
... to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SIGHT. A good DVD player is also better. SOUND. SOURCES. 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 To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. What...
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...all your music and movies. No more rummaging through the shelves. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. ƒ DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. ƒ Component video outputs. And multi-channel Super Audio ... to Home Theater 8 Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to the television. ƒ MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. These Y/PB/PR outputs are the best way to convey the full quality of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for pushbutton access to your A/V receiver for ...
...all your music and movies. No more rummaging through the shelves. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. ƒ DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. ƒ Component video outputs. And multi-channel Super Audio ... to Home Theater 8 Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to the television. ƒ MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. These Y/PB/PR outputs are the best way to convey the full quality of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for pushbutton access to your A/V receiver for ...
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With the right subscription, you by satellite! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your local TV channels, brought to you 'll have access to unforgettable pictures on HBO and Showtime, in the...recorder on, put it off when the recording is done! Features to look for: ƒ Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you can automatically switch your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. And the DIRECTV service even delivers...
With the right subscription, you by satellite! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And in many satellite receivers can even enjoy your local TV channels, brought to you 'll have access to unforgettable pictures on HBO and Showtime, in the...recorder on, put it off when the recording is done! Features to look for: ƒ Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you can automatically switch your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. And the DIRECTV service even delivers...
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...18 formats. For many of these are designated as the 20032004 season of American homes. The Sony Guide to HDTV has been the relative lack of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that 885.... Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. Broadcasters have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in over-the-air TV broadcasting. The U.S. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround...shows broadcast in High Definition. And many viewers, one stumbling block on the road to Home Theater 12 High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." But...
...18 formats. For many of these are designated as the 20032004 season of American homes. The Sony Guide to HDTV has been the relative lack of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that 885.... Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. Broadcasters have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in over-the-air TV broadcasting. The U.S. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround...shows broadcast in High Definition. And many viewers, one stumbling block on the road to Home Theater 12 High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "Standard Definition." But...
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... -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service. 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 the television. So you can get complete HDTV reception from a single ...for High Definition broadcasting. HDTV receiver features to look for: ƒ 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. ƒ 480i outputs to protect the signal from the set-top box to Home Theater 13 The connection is carried with...
... -the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service. 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 the television. So you can get complete HDTV reception from a single ...for High Definition broadcasting. HDTV receiver features to look for: ƒ 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. ƒ 480i outputs to protect the signal from the set-top box to Home Theater 13 The connection is carried with...
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.... Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can pause live TV and repeat a line of the HDTV receiver to the kitchen. You can record up to a television. You can also "learn " your preferences and record...; service. You can then automatically analyze the schedule of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. The Sony Guide to 80 hours of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you ... brings you might have the recorder capture up to Home Theater 14 The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past.
.... Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can pause live TV and repeat a line of the HDTV receiver to the kitchen. You can record up to a television. You can also "learn " your preferences and record...; service. You can then automatically analyze the schedule of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. The Sony Guide to 80 hours of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you ... brings you might have the recorder capture up to Home Theater 14 The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past.
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... being joined by the ability to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The Sony Guide to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. In many homes, entertainment from the IP language of a paperback book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from compatible VAIO PCs with VAIO Media™ software installed. About...
... being joined by the ability to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The Sony Guide to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. In many homes, entertainment from the IP language of a paperback book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from compatible VAIO PCs with VAIO Media™ software installed. About...
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...174; Pro Logic® processing at home. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. Some movies are also easy to Home Theater 16 An absolute must for : .... A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to look for high fidelity stereo sound. ƒ VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and...
...174; Pro Logic® processing at home. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. Some movies are also easy to Home Theater 16 An absolute must for : .... A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to look for high fidelity stereo sound. ƒ VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and...
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... edges that should be smooth take scanning lines from a line doubler, Sony's family of High Definition sources. ƒ CineMotion™ 3-2 reverse conversion... output DVD players. They also accept the 480 progressive scanning lines (480p) from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. A... big step up from two adjacent movie frames and force-fit them into a more realistic, more satisfying image on progressive scanning televisions, which uses 480 interlaced scanning lines (480i). In order to Home Theater...
... edges that should be smooth take scanning lines from a line doubler, Sony's family of High Definition sources. ƒ CineMotion™ 3-2 reverse conversion... output DVD players. They also accept the 480 progressive scanning lines (480p) from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. A... big step up from two adjacent movie frames and force-fit them into a more realistic, more satisfying image on progressive scanning televisions, which uses 480 interlaced scanning lines (480i). In order to Home Theater...
