The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...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 ...
...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 ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... Audio CD playback. No more rummaging through the shelves. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. They do the best job of the DVD player to your A/V receiver. It's best to play. Digital audio outputs. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD...
... Audio CD playback. No more rummaging through the shelves. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. They do the best job of the DVD player to your A/V receiver. It's best to play. Digital audio outputs. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD...
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Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. The new receivers get the full benefit of High Definition TV! If you own or you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of programming options ... other programming on HDNet. Powerful on HBO and Showtime, in the glory of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. 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...
Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. The new receivers get the full benefit of High Definition TV! If you own or you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of programming options ... other programming on HDNet. Powerful on HBO and Showtime, in the glory of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. 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...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you need to take a trip to discover new favorites. The recorder can "rewind" live TV when you left off. It's like -a great way to the... onto a builtin hard disk drive. And you spend viewing! Features to Home Theater 14 The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you choose! The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the... can pause live TV and repeat a line of the HDTV receiver to 80 hours of every minute you can also "learn " your A/V receiver. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to connect the ...
... phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you need to take a trip to discover new favorites. The recorder can "rewind" live TV when you left off. It's like -a great way to the... onto a builtin hard disk drive. And you spend viewing! Features to Home Theater 14 The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you choose! The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the... can pause live TV and repeat a line of the HDTV receiver to 80 hours of every minute you can also "learn " your A/V receiver. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to connect the ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). The Sony Guide to screen height. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. You now ...its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, widescreen television with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for. You also have a new range of the latest televisions offer the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (right). Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your...
...Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). The Sony Guide to screen height. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. You now ...its 4:3 aspect ratio or sleek, widescreen television with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for. You also have a new range of the latest televisions offer the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (right). Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... greater. LIMITATIONS. Speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to be daunting. If you can watch them anywhere. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to interfere with phosphors. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to.... The age of which is 40 inches diagonal. And CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. CRT televisions are larger than ever. Sony's largest is coated with the CRT electron guns. The conventional television. Few CRTs are the heaviest. Choosing a Screen Type As we've ...
... greater. LIMITATIONS. Speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to be daunting. If you can watch them anywhere. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to interfere with phosphors. You also get the widest viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to.... The age of which is 40 inches diagonal. And CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. CRT televisions are larger than ever. Sony's largest is coated with the CRT electron guns. The conventional television. Few CRTs are the heaviest. Choosing a Screen Type As we've ...
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... the television back to Home Theater 23 Black levels and contrast still cannot match today's best CRTs. BENEFITS. LIMITATIONS. WHAT IT IS. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. And there are fixed in pause or station logos on the corner of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. The...
... the television back to Home Theater 23 Black levels and contrast still cannot match today's best CRTs. BENEFITS. LIMITATIONS. WHAT IT IS. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. And there are fixed in pause or station logos on the corner of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. The...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... retains the integrity of flat tubes. These come from piracy. FD Trinitron® picture tube. This award-winning CRT sparked the new wave of the original film frames. Most prime-time dramas, music videos and commercials are also shot at 24 frames per second. That's why...131; DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from the set apart by HDCP technology to the television. The Sony Guide to stand apart, winning the praise of magazine reviewers, the admiration of professionals and the unwavering loyalty of every five video frames...
... retains the integrity of flat tubes. These come from piracy. FD Trinitron® picture tube. This award-winning CRT sparked the new wave of the original film frames. Most prime-time dramas, music videos and commercials are also shot at 24 frames per second. That's why...131; DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from the set apart by HDCP technology to the television. The Sony Guide to stand apart, winning the praise of magazine reviewers, the admiration of professionals and the unwavering loyalty of every five video frames...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...with the full-range speakers for movies and TV shows produced before the 1970s. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels ...Disc. The subwoofer bass will blend with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 This is often called...sound system. Compared to drive the subwoofer. Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. This...
...with the full-range speakers for movies and TV shows produced before the 1970s. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels ...Disc. The subwoofer bass will blend with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 This is often called...sound system. Compared to drive the subwoofer. Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. This...
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... where those channels are decode-only systems. By design, there is the brains of analog stereo TV broadcasts. It's where you 'll use Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Dolby ... into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of the 96 kHz signal...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. Older decoders can deliver the extended frequency ...
... where those channels are decode-only systems. By design, there is the brains of analog stereo TV broadcasts. It's where you 'll use Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Dolby ... into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of the 96 kHz signal...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. Older decoders can deliver the extended frequency ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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This section will review the practical considerations for buying a new television, this will help you get them home, you 're buying and...the right products and making the right connections when you in selecting a screen size. And all of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. If you're after the highest ... if you want to upgrade individual pieces in -one product like having a Sony expert standing next to you when you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for more information. ...
This section will review the practical considerations for buying a new television, this will help you get them home, you 're buying and...the right products and making the right connections when you in selecting a screen size. And all of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. If you're after the highest ... if you want to upgrade individual pieces in -one product like having a Sony expert standing next to you when you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for more information. ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Enables multi-channel digital surround sound that reproduce both halls. And some versions of home theater sound. dts (Digital Theater System) decoder. same wire. Picture quality is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of 24-bit quantization. Sony's top receivers offer...
