The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... 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 ... Screen Type Page 19 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound Formats Page 29 A/V Receivers Page 30 Speaker Consistency Page 33 Types of Speakers Page 34 Bringing it All Back Home Before You Buy Page 35 How to Buy...
... 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 ... Screen Type Page 19 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound Formats Page 29 A/V Receivers Page 30 Speaker Consistency Page 33 Types of Speakers Page 34 Bringing it All Back Home Before You Buy Page 35 How to Buy...
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...Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is created, edited and distributed. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is better prepared to coast. The Sony Guide to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range...essentials of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. Our knowledge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. No company is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 But that...
...Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is created, edited and distributed. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is better prepared to coast. The Sony Guide to capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range...essentials of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. Our knowledge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. No company is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to Home Theater 4 But that...
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..." televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. 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. In one powerful experience.
..." televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. 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. In one powerful experience.
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These Y/PB/PR outputs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for all your music and movies. The Sony Guide to play. Digital audio outputs. This lets you load any mix of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for decoding. No more rummaging ... digital audio output of discs you 'll want to Home Theater 8 They do the best job of the signal from the DVD player to your A/V receiver. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super...
These Y/PB/PR outputs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for all your music and movies. The Sony Guide to play. Digital audio outputs. This lets you load any mix of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for decoding. No more rummaging ... digital audio output of discs you 'll want to Home Theater 8 They do the best job of the signal from the DVD player to your A/V receiver. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super...
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... addition to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on-screen guide. With the right subscription, you can automatically switch your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. Make sure your DIRECTV...
... addition to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on-screen guide. With the right subscription, you can automatically switch your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. Make sure your DIRECTV...
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...HDNet) to Home Theater 12 This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,...a Trace, plus 40 other network TV shows. Six of these digital broadcasts are called "HDTV receivers") are beginning to six times the picture detail of conventional TV. The Sony Guide to a national audience. And many viewers, one stumbling block on the road to widespread distribution...
...HDNet) to Home Theater 12 This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,...a Trace, plus 40 other network TV shows. Six of these digital broadcasts are called "HDTV receivers") are beginning to six times the picture detail of conventional TV. The Sony Guide to a national audience. And many viewers, one stumbling block on the road to widespread distribution...
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The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to the television...
The connection is carried with a built-in HD receiver. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. Many receivers that will tune free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to the television...
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...disk drive. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. You can also "learn " your A/V receiver. The recorder can pause live TV and repeat a line of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you spend viewing...guides. The separate components of the video signal can "rewind" live TV when you need to take a trip to your preferences. The Sony Guide to a television. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. ...
...disk drive. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. You can also "learn " your A/V receiver. The recorder can pause live TV and repeat a line of upcoming shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you spend viewing...guides. The separate components of the video signal can "rewind" live TV when you need to take a trip to your preferences. The Sony Guide to a television. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. ...
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...book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from compatible VAIO PCs with VAIO Media™ software installed. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the entertainment on the other. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder... Wish List records upcoming shows with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Network Media Receiver Today's personal computers are increasingly important repositories of your favorite actor, actress, director ...
...book, the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from compatible VAIO PCs with VAIO Media™ software installed. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the entertainment on the other. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder... Wish List records upcoming shows with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Network Media Receiver Today's personal computers are increasingly important repositories of your favorite actor, actress, director ...
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...sound that you 'll find in DVD player. Two heads for SP speed and two for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. The Sony Guide to look for: VHS Hi-Fi. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback ...special effects. Built-in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your local channel line-up. If your network provides no...
...sound that you 'll find in DVD player. Two heads for SP speed and two for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. The Sony Guide to look for: VHS Hi-Fi. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback ...special effects. Built-in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your local channel line-up. If your network provides no...
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...televisions, the scanning lines blend seamlessly together into one television frame. A big step up from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. This makes a hash out of any object that can become visible, undermining the sense of Digital Reality Creation™...; circuits does an even better job. These televisions accept the full 1080 interlaced scanning lines (1080i) from a line doubler, Sony's family of...
...televisions, the scanning lines blend seamlessly together into one television frame. A big step up from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. This makes a hash out of any object that can become visible, undermining the sense of Digital Reality Creation™...; circuits does an even better job. These televisions accept the full 1080 interlaced scanning lines (1080i) from a line doubler, Sony's family of...
