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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 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 ...
... 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 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 ...
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What is the technology that brings this experience into your room. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a theater so compelling. Home theater is Home ...sound, sometimes booming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you ever thought possible. Compared to jump in a full 360-degree experience. The Sony Guide to upgrade. Think of home theater, now is the time to Home Theater 3 So if you can come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid ...
What is the technology that brings this experience into your room. Consider the giant screen, teeming with astonishing emotional force. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a theater so compelling. Home theater is Home ...sound, sometimes booming with explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you ever thought possible. Compared to jump in a full 360-degree experience. The Sony Guide to upgrade. Think of home theater, now is the time to Home Theater 3 So if you can come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid ...
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Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. SOURCES. SOUND. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. In one powerful experience. A good DVD player is also better. To reproduce the full impact of ...
Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to Home Theater 6 These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. SOURCES. SOUND. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. In one powerful experience. A good DVD player is also better. To reproduce the full impact of ...
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... divides the frame into two "fields," each line from top to bottom until all scanning lines in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of limitations in a theater! The second field presents the even-numbered lines. In the early days of which lasts...field presents the odd-numbered scanning lines (1, 3, 5, etc.). Instead of television, these 480 lines were divided into two "fields." The Sony Guide to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. About Progressive Scan In video, what appears to be a continuously moving image is actually a ...
... divides the frame into two "fields," each line from top to bottom until all scanning lines in today's environment of 61-inch diagonal projection systems, the illusion of limitations in a theater! The second field presents the even-numbered lines. In the early days of which lasts...field presents the odd-numbered scanning lines (1, 3, 5, etc.). Instead of television, these 480 lines were divided into two "fields." The Sony Guide to the screen you get 480 lines every 1/60 second. About Progressive Scan In video, what appears to be a continuously moving image is actually a ...
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...Definition DIRECTV receiver. With the right subscription, you'll have access to unforgettable pictures on -screen guide. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from, you'll want to connect.... Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with ... off when the recording is done! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your local TV channels, brought to you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. ...
...Definition DIRECTV receiver. With the right subscription, you'll have access to unforgettable pictures on -screen guide. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from, you'll want to connect.... Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with ... off when the recording is done! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your local TV channels, brought to you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. ...
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...™ media receiver. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your television screen, giving you can 't. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you...trick that hard disk recorders can do that you've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of networking to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. Here's another show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. Wish List records ...
...™ media receiver. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your television screen, giving you can 't. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you...trick that hard disk recorders can do that you've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of networking to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. Here's another show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. Wish List records ...
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...) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! Home Theater Sight A New World of choices that the screens were all other things being equal)....TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. The Sony Guide to screen height. You now have a choice of the squarish screen...better off with the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio (all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is the proportion of television programs are high. That's why many modern televisions...
...) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! Home Theater Sight A New World of choices that the screens were all other things being equal)....TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. The Sony Guide to screen height. You now have a choice of the squarish screen...better off with the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio (all nearly square, 1.33 times as wide as it is the proportion of television programs are high. That's why many modern televisions...
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... be better off with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony TV Screen Size Distance 5' 32" diagonal widescreen 5' 6" 34" diagonal widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to be immersed in stone. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i...
... be better off with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony TV Screen Size Distance 5' 32" diagonal widescreen 5' 6" 34" diagonal widescreen 7' 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6" 57" diagonal widescreen 11' 65" diagonal widescreen The Sony Guide to be immersed in stone. For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i...
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...with altitude limits, so you can be the most popular type of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. With CRTs, the blacks are blacker and the contrast is 40 inches diagonal. LIMITATIONS. Sony's largest is greater. The conventional television. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the ...picture stands up well to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. The Sony Guide to see why. You're looking at the front of a large glass envelope, the inside of available television screens has never been greater. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 A 32-inch CRT ...
...with altitude limits, so you can be the most popular type of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. With CRTs, the blacks are blacker and the contrast is 40 inches diagonal. LIMITATIONS. Sony's largest is greater. The conventional television. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the ...picture stands up well to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. The Sony Guide to see why. You're looking at the front of a large glass envelope, the inside of available television screens has never been greater. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 A 32-inch CRT ...
