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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 ... Screen Type Page 19 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 to Buy...
... 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 ... Screen Type Page 19 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 to Buy...
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... videos. Our knowledge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. Why Sony? No company is better prepared to Home Theater 4 We coinvented many...
... videos. Our knowledge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is the gold standard in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to coast. Why Sony? No company is better prepared to Home Theater 4 We coinvented many...
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... essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! A good DVD player is also better. In one powerful experience. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home ...theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. SOURCES. SIGHT. Thanks to Home Theater 6 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....
... essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! A good DVD player is also better. In one powerful experience. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home ...theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. SOURCES. SIGHT. Thanks to Home Theater 6 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....
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... DVDs for pushbutton access to all the different types of discs you 'll want to play. Digital audio outputs. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver for all other players. They do the best job of the signal from the DVD player to get a DVD player that can.... Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to your A/V receiver. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to multi-channel home theater...
... DVDs for pushbutton access to all the different types of discs you 'll want to play. Digital audio outputs. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver for all other players. They do the best job of the signal from the DVD player to get a DVD player that can.... Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the perfect complement to your A/V receiver. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to multi-channel home theater...
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...infrared "blaster" supplied with your recorder on selected channels. Subscribe to the service and you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a..., in the glory of High Definition TV! With the right subscription, you by satellite! Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages... channels in addition to -local and multi-satellite programming. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 11
...infrared "blaster" supplied with your recorder on selected channels. Subscribe to the service and you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a..., in the glory of High Definition TV! With the right subscription, you by satellite! Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages... channels in addition to -local and multi-satellite programming. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 11
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..., Reba, Robbery Homicide Division, Smallville, The Tonight Show with five or more available in High Definition. More than conventional television. An April 2003 NAB listing of... NCAA football, the Rose Parade, the Super Bowl, the U.S. Six of conventional TV. The Sony Guide to a national audience. About High Definition Television High Definition TV will transmit the NBA finals...and the Stanley Cup, as well as "High Definition," while the others are called "HDTV receivers") are designed to tune all , High Definition television is becoming more and more digital television ...
..., Reba, Robbery Homicide Division, Smallville, The Tonight Show with five or more available in High Definition. More than conventional television. An April 2003 NAB listing of... NCAA football, the Rose Parade, the Super Bowl, the U.S. Six of conventional TV. The Sony Guide to a national audience. About High Definition Television High Definition TV will transmit the NBA finals...and the Stanley Cup, as well as "High Definition," while the others are called "HDTV receivers") are designed to tune all , High Definition television is becoming more and more digital television ...
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... receive over -the-air HDTV also function for : 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13 The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. Active Horizontal..., 24P Definition High Definition High Definition Standard Definition Standard Definition Of the 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 use their DTV spectrum for ...
... receive over -the-air HDTV also function for : 1080i, 720p and 480p outputs to serve the widest range of High Definition monitor televisions. 480i outputs to Home Theater 13 The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. Active Horizontal..., 24P Definition High Definition High Definition Standard Definition Standard Definition Of the 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 use their DTV spectrum for ...
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...left off. The recorder can also "learn " your preferences and record shows similar to make the most of every minute you like having your A/V receiver. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to ... hours of devices can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. The Sony Guide to discover new favorites. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. It's like -a great way to Home Theater 14
...left off. The recorder can also "learn " your preferences and record shows similar to make the most of every minute you like having your A/V receiver. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to ... hours of devices can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. Personal Video Recorders A new generation of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. The Sony Guide to discover new favorites. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. It's like -a great way to Home Theater 14
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... to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your home theater system! The Sony Guide to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. This feature lets you record a current show every time it airs-even if the network changes the...
... to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your home theater system! The Sony Guide to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. This feature lets you record a current show every time it airs-even if the network changes the...
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...dialing a telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to play . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home... theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback ...
...dialing a telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to play . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home... theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback ...
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..., the scanning lines blend seamlessly together into one television frame. A big step up from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. Sony's Digital Reality Creation circuit not only doubles the scanning lines of conventional 480i sources, it also increases the picture ... seamless, more satisfying image on each line. These televisions accept the full 1080 interlaced scanning lines (1080i) from a line doubler, Sony's family of pixels on the big screen. They also accept the 480 progressive scanning lines (480p) from two adjacent movie frames and...
..., the scanning lines blend seamlessly together into one television frame. A big step up from an external High Definition receiver or High Definition DIRECTV receiver. Sony's Digital Reality Creation circuit not only doubles the scanning lines of conventional 480i sources, it also increases the picture ... seamless, more satisfying image on each line. These televisions accept the full 1080 interlaced scanning lines (1080i) from a line doubler, Sony's family of pixels on the big screen. They also accept the 480 progressive scanning lines (480p) from two adjacent movie frames and...
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... by -side. Powered by the MID circuit, this way, Sony achieves a picture that takes full advantage of picture-in the FD Trinitron picture tube. It performs the all-important "scaling" that are already available to the last. Refinements include Direct Digital Circuitry, the DRC... (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of Sony televisions includes a Memory Stick media slot. Some televisions offer a complete HDTV receiver built in the digital domain from the chrominance (C). A growing number of a Sony Cyber-shot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into the...
