Child Safety: It Makes A Difference Where Your TV Stands
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The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The Industry Cares! The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of television and consumer electronics furniture... children to climb on or play with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that children can become excited while watching a program and can potentially...
The home theater entertainment experience is committed to making home entertainment enjoyable and safe. Tune Into Safety 1 One size does NOT fit all. The Industry Cares! The Consumer Electronics Association formed the Home Entertainment Support Safety Committee comprised of television and consumer electronics furniture... children to climb on or play with furniture and television sets. 5 Avoid placing any items on top of TVs such as VCRs and remotes that may pique the children's curiosity. 6 Remember that children can become excited while watching a program and can potentially...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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The Sony Guide to Home Theater
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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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...explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you 've been on the outside of home theater, now is the technology that brings this experience into your move. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in a full 360-degree experience.... Think of just a few years old, now is Home Theater? At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in . Today you ever thought possible. Home theater is the time to jump in electronics such as progressive scan DVD...
...explosions, sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you 've been on the outside of home theater, now is the technology that brings this experience into your move. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in a full 360-degree experience.... Think of just a few years old, now is Home Theater? At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in . Today you ever thought possible. Home theater is the time to jump in electronics such as progressive scan DVD...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. And Sony leads the industry in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. And you can find Sony products in the broadcast, cable and ...174; television is created, edited and distributed. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is a fixture in picture quality. Why Sony? We coinvented many of the essentials of Hollywood's ...
...of the technology extends well beyond your home theater than Sony. And Sony leads the industry in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. And you can find Sony products in the broadcast, cable and ...174; television is created, edited and distributed. The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is one of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. After all, Sony Pictures Entertainment is a fixture in picture quality. Why Sony? We coinvented many of the essentials of Hollywood's ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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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 Only Sony. A breakthrough in professional audio, the Sony OXF-R3 Oxford digital mixing console.
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 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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... to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. SIGHT. SOUND. The Sony Guide to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! In one powerful experience. Thanks to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. To reproduce the full impact of...
... to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. SIGHT. SOUND. The Sony Guide to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! In one powerful experience. Thanks to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. To reproduce the full impact of...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. Features to look for sale or rent, each one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2...offer much faster access to Home Theater 7 You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Thousands of the movie's original film frames. DVD MOVIES. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology ...
... titles are more compact, more . The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. Features to look for sale or rent, each one of these televisions, then a progressive scanning DVD player is a must. 3-2...offer much faster access to Home Theater 7 You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Thousands of the movie's original film frames. DVD MOVIES. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology ...
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...do the best job of the signal from the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. This lets you load any mix of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for pushbutton access to Home Theater 8 These new high resolution discs provide the ...best sound quality available today. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of discs you 'll want to play. Digital audio outputs. Component video outputs. The Sony...
...do the best job of the signal from the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. This lets you load any mix of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for pushbutton access to Home Theater 8 These new high resolution discs provide the ...best sound quality available today. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of discs you 'll want to play. Digital audio outputs. Component video outputs. The Sony...
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... visible and the compromise in the early days of a continuous picture on the screen. The Sony Guide to present a progressive scanning image. Progressive images have the ability to Home Theater 9 Depending on how close to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High ...Definition upgradeable" television and the results are noticeably smoother and more like . Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to the screen...
... visible and the compromise in the early days of a continuous picture on the screen. The Sony Guide to present a progressive scanning image. Progressive images have the ability to Home Theater 9 Depending on how close to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High ...Definition upgradeable" television and the results are noticeably smoother and more like . Connect a DVD player with progressive scan output to the screen...
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...channel sound, it doesn't just appear as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 It sounds as if you can find the capability in your living room into the original performance space. The ...Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in dedicated...
...channel sound, it doesn't just appear as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to Home Theater 10 It sounds as if you can find the capability in your living room into the original performance space. The ...Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in dedicated...
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... to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on-screen guide. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 To enjoy surround sound, you 'll be able to choose from , you should give serious consideration to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver.... audio output of the DIRECTV receiver to your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. With the right subscription, you by satellite! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of...
... to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on-screen guide. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 To enjoy surround sound, you 'll be able to choose from , you should give serious consideration to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver.... audio output of the DIRECTV receiver to your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. With the right subscription, you by satellite! The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of...
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... a Trace, plus 40 other network TV shows. Six of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that 885 television stations in High Definition. The Sony Guide to a national audience. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. In May 2003, the National Association of these digital...Night Football in 97% of conventional TV. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 Some cable TV services are designated as the 20032004 season of local HDTV broadcasts over cable. More than conventional television. About...
... a Trace, plus 40 other network TV shows. Six of Broadcasters (NAB) reported that 885 television stations in High Definition. The Sony Guide to a national audience. Open Tennis Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. In May 2003, the National Association of these digital...Night Football in 97% of conventional TV. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to Home Theater 12 Some cable TV services are designated as the 20032004 season of local HDTV broadcasts over cable. More than conventional television. About...
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... use their DTV spectrum 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.
... use their DTV spectrum 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.
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... to a television. Features to 80 hours of every minute you electronic program guides. And you choose! The Sony Guide to the kitchen. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. The separate components of the video signal can pause live TV and repeat a line of the HDTV receiver ... brings you spend viewing! You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. The recorder can "rewind" live TV when you need to take a trip to Home Theater 14 The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. So you 'll want to your preferences. You can also "learn " your A/V receiver...
... to a television. Features to 80 hours of every minute you electronic program guides. And you choose! The Sony Guide to the kitchen. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. The separate components of the video signal can pause live TV and repeat a line of the HDTV receiver ... brings you spend viewing! You can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. The recorder can "rewind" live TV when you need to take a trip to Home Theater 14 The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. So you 'll want to your preferences. You can also "learn " your A/V receiver...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...your PC! Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you access to your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your television ... is a device to convert this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. In many homes, entertainment from the IP language of audio and video entertainment. Now Sony meets this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. Simultaneous record and playback. Here...
...your PC! Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you access to your favorite actor, actress, director or keyword. Auto VCR Transfer saves programs onto VHS tapes. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on your television ... is a device to convert this TV recording function to the audio/video outputs required for a home theater system. In many homes, entertainment from the IP language of audio and video entertainment. Now Sony meets this need with VAIO Media™ software installed. Simultaneous record and playback. Here...
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...VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. An absolute must 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... look for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to Home Theater 16
...VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. An absolute must 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... look for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to Home Theater 16
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... 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently,...being equal). If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio ... as wide as it is the proportion of screen width to Home Theater 17 Until recently, all other things being equal). Many of ...a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. At ...
... 4 16 3 9 Conventional television uses the somewhat square 4:3 aspect ratio (left). Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently,...being equal). If you watch mostly movies, especially from DVD, you're better off with the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio ... as wide as it is the proportion of screen width to Home Theater 17 Until recently, all other things being equal). Many of ...a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. At ...
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..." 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...DVD and if you want to 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 Home Theater...
..." 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...DVD and if you want to 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 Home Theater...
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...pounds and is typically over 20 inches deep. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to ambient room light. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 LIMITATIONS. CRT televisions are blacker and the contrast is greater. If you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. The picture is ...formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. Not only do CRTs offer the lowest cost for each screen size, ...
...pounds and is typically over 20 inches deep. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to ambient room light. It's not hard to Home Theater 19 LIMITATIONS. CRT televisions are blacker and the contrast is greater. If you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. The picture is ...formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. Not only do CRTs offer the lowest cost for each screen size, ...