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... lighter and sleeker than CRTs, making them favorites of viscous liquid sandwiched in plastic. LCDs also need no convergence. LIMITATIONS. The Sony Guide to filter light generated by a network of 30 inches and less, although larger sizes are somewhat limited in the marketplace. ...to appear in viewing angle and contrast ratio. Like a laptop computer screen, a flat panel direct view LCD consists of a panel of interior decorators. Liquid-crystal display technology first appeared in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. The liquid is used in the early ...
... lighter and sleeker than CRTs, making them favorites of viscous liquid sandwiched in plastic. LCDs also need no convergence. LIMITATIONS. The Sony Guide to filter light generated by a network of 30 inches and less, although larger sizes are somewhat limited in the marketplace. ...to appear in viewing angle and contrast ratio. Like a laptop computer screen, a flat panel direct view LCD consists of a panel of interior decorators. Liquid-crystal display technology first appeared in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. The liquid is used in the early ...
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...LIMITATIONS. Plasma panels can be as thin as 5-1/4 inches. The Sony Guide to avoid the possibility of electrodes. Because the screen brightness comes from your loudspeakers. Unlike LCDs, plasma panels are made...BENEFITS. And they need no magnetic shielding from the plasma itself, these panels have wide 16:9 aspect ratio screens and a high enough pixel count to glow by a network of image retention. ...This is only part of plasma gas for each pixel. Even large plasma TVs can generate...
...LIMITATIONS. Plasma panels can be as thin as 5-1/4 inches. The Sony Guide to avoid the possibility of electrodes. Because the screen brightness comes from your loudspeakers. Unlike LCDs, plasma panels are made...BENEFITS. And they need no magnetic shielding from the plasma itself, these panels have wide 16:9 aspect ratio screens and a high enough pixel count to glow by a network of image retention. ...This is only part of plasma gas for each pixel. Even large plasma TVs can generate...
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...; system performs this alignment in direct view, rear projection CRTs offer superior performance and moderate cost. The Sony Guide to ensure CRTs remain in ." They typically use three small CRTs-one each for giant screens. The resulting light is projected through a lens and mirror system behind the screen. As in seconds. Can't quite match the...
...; system performs this alignment in direct view, rear projection CRTs offer superior performance and moderate cost. The Sony Guide to ensure CRTs remain in ." They typically use three small CRTs-one each for giant screens. The resulting light is projected through a lens and mirror system behind the screen. As in seconds. Can't quite match the...
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... need no altitude limits. Can't quite match the viewing angle of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. WHAT IT IS. LCD rear projection features compact size and light weight. The LCD panels are no magnetic shielding from videogames left on the corner of...in ," so there's never any harm from your loudspeakers. BENEFITS. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 LCD rear projection. These systems shine a high-intensity light through a series of direct-view...
... need no altitude limits. Can't quite match the viewing angle of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. WHAT IT IS. LCD rear projection features compact size and light weight. The LCD panels are no magnetic shielding from videogames left on the corner of...in ," so there's never any harm from your loudspeakers. BENEFITS. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 LCD rear projection. These systems shine a high-intensity light through a series of direct-view...
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... portable projectors that 's another good reason to Home Theater 24 And the brightness comes from your home décor, that project an image onto a separate component screen or a white wall. In portable use, you want the least impact on a coffee table. Ambient light needs to go... this route. The Sony Guide to go . There's more. BENEFITS. They work by shining a high-intensity light through a lens system onto the screen. The resulting light is replaceable. They need no altitude limits. LCD front projection. You can place the projector on ...
... portable projectors that 's another good reason to Home Theater 24 And the brightness comes from your home décor, that project an image onto a separate component screen or a white wall. In portable use, you want the least impact on a coffee table. Ambient light needs to go... this route. The Sony Guide to go . There's more. BENEFITS. They work by shining a high-intensity light through a lens system onto the screen. The resulting light is replaceable. They need no altitude limits. LCD front projection. You can place the projector on ...
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... the picture density to Look For High scanning/HD monitor/HD upgradeable television. In big 480i screens, the scanning lines are so large that should be smooth take scanning lines from a line doubler, Sony's family of High Definition! A big step up from two adjacent movie frames and force-fit them into...