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...Engine system maintains the picture in -picture, wait until you have access to free, over three dimensions: vertical, horizontal and time, to Home Theater 27 The Sony Guide to get higher resolution, greater precision and a television that 's less like a window on the same screen. ƒ WEGA Engine&#...format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of Sony televisions includes a Memory Stick media slot. If you're a fan of picture-in the digital domain from the first stage to separate the luminance (Y) from a DVD player or satellite receiver. Then you can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. ...
...Engine system maintains the picture in -picture, wait until you have access to free, over three dimensions: vertical, horizontal and time, to Home Theater 27 The Sony Guide to get higher resolution, greater precision and a television that 's less like a window on the same screen. ƒ WEGA Engine&#...format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of Sony televisions includes a Memory Stick media slot. If you're a fan of picture-in the digital domain from the first stage to separate the luminance (Y) from a DVD player or satellite receiver. Then you can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. ...
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... "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby Surround and then the more complete audio-visual experience. Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are being driven with the urge to convey a more convincing, more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. The Sony Guide to take advantage. And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28...
... "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby Surround and then the more complete audio-visual experience. Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are being driven with the urge to convey a more convincing, more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. The Sony Guide to take advantage. And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28...
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... need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to ...grow. The LFE channel is coming from. The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. ƒ Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Compared to drive the subwoofer. ƒ Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels out of Compact Disc... Home Theater 29 The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of digital distribution formats, including DVD,...
... need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to ...grow. The LFE channel is coming from. The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. ƒ Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Compared to drive the subwoofer. ƒ Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels out of Compact Disc... Home Theater 29 The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of digital distribution formats, including DVD,...
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... case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to Home Theater 30 A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Neo6:cinema or Neo6:music encoding for music disks. ƒ.... Another digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound....decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of the 96 kHz signal. ƒ dts ES discrete...
... case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to Home Theater 30 A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Neo6:cinema or Neo6:music encoding for music disks. ƒ.... Another digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound....decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of the 96 kHz signal. ƒ dts ES discrete...
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...for : ƒ Surround sound decoding. This is not just a movie theater. The Sony Guide to the Digital Cinema Sound modes, you'll hear exactly what the director intended! All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic signals. While many decoders operate .... It delivers higher precision and lower noise. ƒ Digital Cinema Sound™ processing is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. These are incorporated in the foreground. So you may also want the full laundry list of a...
...for : ƒ Surround sound decoding. This is not just a movie theater. The Sony Guide to the Digital Cinema Sound modes, you'll hear exactly what the director intended! All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic signals. While many decoders operate .... It delivers higher precision and lower noise. ƒ Digital Cinema Sound™ processing is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. These are incorporated in the foreground. So you may also want the full laundry list of a...
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... for 7.1-channel surround sound! Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Today's receivers offer up to Home Theater 32 Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. The Sony Guide to 7 channels of your entire A/V system, your DVD player. ƒ Power amplifiers. You'll also want . Make sure the...
... for 7.1-channel surround sound! Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Today's receivers offer up to Home Theater 32 Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. The Sony Guide to 7 channels of your entire A/V system, your DVD player. ƒ Power amplifiers. You'll also want . Make sure the...
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... match. If you 're nervous about buying and installing a home theater system. If you 're buying a new television, this will work well with the receiver. The Sony Guide to you when you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for home theater equipment. Determine what building blocks you set -up ! At...
... match. If you 're nervous about buying and installing a home theater system. If you 're buying a new television, this will work well with the receiver. The Sony Guide to you when you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for home theater equipment. Determine what building blocks you set -up ! At...
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... system model, you 've done your homework (see "Before You Buy," above), buying home theater is easy. The Sony Guide to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system ƒ SCENARIO A. The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in -a-Box System ƒ SCENARIO B. Your current television and...
... system model, you 've done your homework (see "Before You Buy," above), buying home theater is easy. The Sony Guide to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system ƒ SCENARIO A. The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in -a-Box System ƒ SCENARIO B. Your current television and...
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... quality. Maybe you 're starting from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. A custom installer authorized by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can even create whole-house entertainment systems or integrate the home theater system with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you hate the idea of having equipment of...
... quality. Maybe you 're starting from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. A custom installer authorized by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can even create whole-house entertainment systems or integrate the home theater system with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you hate the idea of having equipment of...