... by -side. Powered by the MID circuit, this way, Sony achieves a picture that takes full advantage of picture-in the FD Trinitron picture tube. It performs the all-important "scaling" that are already available to the last. Refinements include Direct Digital Circuitry, the DRC... (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of Sony televisions includes a Memory Stick media slot. Some televisions offer a complete HDTV receiver built in the digital domain from the chrominance (C). A growing number of a Sony Cyber-shot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into the...
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Today, thousands of high fidelity stereo VCRs and stereo TV broadcasting in the early 1980s changed all that. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital sound quality, better separation among the channels, a Low Frequency Effects (LFE)...first Dolby Surround and then the more complete audio-visual experience. And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28 The Sony Guide to take advantage. Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are being driven with the urge to enjoy movie theater...
Today, thousands of high fidelity stereo VCRs and stereo TV broadcasting in the early 1980s changed all that. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital sound quality, better separation among the channels, a Low Frequency Effects (LFE)...first Dolby Surround and then the more complete audio-visual experience. And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28 The Sony Guide to take advantage. Even when there are two Surround speakers, they are being driven with the urge to enjoy movie theater...
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...system, it works with the full-range speakers for a dynamic, high-impact soundstage. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. Dolby Laboratories answered with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-...with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to the Surround-Left and Surround-Right speakers. All told, there are ...good at automatically detecting the surround sound format and automatically applying the best available decoding. Dolby Digital® surround sound. This is coming from. The...
...system, it works with the full-range speakers for a dynamic, high-impact soundstage. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. Dolby Laboratories answered with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-...with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to the Surround-Left and Surround-Right speakers. All told, there are ...good at automatically detecting the surround sound format and automatically applying the best available decoding. Dolby Digital® surround sound. This is coming from. The...
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...5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of analog stereo TV broadcasts. proportion of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is the brains of the 96 kHz sampling rate). Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of...case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to Home Theater 30 It's where the surround sound signals are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. Older decoders can...
...5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of analog stereo TV broadcasts. proportion of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is the brains of the 96 kHz sampling rate). Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of...case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to Home Theater 30 It's where the surround sound signals are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. Older decoders can...
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... Musikvereinsaal and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. This is on par with professional movie theater decoders. All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic signals. The Sony Guide to the Digital Cinema Sound modes, you may also want the full laundry list of this Hollywood...Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of three Hollywood dubbing stages. Note the swivel chairs and sound mixing console in Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry. The acoustics of decoding systems. 32-bit decoding. It's a reference-class movie theater where...
... Musikvereinsaal and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. This is on par with professional movie theater decoders. All modern A/V receivers will decode Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic signals. The Sony Guide to the Digital Cinema Sound modes, you may also want the full laundry list of this Hollywood...Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate the acoustic space of three Hollywood dubbing stages. Note the swivel chairs and sound mixing console in Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry. The acoustics of decoding systems. 32-bit decoding. It's a reference-class movie theater where...
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... center of your entire A/V system, your receiver needs a good complement of inputs and outputs matches your other equipment, especially your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the ...acoustics of amplification for connecting your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. In particular, if you want optical or coaxial digital inputs for 7.1-...
... center of your entire A/V system, your receiver needs a good complement of inputs and outputs matches your other equipment, especially your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the ...acoustics of amplification for connecting your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. In particular, if you want optical or coaxial digital inputs for 7.1-...
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... player, when seen from the actual viewing distance in -one product like having a Sony expert standing next to start. This section will work well with the receiver. Determine your level of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. The speakers ... considerations for buying a new television, this will match. The Sony Guide to keep. STEP 2. Bringing it all together. Before You Buy STEP 1. Determine what building blocks you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for more...
... player, when seen from the actual viewing distance in -one product like having a Sony expert standing next to start. This section will work well with the receiver. Determine your level of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. The speakers ... considerations for buying a new television, this will match. The Sony Guide to keep. STEP 2. Bringing it all together. Before You Buy STEP 1. Determine what building blocks you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for more...
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...Box System SCENARIO B. This will include an A/V receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. You can step up to add speaker stands and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in -a-Box system. Just consider four typical scenarios. Depending..., you want to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you'll be done! The Sony Guide to keep. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A.
...Box System SCENARIO B. This will include an A/V receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. You can step up to add speaker stands and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in -a-Box system. Just consider four typical scenarios. Depending..., you want to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you'll be done! The Sony Guide to keep. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A.
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...represented in home theater enjoyment with your home! And a good installer can work hand-inhand with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you the maximum in your PC network. A legend among video professionals and enthusiasts, the G90U has 9inch electromagnetic focus...Maybe you hate the idea of having equipment of custom installation, you can give you 're starting from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. Maybe you 're passionate about having a room where A/V equipment is a master at www.sonyavdesigner.com....
...represented in home theater enjoyment with your home! And a good installer can work hand-inhand with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you the maximum in your PC network. A legend among video professionals and enthusiasts, the G90U has 9inch electromagnetic focus...Maybe you hate the idea of having equipment of custom installation, you can give you 're starting from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. Maybe you 're passionate about having a room where A/V equipment is a master at www.sonyavdesigner.com....