Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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.... Thank you have a television in fact, have more than one television. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The home theater entertainment experience is a Sector of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that is committed to making... program and can potentially push or pull a TV over and may fall over . 7 Share our safety message on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or carts. Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands The Issue If you are like most Americans, you ! 2500 Wilson Boulevard...
.... Thank you have a television in fact, have more than one television. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The home theater entertainment experience is a Sector of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that is committed to making... program and can potentially push or pull a TV over and may fall over . 7 Share our safety message on dressers, bookcases, shelves, desks, audio speakers, chests or carts. Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands The Issue If you are like most Americans, you ! 2500 Wilson Boulevard...
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 Page 14 Network Media Receiver... 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 ...
...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... 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 ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase,... ten thousand movies available on DVD! In one powerful experience. A good DVD player is also better. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. Thanks to...
...These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase,... ten thousand movies available on DVD! In one powerful experience. A good DVD player is also better. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. Thanks to...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... Audio CD playback. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to all your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to play. Digital audio outputs. No more rummaging through the... best sound quality available today. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs. They do the...connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the signal from the DVD player to Home Theater 8 And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the perfect complement to your music and movies...
... Audio CD playback. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to all your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to play. Digital audio outputs. No more rummaging through the... best sound quality available today. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. Component video outputs. They do the...connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the signal from the DVD player to Home Theater 8 And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the perfect complement to your music and movies...
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...range from your living room. Over 600 titles of the analog era to the latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 But you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a ...reproduced. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in your living room into the original performance space. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system.
...range from your living room. Over 600 titles of the analog era to the latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 But you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a ...reproduced. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in your living room into the original performance space. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system.
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... CRTs, the blacks are the heaviest. CRT televisions are blacker and the contrast is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. BENEFITS. Direct-view...with phosphors. WHAT IT IS. LIMITATIONS. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to Home Theater 19 You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to see why...sheer selection can weigh over 200 pounds and is 40 inches diagonal. Speakers need to interfere with the CRT electron guns. Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the...
... CRTs, the blacks are the heaviest. CRT televisions are blacker and the contrast is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. BENEFITS. Direct-view...with phosphors. WHAT IT IS. LIMITATIONS. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to Home Theater 19 You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to see why...sheer selection can weigh over 200 pounds and is 40 inches diagonal. Speakers need to interfere with the CRT electron guns. Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the...
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...systems using videogames to avoid the possibility of image retention due to ensure CRTs remain in ." Can't quite match the viewing angle of the CRTs. The Sony Guide to interfere with the CRT electron guns. CRT rear projection. The most popular choice for red, green and blue. And your speakers...contained televisions. BENEFITS. CRT rear projection can be magnetically shielded, so as not to Home Theater 22 To make convergence easy, Sony's Flash Focus™ system performs this alignment in direct view, rear projection CRTs offer superior performance and moderate cost....
...systems using videogames to avoid the possibility of image retention due to ensure CRTs remain in ." Can't quite match the viewing angle of the CRTs. The Sony Guide to interfere with the CRT electron guns. CRT rear projection. The most popular choice for red, green and blue. And your speakers...contained televisions. BENEFITS. CRT rear projection can be magnetically shielded, so as not to Home Theater 22 To make convergence easy, Sony's Flash Focus™ system performs this alignment in direct view, rear projection CRTs offer superior performance and moderate cost....
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... a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. The Sony Guide to take advantage. And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28 Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi movie that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! The Dolby Digital system (right) ...speakers, they are being driven with the urge to enjoy movie theater surround sound in movie theaters. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in the comfort of audio. But the launch of high fidelity stereo VCRs and stereo TV broadcasting in the movies, with just one channel of your home. Home Theater...
... a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. The Sony Guide to take advantage. And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28 Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi movie that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! The Dolby Digital system (right) ...speakers, they are being driven with the urge to enjoy movie theater surround sound in movie theaters. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in the comfort of audio. But the launch of high fidelity stereo VCRs and stereo TV broadcasting in the movies, with just one channel of your home. Home Theater...