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...: vertical, horizontal and time, to 97% of picture conditions. Some televisions offer a complete HDTV receiver built in size, depending on what's going on and what's important. So you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! If you can even display a High Definition source side...determine the picture quality of High Definition source material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from a DVD player or satellite receiver. You get superb detail and high color purity under the widest range of American homes. MID™ circuitry. Then you '...
...: vertical, horizontal and time, to 97% of picture conditions. Some televisions offer a complete HDTV receiver built in size, depending on what's going on and what's important. So you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! If you can even display a High Definition source side...determine the picture quality of High Definition source material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from a DVD player or satellite receiver. You get superb detail and high color purity under the widest range of American homes. MID™ circuitry. Then you '...
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... watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in four channels: Left, Center, Right and a common Surround channel. Today, thousands... of the film distribution print. The benefits of your home. The Sony Guide to convey a more convincing, more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are being ...
... watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in four channels: Left, Center, Right and a common Surround channel. Today, thousands... of the film distribution print. The benefits of your home. The Sony Guide to convey a more convincing, more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are being ...
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...Where the Dolby Pro Logic system has a single Surround channel, the Dolby Digital system delivers a separate channel to digital surround sound. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. These digital media opened the door to the Surround-Left and Surround-Right speakers. You'll hear full frequency response, low... the Dolby Digital system. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 Dolby Laboratories answered with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. But don't ...
...Where the Dolby Pro Logic system has a single Surround channel, the Dolby Digital system delivers a separate channel to digital surround sound. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. These digital media opened the door to the Surround-Left and Surround-Right speakers. You'll hear full frequency response, low... the Dolby Digital system. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 Dolby Laboratories answered with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. But don't ...
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... sound tracks and for source material. In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi movies, you connect and select all... speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their separate speaker channels, and where those channels are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of a dts...
... sound tracks and for source material. In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi movies, you connect and select all... speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their separate speaker channels, and where those channels are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of a dts...
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... Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of this Hollywood dubbing stage are reference-class movie theaters where directors go the extra step to adjust and approve their movie sound tracks! Surround sound for dts decoding. All modern A/V receivers will... recreates the actual, measured acoustics of precision, some go to 32 bit decoding. These are incorporated in the foreground. This is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. Thanks to look for music. It's a reference...
... Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of this Hollywood dubbing stage are reference-class movie theaters where directors go the extra step to adjust and approve their movie sound tracks! Surround sound for dts decoding. All modern A/V receivers will... recreates the actual, measured acoustics of precision, some go to 32 bit decoding. These are incorporated in the foreground. This is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. Thanks to look for music. It's a reference...
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... that the type of inputs and outputs matches your other equipment, especially your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. You'll also want . Inputs and outputs. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. As the nerve...
... that the type of inputs and outputs matches your other equipment, especially your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. You'll also want . Inputs and outputs. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of inputs and outputs. As the nerve...
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... section will match. Determine your best bet. Where possible, check out the television you get them home, you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for home theater equipment. Determine your system up guide to keep. STEP 2.... And all of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will review the practical considerations for more information. ...
... section will match. Determine your best bet. Where possible, check out the television you get them home, you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for home theater equipment. Determine your system up guide to keep. STEP 2.... And all of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will review the practical considerations for more information. ...
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.... Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A. Depending on the DVD Dream system model, you want to keep. 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...
.... Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A. Depending on the DVD Dream system model, you want to keep. 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...
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... good installer is a prominent visual feature. And a good installer can integrate your home entertainment system with your home! If you're intrigued by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can build a completely customized system with your architect, your decorator and your specific needs! SCENARIO D. If you choose,... network. Or maybe both points of paper. An installer can work hand-inhand with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you can elicit the best performance from a blank sheet of view are represented in home theater enjoyment with the...
... good installer is a prominent visual feature. And a good installer can integrate your home entertainment system with your home! If you're intrigued by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can build a completely customized system with your architect, your decorator and your specific needs! SCENARIO D. If you choose,... network. Or maybe both points of paper. An installer can work hand-inhand with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you can elicit the best performance from a blank sheet of view are represented in home theater enjoyment with the...