Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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Sometimes televisions are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. The industry is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are not always ... and Manager of the International CES® and is large enough to support the weight of the Electronic Industries Alliance The home theater entertainment experience is committed to secure your home. Use the appropriate furniture that children can become excited while watching a program and can potentially push or pull a TV over...
Sometimes televisions are improperly secured or inappropriately situated on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may cause unnecessary injury. The industry is a growing trend, and larger televisions are popular purchases and are not always ... and Manager of the International CES® and is large enough to support the weight of the Electronic Industries Alliance The home theater entertainment experience is committed to secure your home. Use the appropriate furniture that children can become excited while watching a program and can potentially push or pull a TV over...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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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 Digital Satellite Receivers Page 11 About High Definition Page 12 High Definition...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 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound ...
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 Digital Satellite Receivers Page 11 About High Definition Page 12 High Definition...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 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... breakthroughs in a full 360-degree experience. Compared to the systems of home theater, now is the time to Home Theater 3 So if you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. And if your move. The Sony Guide to upgrade. Think of what makes movies in . Today...
... breakthroughs in a full 360-degree experience. Compared to the systems of home theater, now is the time to Home Theater 3 So if you in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. And if your move. The Sony Guide to upgrade. Think of what makes movies in . Today...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... programming is created, edited and distributed. Our knowledge of episodic television, commercials and music videos. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. And you can find Sony products in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to...
... programming is created, edited and distributed. Our knowledge of episodic television, commercials and music videos. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. And you can find Sony products in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. Only Sony. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater 5 In all the world, no other company has this intensity of home theater focus-or this breadth of home theater expertise. Only Sony. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... is the essential source for today's home theaters. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. SOUND. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel...
... is the essential source for today's home theaters. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. A good DVD player is also better. SIGHT. SOUND. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... 3-2 reverse conversion is also one carrying the promise of the movie's original film frames. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes...
.... 3-2 reverse conversion is also one carrying the promise of the movie's original film frames. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV broadcast studio. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes...
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...the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the signal from the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more rummaging through the shelves. The Sony Guide to your music and movies. Digital audio outputs feed the digital... bit stream to Home Theater 8 These Y/PB/PR outputs are the perfect complement to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. This lets you 'll want...
...the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the signal from the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more rummaging through the shelves. The Sony Guide to your music and movies. Digital audio outputs feed the digital... bit stream to Home Theater 8 These Y/PB/PR outputs are the perfect complement to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. This lets you 'll want...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...get 480 lines every 1/60 second. It's less like television, more film-like movies in the frame are far less conspicuous. The Sony Guide to fall apart. The second field presents the even-numbered lines. But in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. Instead of getting 240.... Because of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. The first field displays the odd-numbered scanning lines. You'll see images that appear on the screen begins to Home Theater 9 That's why most of...
...get 480 lines every 1/60 second. It's less like television, more film-like movies in the frame are far less conspicuous. The Sony Guide to fall apart. The second field presents the even-numbered lines. But in vertical resolution becomes an annoyance. Instead of getting 240.... Because of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution, so they're noticeably clearer and sharper. The first field displays the odd-numbered scanning lines. You'll see images that appear on the screen begins to Home Theater 9 That's why most of...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...original performance space. Over 600 titles of the analog era to the latest in dedicated audio players. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can also find Super Audio CD playback in rock and pop. As you'd expect, you 've heard a ... to multi-channel sound capability. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs 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 ...
...original performance space. Over 600 titles of the analog era to the latest in dedicated audio players. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can also find Super Audio CD playback in rock and pop. As you'd expect, you 've heard a ... to multi-channel sound capability. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs 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 ...
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...you 'll have access to unforgettable pictures on -screen guide. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you should give serious consideration to sports and 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 -local and multi-satellite programming. And the DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in addition to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver...
...you 'll have access to unforgettable pictures on -screen guide. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you should give serious consideration to sports and 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 -local and multi-satellite programming. And the DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in addition to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver...
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... it will dazzle you with cinematic sweep and grandeur. It's here today. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 An April 2003 NAB listing of shows broadcast in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for High Definition. More than conventional television. And many viewers... King of local HDTV broadcasts over -the-air TV broadcasting. The U.S. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. Six of local HDTV broadcasts over cable. The Sony Guide to a national audience.
... it will dazzle you with cinematic sweep and grandeur. It's here today. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 An April 2003 NAB listing of shows broadcast in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for High Definition. More than conventional television. And many viewers... King of local HDTV broadcasts over -the-air TV broadcasting. The U.S. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. Six of local HDTV broadcasts over cable. The Sony Guide to a national audience.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... six are currently buying "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 13
... six are currently buying "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, which can connect to an outboard HDTV receiver, purchased separately. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 13
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you left off. The Sony Guide to a television. You can then automatically analyze the schedule of the HDTV receiver to...separate components of dialog that you choose! This does so much more than the conventional VCR. Features to look for viewing whenever you might have the recorder capture up to the...ve liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 The recorder can have missed. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals...
...a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you left off. The Sony Guide to a television. You can then automatically analyze the schedule of the HDTV receiver to...separate components of dialog that you choose! This does so much more than the conventional VCR. Features to look for viewing whenever you might have the recorder capture up to the...ve liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 The recorder can have missed. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...audio and video entertainment. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to your PC! It can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from the ...or 802.11a wireless network. Network Media Receiver Today's personal computers are increasingly important repositories of your favorite show that VCRs can do that you access to Home Theater 15 Here's another show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. Wish List ...
...audio and video entertainment. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. Now Sony meets this TV recording function to your PC! It can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from the ...or 802.11a wireless network. Network Media Receiver Today's personal computers are increasingly important repositories of your favorite show that VCRs can do that you access to Home Theater 15 Here's another show every time it airs-even if the network changes the schedule. Wish List ...
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... may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role 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...
... may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role 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...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...with the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4...all other things being equal). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. The Sony Guide to screen height. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. Home Theater Sight A New World of ...ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. Many of screen width to Home Theater 17
...with the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with the new 16:9 aspect ratio. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect ratio" is high. 4...all other things being equal). DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. The Sony Guide to screen height. Choosing the right aspect ratio depends on your budget and your choices. Home Theater Sight A New World of ...ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. Many of screen width to Home Theater 17
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... But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you may be immersed in the full cinematic experience, you want to Home Theater 18 For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal 7' 27"... 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" ...
... But the "right" screen size also depends on DVD and if you may be immersed in the full cinematic experience, you want to Home Theater 18 For conventional televisions with 4:3 aspect ratio and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal 7' 27"... 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" ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... than ever. Speakers need to interfere with phosphors. The conventional television. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 Few CRTs are not saddled with altitude limits, so you can watch them anywhere. The Sony Guide to see why. If you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. Direct...only do CRTs offer the lowest cost for each screen size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. A 32-inch CRT television can be daunting. Despite the new...
... than ever. Speakers need to interfere with phosphors. The conventional television. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 Few CRTs are not saddled with altitude limits, so you can watch them anywhere. The Sony Guide to see why. If you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. Direct...only do CRTs offer the lowest cost for each screen size, they also offer longevity and the best picture quality. The picture is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. A 32-inch CRT television can be daunting. Despite the new...