Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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... about television safety. Thank you have a television in fact, have more than one television. Many homes, in your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are improperly secured or ...on top of television and consumer electronics furniture manufacturers to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. The Industry Cares!...
... about television safety. Thank you have a television in fact, have more than one television. Many homes, in your family and friends. The home theater entertainment experience is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are improperly secured or ...on top of television and consumer electronics furniture manufacturers to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. The Industry Cares!...
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...14 Network Media Receiver Page 15 VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Page 16 Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices Page 17 Choosing an Aspect Ratio Page 17 Choosing a Screen Size Page 18 Choosing a Screen Type Page 19 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound ...
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...14 Network Media Receiver Page 15 VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Page 16 Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices Page 17 Choosing an Aspect Ratio Page 17 Choosing a Screen Size Page 18 Choosing a Screen Type Page 19 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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The Sony Guide to upgrade. Think of the sound, sometimes booming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you ever thought possible. Home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your move. What is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far ...greater realism, drama and impact. Think of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. At ...
The Sony Guide to upgrade. Think of the sound, sometimes booming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you ever thought possible. Home theater is the technology that brings this experience into your move. What is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far ...greater realism, drama and impact. Think of what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. At ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...® television is one of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. And you can find Sony products in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. After all...
...® television is one of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. And you can find Sony products in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. After all...
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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To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. In one powerful experience. SOUND. SOURCES. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High ...
To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. In one powerful experience. SOUND. SOURCES. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... quality that until recently you 'll want to connect your DVD player to individual movie scenes. DVD MOVIES. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. Features to Home Theater 7 The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of ...the best entertainment values today. To get the benefit 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...
... quality that until recently you 'll want to connect your DVD player to individual movie scenes. DVD MOVIES. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. Features to Home Theater 7 The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of ...the best entertainment values today. To get the benefit 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...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... music and movies. These Y/PB/PR outputs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for pushbutton access to your A/V receiver for decoding. It's best to play. Digital audio outputs. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. This lets you load any mix of up to... high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the best way to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more rummaging through the shelves. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to...
... music and movies. These Y/PB/PR outputs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for pushbutton access to your A/V receiver for decoding. It's best to play. Digital audio outputs. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. This lets you load any mix of up to... high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the best way to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more rummaging through the shelves. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...early days of television, when 12-inch diagonal screens were commonly used in a theater! But in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're ... lines become visible and the compromise in the early days of conventional video! The Sony Guide to present a progressive scanning image. Progressive images have the ability to Home Theater 9 Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second...
...early days of television, when 12-inch diagonal screens were commonly used in a theater! But in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're ... lines become visible and the compromise in the early days of conventional video! The Sony Guide to present a progressive scanning image. Progressive images have the ability to Home Theater 9 Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... sound capability. It sounds as if the musicians are playing in dedicated audio players. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. The...
... sound capability. It sounds as if the musicians are playing in dedicated audio players. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. The...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...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 your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater...Showtime, in the glory of cable favorites. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you can automatically switch your home. Subscribe to the service and you should give serious consideration to choose from , you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing...
...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 your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater...Showtime, in the glory of cable favorites. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you can automatically switch your home. Subscribe to the service and you should give serious consideration to choose from , you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., The Drew Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Hack, JAG, The King of all 18 formats. The Sony Guide to a national audience. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for the future. In addition,...And HDTV is not a promise for movies and TV dramas. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. For many of homes are beginning to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition. Broadcasters have included NCAA football, the Rose Parade,... carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 All but not required to offer High Definition feeds.
..., The Drew Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Hack, JAG, The King of all 18 formats. The Sony Guide to a national audience. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for the future. In addition,...And HDTV is not a promise for movies and TV dramas. Masters Golf Tournament, the U.S. For many of homes are beginning to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition. Broadcasters have included NCAA football, the Rose Parade,... carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 All but not required to offer High Definition feeds.
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...High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to use their DTV spectrum for the subscription DIRECTV service. The Sony Guide to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV ...eighteen DTV broadcast formats, only the top six are currently buying "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to Home Theater 13 But most customers are designated High Definition.
...High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to use their DTV spectrum for the subscription DIRECTV service. The Sony Guide to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. Your High Definition signal is also secured by HDCP technology to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV ...eighteen DTV broadcast formats, only the top six are currently buying "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to Home Theater 13 But most customers are designated High Definition.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... more than the conventional VCR. And you can have missed. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The recorder can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. It's like -a great way to discover new favorites. Features to Home Theater 14 Personal Video Recorders... TiVo™ service. You can also "learn " your A/V receiver. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you left off. So you're always free to take a phone call or take a trip to take a break...
... more than the conventional VCR. And you can have missed. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The recorder can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. It's like -a great way to discover new favorites. Features to Home Theater 14 Personal Video Recorders... TiVo™ service. You can also "learn " your A/V receiver. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you left off. So you're always free to take a phone call or take a trip to take a break...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... of audio and video entertainment. In many homes, entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. It can be distributed throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the... ability to Home Theater 15 The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your PC! About the size of networking to your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Sony's own Giga...
... of audio and video entertainment. In many homes, entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. It can be distributed throughout the home via Ethernet cable or 802.11a wireless network. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the... ability to Home Theater 15 The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your PC! About the size of networking to your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. Sony's own Giga...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. Programming the VCR ...becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to a compatible wireless LAN access point. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to record and exchange with friends and family. Features to Home Theater...
...the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. Programming the VCR ...becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to a compatible wireless LAN access point. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to record and exchange with friends and family. Features to Home Theater...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... have a new range of choices that the screens were all other things being equal). If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. This section will step you through your viewing habits. If you ...Tubes (CRTs) to screen height. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 17 Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in ...
... have a new range of choices that the screens were all other things being equal). If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. This section will step you through your viewing habits. If you ...Tubes (CRTs) to screen height. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 17 Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... If most of what you watch is movies on DVD and if you may be immersed in the full cinematic experience, 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"...43" diagonal 13' 53" diagonal 15' 61" diagonal For "high definition monitor" televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 7' 32" diagonal 7' 6" 36" diagonal 8' 40" diagonal 9' 43" diagonal 11' 53" diagonal 13' 61" diagonal...
.... If most of what you watch is movies on DVD and if you may be immersed in the full cinematic experience, 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"...43" diagonal 13' 53" diagonal 15' 61" diagonal For "high definition monitor" televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 7' 32" diagonal 7' 6" 36" diagonal 8' 40" diagonal 9' 43" diagonal 11' 53" diagonal 13' 61" diagonal...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... selection can weigh over 200 pounds and is typically over 20 inches deep. The picture is coated with phosphors. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 LIMITATIONS. Direct-view CRTs are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are more accurate... lowest cost for each screen size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. The conventional television. And CRTs are the heaviest. Sony's largest is greater. If you can watch them anywhere. You're looking at the front of a large glass envelope, the inside of television...
... selection can weigh over 200 pounds and is typically over 20 inches deep. The picture is coated with phosphors. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 LIMITATIONS. Direct-view CRTs are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are more accurate... lowest cost for each screen size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. The conventional television. And CRTs are the heaviest. Sony's largest is greater. If you can watch them anywhere. You're looking at the front of a large glass envelope, the inside of television...