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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 ... Finishing Touches Page 39 Home Theater Connections Audio Connections Page 40 Video Connections Page 42 Home Theater Glossary Page 45 A Final Word Page 51 The Sony Guide to Home Theater 2
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 ... Finishing Touches Page 39 Home Theater Connections Audio Connections Page 40 Video Connections Page 42 Home Theater Glossary Page 45 A Final Word Page 51 The Sony Guide to Home Theater 2
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At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a full 360-degree experience. The Sony Guide to make assembling a home theater easier than you 've been on the outside of just a few years old, now is the time to upgrade. ...
At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a full 360-degree experience. The Sony Guide to make assembling a home theater easier than you 've been on the outside of just a few years old, now is the time to upgrade. ...
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..., comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. But that's only half the story. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of digital movie making. Our Plasma WEGA...™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. Why Sony? We coinvented many of the essentials of Hollywood's leading movie companies. Our knowledge of episodic television, ...
..., comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. But that's only half the story. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of digital movie making. Our Plasma WEGA...™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. Why Sony? We coinvented many of the essentials of Hollywood's leading movie companies. Our knowledge of episodic television, ...
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Only Sony. 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 A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
Only Sony. 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 A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
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.... SOUND. SIGHT. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. A good DVD player is also better. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver...
.... SOUND. SIGHT. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. A good DVD player is also better. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver...
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... promise of the movie's original film frames. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. And DVDs never need rewinding. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement.
... promise of the movie's original film frames. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. And DVDs never need rewinding. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement.
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... feed the digital bit stream to Home Theater 8 Component video outputs. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all your music and movies. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are...
... feed the digital bit stream to Home Theater 8 Component video outputs. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all your music and movies. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are...
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... frame lasts 1/30 second each contains 480 scanning lines that are phenomenal. The second field comes back and displays the even-numbered scanning lines. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in the early days of television, when 12-inch diagonal screens were commonly used in a theater! Progressive scanning...
... frame lasts 1/30 second each contains 480 scanning lines that are phenomenal. The second field comes back and displays the even-numbered scanning lines. The Sony Guide to bottom until all scanning lines in the early days of television, when 12-inch diagonal screens were commonly used in a theater! Progressive scanning...
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...a multi-channel speaker system. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 As you'd expect, you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc...sound, it doesn't just appear as if you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-...
...a multi-channel speaker system. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 As you'd expect, you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc...sound, it doesn't just appear as if you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-...
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Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you should give serious consideration to -local and multi-satellite programming. The Sony Guide to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound ...
Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you should give serious consideration to -local and multi-satellite programming. The Sony Guide to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound ...
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... lack of American homes. The U.S. Broadcasters have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in 97% of local HDTV broadcasts over cable TV. The Sony Guide to offer High Definition feeds. More than conventional television. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Best of homes are in over cable...
... lack of American homes. The U.S. Broadcasters have been encouraged, but a few formats can be received in 97% of local HDTV broadcasts over cable TV. The Sony Guide to offer High Definition feeds. More than conventional television. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Best of homes are in over cable...
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... free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to look for High Definition broadcasting. The Sony Guide to -digital connection from piracy. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 640 16:9 16:9 16:9 or...
... free, over -the-air High Definition broadcasts, you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set -top box to look for High Definition broadcasting. The Sony Guide to -digital connection from piracy. Active Horizontal Aspect Scanning Pixels Ratio Lines 1080 720 480 480 1920 1280 704 640 16:9 16:9 16:9 or...
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... television onto a builtin hard disk drive. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. And you need to 80 hours of the HDTV receiver to a television. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service...
... television onto a builtin hard disk drive. You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. And you need to 80 hours of the HDTV receiver to a television. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of TV shows, ready for : TiVo™ service...
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...saves programs onto VHS tapes. In many homes, entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. About the size of ..., the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from the PC can do that you access to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. This feature lets you record a current show onto the unit...
...saves programs onto VHS tapes. In many homes, entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. About the size of ..., the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver delivers home entertainment content from the PC can do that you access to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. This feature lets you record a current show onto the unit...
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... enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture search special effects. Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. The Sony Guide to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to play . Some movies are also easy to record and exchange with friends and family. You... Heads. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to Home Theater 16 A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for EP optimize playback picture quality. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. Two heads for SP speed and two for 802...
... enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture search special effects. Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. The Sony Guide to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to play . Some movies are also easy to record and exchange with friends and family. You... Heads. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to Home Theater 16 A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for EP optimize playback picture quality. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. Two heads for SP speed and two for 802...
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... your budget and your choices. At the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for a surprise. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! Choosing an Aspect Ratio...
... your budget and your choices. At the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for a surprise. The Sony Guide to include Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view television, LCD rear projection, LCD front projection and plasma flat screen television! Choosing an Aspect Ratio...
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... 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... in the full cinematic experience, you may 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 ...
... 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... in the full cinematic experience, you may 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 ...
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...20 inches deep. And CRTs are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are larger than ever. Sony's largest is greater. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to see why. LIMITATIONS. Speakers need to ..., the inside of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. With CRTs, the blacks are the heaviest. If you can watch them anywhere. The Sony Guide to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. CRT televisions are blacker and the contrast is 40 inches diagonal. WHAT IT IS...
...20 inches deep. And CRTs are also limited in by an electron beam, the "cathode ray" that today's best CRTs are larger than ever. Sony's largest is greater. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to see why. LIMITATIONS. Speakers need to ..., the inside of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. With CRTs, the blacks are the heaviest. If you can watch them anywhere. The Sony Guide to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. CRT televisions are blacker and the contrast is 40 inches diagonal. WHAT IT IS...
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... somewhat limited in ," so there's never any harm from sea level to Home Theater 20 So they are no magnetic shielding from your loudspeakers. The Sony Guide to Denver! Like a laptop computer screen, a flat panel direct view LCD consists of a panel of the screen. When a transistor delivers an electrical charge, the...
... somewhat limited in ," so there's never any harm from sea level to Home Theater 20 So they are no magnetic shielding from your loudspeakers. The Sony Guide to Denver! Like a laptop computer screen, a flat panel direct view LCD consists of a panel of the screen. When a transistor delivers an electrical charge, the...