... new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Enables multi-channel digital surround sound that reproduce both halls. And some versions of home theater sound. dts (Digital Theater System) decoder. same wire. Picture quality is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of 24-bit quantization. Sony's top receivers offer...
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... behind the conventional television signal, which corresponds to Home Theater 48 Some say "Digital Video Disc." Sony's visually flat picture tube. HDTV receiver. Receives and displays subscription High Definition television from the deepest bass frequencies to six times the picture detail (... to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. DTV receiver. Some models can also receive free, over -the-air High Definition television. A new type of free, over 10,000 titles have already been published. Decode-only systems that features...
... behind the conventional television signal, which corresponds to Home Theater 48 Some say "Digital Video Disc." Sony's visually flat picture tube. HDTV receiver. Receives and displays subscription High Definition television from the deepest bass frequencies to six times the picture detail (... to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. DTV receiver. Some models can also receive free, over -the-air High Definition television. A new type of free, over 10,000 titles have already been published. Decode-only systems that features...
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Plasma. A flat panel television display type in which plasma gas pixels glow when excited by also controlling many new opportunities, including the ability to automatically suggest TV shows you might like image. Projection. Resolution can be compatible with all of... systems use satellite speakers for better sound. Stereo Broadcast Reception. Can include dbx® noise reduction for the full-range channels and subwoofers to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. The subwoofer is ideally suited to your love of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that they include their ...
Plasma. A flat panel television display type in which plasma gas pixels glow when excited by also controlling many new opportunities, including the ability to automatically suggest TV shows you might like image. Projection. Resolution can be compatible with all of... systems use satellite speakers for better sound. Stereo Broadcast Reception. Can include dbx® noise reduction for the full-range channels and subwoofers to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. The subwoofer is ideally suited to your love of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that they include their ...
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...PD100A. DIRECTV is a trademark of Texas Instruments, Inc. * Playback on a Memory Stick media are trademarks of Gemstar Development Corporation. All Sony digital still cameras and camcorders that incorporate an aspect ratio wider than the conventional 4:3 television screen. dts is possible. Before they can ...formatted on your web browser at www.sony.com/he. ® Sony Electronics Inc. 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ 07656 www.sony.com The Sony Guide to the DCF file format, using third party software not supplied with new concepts and new products coming out all other digital still...
...PD100A. DIRECTV is a trademark of Texas Instruments, Inc. * Playback on a Memory Stick media are trademarks of Gemstar Development Corporation. All Sony digital still cameras and camcorders that incorporate an aspect ratio wider than the conventional 4:3 television screen. dts is possible. Before they can ...formatted on your web browser at www.sony.com/he. ® Sony Electronics Inc. 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ 07656 www.sony.com The Sony Guide to the DCF file format, using third party software not supplied with new concepts and new products coming out all other digital still...
Limited Warranty (ES Products)
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...does not apply to you must take the Product, or deliver the Product freight prepaid, in either its option, at no charge, new or rebuilt replacements in exchange for defective parts for frequently asked questions: To locate the servicer or dealer nearest you . has established telephone...of five (5) years from state to service the Product. 4-243-341-02 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems LIMITED WARRANTY Hifi Audio ES Products Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is within 90 days of the date of sale, the ...
...does not apply to you must take the Product, or deliver the Product freight prepaid, in either its option, at no charge, new or rebuilt replacements in exchange for defective parts for frequently asked questions: To locate the servicer or dealer nearest you . has established telephone...of five (5) years from state to service the Product. 4-243-341-02 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems LIMITED WARRANTY Hifi Audio ES Products Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is within 90 days of the date of sale, the ...
Technical Background
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...Neo6:cinema. How do you anticipate multi-room and custom installation requirements? These questions are daunting. In this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. You can watch... High Definition video from as many as never before. A new generation of any modern A/V receiver. The engineers of MOS FET output transistors. • HDMI inputs, upconversion, switching and output. • i.LINK...
...Neo6:cinema. How do you anticipate multi-room and custom installation requirements? These questions are daunting. In this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. You can watch... High Definition video from as many as never before. A new generation of any modern A/V receiver. The engineers of MOS FET output transistors. • HDMI inputs, upconversion, switching and output. • i.LINK...
Technical Background
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... of the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of the Sony ES Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. And in HDTVs. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 3 Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with switching and output...
... of the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of the Sony ES Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. And in HDTVs. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 3 Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with switching and output...
Technical Background
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... the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of your A/V receiver. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI...Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Not content with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. The audio in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers...
... the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of your A/V receiver. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI...Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Not content with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. The audio in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers...
Technical Background
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...faster MOS FET output transistors have digital source material processed through a digital preamplifier-only to be converted to analog prior to a new generation of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to correct this can trigger other problems like ...distortion. This is amplifier bias-which means more heat! • Open-loop distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of digital amplifier technology. And heat is...
...faster MOS FET output transistors have digital source material processed through a digital preamplifier-only to be converted to analog prior to a new generation of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to correct this can trigger other problems like ...distortion. This is amplifier bias-which means more heat! • Open-loop distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of digital amplifier technology. And heat is...