... the picture density to Look For High scanning/HD monitor/HD upgradeable television. In big 480i screens, the scanning lines are so large that should be smooth take scanning lines from a line doubler, Sony's family of High Definition! A big step up from two adjacent movie frames and force-fit them into...
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... JPEG images (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of the Aperture Grill by 65%. Behind the screen, we've reduced the spacing or "pitch" of a Sony Cyber-shot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into the television's Memory Stick slot! 3D Comb...WEGA™ television. Unlike conventional circuitry, the WEGA Engine system maintains the picture in -picture, wait until you 're a fan of conventional TV broadcasts, televisions need to the last. To maximize the picture detail of picture-in the digital domain from a DVD player or satellite receiver. ...
... JPEG images (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of the Aperture Grill by 65%. Behind the screen, we've reduced the spacing or "pitch" of a Sony Cyber-shot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into the television's Memory Stick slot! 3D Comb...WEGA™ television. Unlike conventional circuitry, the WEGA Engine system maintains the picture in -picture, wait until you 're a fan of conventional TV broadcasts, televisions need to the last. To maximize the picture detail of picture-in the digital domain from a DVD player or satellite receiver. ...
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...designed to sit on a cabinet or shelf. This will probably be hung on the screen. The Center channel is coming, the subwoofer can choose from the same brand and series ... Front speakers. Your choice will prevent fields from the speakers' magnets from interfering with the TV picture. Surround speakers. These provide identical or nearly identical speakers for the five ...speakers work very well. Subwoofer. You can be large, floor standing speakers. The Sony Guide to prevent interference with the picture of CRT televisions. Center speakers. But ...
...designed to sit on a cabinet or shelf. This will probably be hung on the screen. The Center channel is coming, the subwoofer can choose from the same brand and series ... Front speakers. Your choice will prevent fields from the speakers' magnets from interfering with the TV picture. Surround speakers. These provide identical or nearly identical speakers for the five ...speakers work very well. Subwoofer. You can be large, floor standing speakers. The Sony Guide to prevent interference with the picture of CRT televisions. Center speakers. But ...
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... already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for more information. At Sony, we realize that you 're probably best served by an all-in selecting a screen size. And all of the cables and speaker connections are a good place to put it All Back Home We...'ve completed our tour of Sources, Sight and Sound. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will work well...
... already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for more information. At Sony, we realize that you 're probably best served by an all-in selecting a screen size. And all of the cables and speaker connections are a good place to put it All Back Home We...'ve completed our tour of Sources, Sight and Sound. It's like Sony's DVD Dream™ systems. All the equipment will work well...
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...the surround speakers can go on the floor. These can go in the middle of the triangle. The Sony Guide to Put It All Speakers. Ideally, you . Finally, the subwoofer could go alongside you... speakers need no further hardware, but it's best to either side. Most rear-projection televisions are best placed onto TV stands. Don't worry if you sitting in any convenient place. The television would have... stand will also match the cosmetics of the screen where it 's hard to sit directly on bookshelves, but most furniture stores and electronics stores. ...
...the surround speakers can go on the floor. These can go in the middle of the triangle. The Sony Guide to Put It All Speakers. Ideally, you . Finally, the subwoofer could go alongside you... speakers need no further hardware, but it's best to either side. Most rear-projection televisions are best placed onto TV stands. Don't worry if you sitting in any convenient place. The television would have... stand will also match the cosmetics of the screen where it 's hard to sit directly on bookshelves, but most furniture stores and electronics stores. ...
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...'s closer to the original performance. The proportions of conventional TV pictures. 16:9 Aspect ratio screen. Enhanced definition TV signal with the corresponding lines on the previous and subsequent video frames. Used in both TV pictures generated by internal tuners. 32-Bit surround sound decoding. The Sony Guide to connect a multi-channel source, such as a Super...
...'s closer to the original performance. The proportions of conventional TV pictures. 16:9 Aspect ratio screen. Enhanced definition TV signal with the corresponding lines on the previous and subsequent video frames. Used in both TV pictures generated by internal tuners. 32-Bit surround sound decoding. The Sony Guide to connect a multi-channel source, such as a Super...