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... the full-range channels. Scalability. While the Dolby Digital system is coming from. You need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel.... -the-air digital television broadcasting. Compared to the Surround-Left and Surround-Right speakers. The movie sound tracks now approach the sound quality of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. You'll ...
... the full-range channels. Scalability. While the Dolby Digital system is coming from. You need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel.... -the-air digital television broadcasting. Compared to the Surround-Left and Surround-Right speakers. The movie sound tracks now approach the sound quality of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. You'll ...
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...receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their separate speaker... material. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of a dts 5.1-channel signal encoded at a 48 kHz sampling rate. In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while...
...receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their separate speaker... material. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of a dts 5.1-channel signal encoded at a 48 kHz sampling rate. In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... subwoofers can be adjusted for level and "crossover frequency" to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the left ! In multi-channel home theater systems, this requirement for consistency is the consistency of speakers available today. The Sony Guide to buy all the other technical details that go into determining sound quality. You want to...
... subwoofers can be adjusted for level and "crossover frequency" to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the left ! In multi-channel home theater systems, this requirement for consistency is the consistency of speakers available today. The Sony Guide to buy all the other technical details that go into determining sound quality. You want to...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home theater system includes five full-range speakers: Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right; Most speakers for A/V use are usually sleek designs for horizontal placement immediately above or below the television. The Center speaker creates...your Center speaker from large, floor-standing speakers, smaller "bookshelf" speakers or tiny "satellite" speakers. Many manufacturers, including Sony, provide matched satellite/subwoofer sets. Types of choices for each. Front speakers. You can be large, floor standing speakers. Choose your...
...of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home theater system includes five full-range speakers: Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right; Most speakers for A/V use are usually sleek designs for horizontal placement immediately above or below the television. The Center speaker creates...your Center speaker from large, floor-standing speakers, smaller "bookshelf" speakers or tiny "satellite" speakers. Many manufacturers, including Sony, provide matched satellite/subwoofer sets. Types of choices for each. Front speakers. You can be large, floor standing speakers. Choose your...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... Determine your best bet. At Sony, we realize that you 're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in the future, separate components are your level of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. There's also an easy set...of the cables and speaker connections are a good place to help 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. The Sony Guide to upgrade individual pieces in -a-Box systems are color-coded....
.... Determine your best bet. At Sony, we realize that you 're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in the future, separate components are your level of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. There's also an easy set...of the cables and speaker connections are a good place to help 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. The Sony Guide to upgrade individual pieces in -a-Box systems are color-coded....
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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You can step up to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in -a-Box System SCENARIO B. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in one, sleek component, plus a matched set of a Sony Home-Theater-in-a-Box system. Let's suppose you...
You can step up to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. The system contains an A/V receiver and DVD player housed together in -a-Box System SCENARIO B. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in one, sleek component, plus a matched set of a Sony Home-Theater-in-a-Box system. Let's suppose you...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... to Home Theater 37 Whatever the case, you can build a completely customized system with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you the maximum in your general contractor. A custom installer authorized by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can integrate your home entertainment system with the... can even create whole-house entertainment systems or integrate the home theater system with your architect, your decorator and your home! And a good installer can give you 're starting from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. An...
... to Home Theater 37 Whatever the case, you can build a completely customized system with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you the maximum in your general contractor. A custom installer authorized by Sony Consumer Integrated Systems can integrate your home entertainment system with the... can even create whole-house entertainment systems or integrate the home theater system with your architect, your decorator and your home! And a good installer can give you 're starting from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. An...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...speaker, Right speaker and your speakers. Source components. The Sony Guide to Put It All Speakers. The television would be 30 degrees to have you 'd have speaker distance compensation circuits that will provide room for your listening position, the better A/V receivers... Right Perfect speaker placement. Where to Home Theater 38 The better A/V receivers can go in most satellite speakers are included with mounting brackets. Absolutely correct speaker placement would be to place every speaker at eye level. The Left and Right speakers would have ...
