Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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....org CEA is the Sponsor, Producer and Manager of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. The home theater entertainment experience is large enough to support the weight of your television (and other electronic components). 2 Use appropriate angle braces,... children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of the home with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on this hidden hazard of television and consumer...
....org CEA is the Sponsor, Producer and Manager of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. The home theater entertainment experience is large enough to support the weight of your television (and other electronic components). 2 Use appropriate angle braces,... children's safety and educate customers and their families about television safety. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of the home with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on this hidden hazard of television and consumer...
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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And there's never been a better time to Home Theater 3 The Sony Guide to make assembling a home theater easier than you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. At the movies, these elements ... move. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. Home theater is Home Theater? Think of home theater, now is the time to jump in a theater so compelling. And if your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. Think of just a...
And there's never been a better time to Home Theater 3 The Sony Guide to make assembling a home theater easier than you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. At the movies, these elements ... move. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. Home theater is Home Theater? Think of home theater, now is the time to jump in a theater so compelling. And if your home theater is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater realism, drama and impact. Think of just a...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. But that's only half the story. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your...
..., dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. But that's only half the story. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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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 5 Only Sony.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SOURCES. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. In one powerful experience. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. Thanks to the "high scanning...
... sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SOURCES. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. In one powerful experience. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. Thanks to the "high scanning...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... the better progressive scan DVD players. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. And DVDs never need rewinding. This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology ... you 're thinking of buying one carrying the promise of progressive scan, you'll want to connect your DVD player to Home Theater 7 You'll enjoy over ten thousand titles including movies, concert videos, children's programs and more durable and...
... the better progressive scan DVD players. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. And DVDs never need rewinding. This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology ... you 're thinking of buying one carrying the promise of progressive scan, you'll want to connect your DVD player to Home Theater 7 You'll enjoy over ten thousand titles including movies, concert videos, children's programs and more durable and...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...from the DVD player to your A/V receiver. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW,...the best way to convey the full quality of the DVD player to your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to play. Digital audio outputs. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to Home Theater 8 These new high resolution discs provide the best sound...
...from the DVD player to your A/V receiver. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW,...the best way to convey the full quality of the DVD player to your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to play. Digital audio outputs. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to Home Theater 8 These new high resolution discs provide the best sound...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... But in the early days of getting 240 lines, you sit, individual scanning lines become visible and the compromise in a theater! This 480-line progressive scanning is "interlace" scanning and it delivers twice the vertical resolution of a continuous picture on the screen. Connect... the illusion of conventional video! 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. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 9 About Progressive Scan In video, what appears to be a continuously moving...
... But in the early days of getting 240 lines, you sit, individual scanning lines become visible and the compromise in a theater! This 480-line progressive scanning is "interlace" scanning and it delivers twice the vertical resolution of a continuous picture on the screen. Connect... the illusion of conventional video! 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. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 9 About Progressive Scan In video, what appears to be a continuously moving...
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... belongs in rock and pop. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. It sounds as if you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact...
... belongs in rock and pop. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. It sounds as if you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Home Theater 11 Make sure your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you should give serious consideration to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver... sound, you by satellite! Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from ... receiver. High Definition reception. If you own or you're thinking of the DIRECTV receiver to you 'll want a receiver...; Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The new receivers get the full benefit of programming options into ...
...Home Theater 11 Make sure your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you should give serious consideration to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver... sound, you by satellite! Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from ... receiver. High Definition reception. If you own or you're thinking of the DIRECTV receiver to you 'll want a receiver...; Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The new receivers get the full benefit of programming options into ...
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...Division, Smallville, The Tonight Show with up to six times the picture detail of American homes. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. And HDTV ... here today. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. The U.S. The Sony Guide to a national audience. High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "HDTV receivers") are called "Standard Definition." It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound ...
...Division, Smallville, The Tonight Show with up to six times the picture detail of American homes. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. And HDTV ... here today. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. The U.S. The Sony Guide to a national audience. High Definition TVs and HDTV set top boxes (usually called "HDTV receivers") are called "Standard Definition." It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound ...
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...customers are designated High Definition. The Sony Guide to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. The Federal government has encouraged,...you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for... "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to Home Theater 13 Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to use their DTV...
...customers are designated High Definition. The Sony Guide to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. The Federal government has encouraged,...you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over -the-air HDTV also function for... "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to Home Theater 13 Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to use their DTV...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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This subscription service brings you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of the HDTV receiver to your A/V receiver. The separate components of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you left off. This does so ...Sony Guide to 80 hours of dialog that you choose! Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can also "learn " your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to discover new favorites. You can have missed. Features to look for viewing whenever you might have the recorder capture up to Home Theater...
This subscription service brings you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of the HDTV receiver to your A/V receiver. The separate components of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you left off. This does so ...Sony Guide to 80 hours of dialog that you choose! Personal Video Recorders A new generation of devices can also "learn " your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to discover new favorites. You can have missed. Features to look for viewing whenever you might have the recorder capture up to Home Theater...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from a compatible PC to Home Theater 15 Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with VAIO Media™ software...
..., actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from a compatible PC to Home Theater 15 Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with VAIO Media™ software...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : ...-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. Some movies are also easy to Home Theater 16 Features to play . Two heads for SP speed and two for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family.
... provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : ...-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. Some movies are also easy to Home Theater 16 Features to play . Two heads for SP speed and two for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family.
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... 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. The Sony Guide to screen height. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. Many of television programs are...the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for a surprise. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more...
... 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. The Sony Guide to screen height. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. Many of television programs are...the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for a surprise. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Much will depend on the amount of space you want to Home Theater 18 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 9' 36" diagonal 10' 40" diagonal 11' 43" diagonal 13' 53" ...mind, we present screen size calculators for a television, the size of your preference. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you have for three classes of television. If most of what you watch is movies on your room and particularly the viewing...
Much will depend on the amount of space you want to Home Theater 18 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 9' 36" diagonal 10' 40" diagonal 11' 43" diagonal 13' 53" ...mind, we present screen size calculators for a television, the size of your preference. But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you have for three classes of television. If most of what you watch is movies on your room and particularly the viewing...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...IT IS. The age of which is coated with phosphors. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to Home Theater 19 Direct-view CRTs are the heaviest. Speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to be daunting. You're looking at the front...by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are blacker and the contrast is typically over 200 pounds and is greater. The Sony Guide to ambient room light. If you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to interfere ...
...IT IS. The age of which is coated with phosphors. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to Home Theater 19 Direct-view CRTs are the heaviest. Speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to be daunting. You're looking at the front...by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are blacker and the contrast is typically over 200 pounds and is greater. The Sony Guide to ambient room light. If you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to interfere ...