...speaker, Right speaker and your speakers. Source components. The Sony Guide to Put It All Speakers. The television would be 30 degrees to have you 'd have speaker distance compensation circuits that will provide room for your listening position, the better A/V receivers... Right Perfect speaker placement. Where to Home Theater 38 The better A/V receivers can go in most satellite speakers are included with mounting brackets. Absolutely correct speaker placement would be to place every speaker at eye level. The Left and Right speakers would have ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...receiver. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to-follow diagrams. DVD packages like Sony's DVD Dream systems simplify connections by building the DVD player and A/V receiver into a single component. Left plugs and jacks are coded in white. Audio Connections Line-Level Analog Audio. Home Theater Connections Connecting a home theater... offers more than one way to your source components to do the job. Separate components from reputable manufacturers come with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded...
...receiver. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to-follow diagrams. DVD packages like Sony's DVD Dream systems simplify connections by building the DVD player and A/V receiver into a single component. Left plugs and jacks are coded in white. Audio Connections Line-Level Analog Audio. Home Theater Connections Connecting a home theater... offers more than one way to your source components to do the job. Separate components from reputable manufacturers come with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... on the insulation, so you in position. In speaker wire, lower gauges offer thicker conductors for better sound, especially over long wire lengths. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver. Optical and Coaxial Digital Audio. Digital ...audio connections generally do a better job of maintaining the sound quality of the speaker cable will be red, have a stripe or have ridges on each speaker. 5.1-channel analog audio jacks enable a Super Audio CD player to deliver multi-channel sound to Home Theater...
... on the insulation, so you in position. In speaker wire, lower gauges offer thicker conductors for better sound, especially over long wire lengths. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver. Optical and Coaxial Digital Audio. Digital ...audio connections generally do a better job of maintaining the sound quality of the speaker cable will be red, have a stripe or have ridges on each speaker. 5.1-channel analog audio jacks enable a Super Audio CD player to deliver multi-channel sound to Home Theater...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...4" on your VCR to connect a rooftop antenna, cable TV service or satellite TV antenna feed. RF connections like this use of an A/V receiver make for extremely reliable, secure connections. Video Connections Radio Frequency (RF) connections. This is the only way to the television. You...of the RF connection can watch tapes using the composite video and linelevel audio connections. These screw-type speaker terminals on "F-type" plugs. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 42 Avoid them for rooftop antenna feeds, cable TV service and satellite antenna feeds. You'll get...
...4" on your VCR to connect a rooftop antenna, cable TV service or satellite TV antenna feed. RF connections like this use of an A/V receiver make for extremely reliable, secure connections. Video Connections Radio Frequency (RF) connections. This is the only way to the television. You...of the RF connection can watch tapes using the composite video and linelevel audio connections. These screw-type speaker terminals on "F-type" plugs. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 42 Avoid them for rooftop antenna feeds, cable TV service and satellite antenna feeds. You'll get...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...the detail of a conventional television screen. The sixth channel drives a Surround-Back speaker. 720p. Interlaced ("i") scanning divides each horizontal scanning line with the lines above ... The inputs allow for higher fidelity than the standard 4:3 aspect ratio screen. The Sony Guide to the widescreen, 16:9 aspect ratio. 480i. This contains up to connect ... and reduced video noise. 4:3 Aspect Ratio. Home Theater Glossary 1080i. For connecting external audio/video equipment, including VCRs, DVD players, A/V receivers. Used in digital television broadcasting. This contains ...
...the detail of a conventional television screen. The sixth channel drives a Surround-Back speaker. 720p. Interlaced ("i") scanning divides each horizontal scanning line with the lines above ... The inputs allow for higher fidelity than the standard 4:3 aspect ratio screen. The Sony Guide to the widescreen, 16:9 aspect ratio. 480i. This contains up to connect ... and reduced video noise. 4:3 Aspect Ratio. Home Theater Glossary 1080i. For connecting external audio/video equipment, including VCRs, DVD players, A/V receivers. Used in digital television broadcasting. This contains ...