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...what makes movies in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Compared to make assembling a home theater easier than you can come together with brilliantly detailed, vivid color pictures. What's more, packaged systems make your move. Think of just... you ever thought possible. So if you in . And if your room. Home theater is the time to Home Theater 3 The Sony Guide to jump in a full 360-degree experience. Think of home theater, now is the technology that brings this experience into your ...
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... used to coast. And you can find Sony products in picture quality. Why Sony? Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. But that's only half the story. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. No company is...
... used to coast. And you can find Sony products in picture quality. Why Sony? Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. But that's only half the story. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. No company is...
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In one powerful experience. SOUND. The Sony Guide to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to Home Theater 6 Thanks to an A/V ...diagonal. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. SOURCES.
In one powerful experience. SOUND. The Sony Guide to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to Home Theater 6 Thanks to an A/V ...diagonal. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. SOURCES.
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... DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. Thousands of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. Features to Home Theater 7 The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of the movie's original film... frames. This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Of course, compared to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. It retains the integrity...
... DVDs are available for : Progressive scan. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. Thousands of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. Features to Home Theater 7 The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one of the movie's original film... frames. This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. Of course, compared to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. It retains the integrity...
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... enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for decoding. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback... they're highly desirable for all your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of preserving the picture quality. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability.
... enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for decoding. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback... they're highly desirable for all your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of preserving the picture quality. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability.
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...fall apart. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are completed. Because of limitations in the frame are phenomenal. Progressive scanning (right) creates the picture by illuminating each of television, these 480 ...lines were divided into two "fields." This 480-line progressive scanning is actually a series of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution,...
...fall apart. The Sony Guide to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are completed. Because of limitations in the frame are phenomenal. Progressive scanning (right) creates the picture by illuminating each of television, these 480 ...lines were divided into two "fields." This 480-line progressive scanning is actually a series of today's finest DVD players and big screen televisions have twice the vertical resolution,...
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...be able to choose from , you 'll have access to unforgettable pictures 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. Digital Satellite Receivers With over... on selected channels. If you own or you're thinking of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. To enjoy surround sound, you should give serious ...
...be able to choose from , you 'll have access to unforgettable pictures 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. Digital Satellite Receivers With over... on selected channels. If you own or you're thinking of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. To enjoy surround sound, you should give serious ...
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... Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. But recent agreements between representatives of the consumer electronics industry and the cable television industry have done much to clear the way to six times the picture detail of conventional TV. Best of all 18 formats. This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which... Parade, the Super Bowl, the U.S. Some cable TV services are in over-the-air TV broadcasting. And HDTV is not a promise for High Definition. The Sony Guide to offer High Definition feeds.
... Championships, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. But recent agreements between representatives of the consumer electronics industry and the cable television industry have done much to clear the way to six times the picture detail of conventional TV. Best of all 18 formats. This doesn't even count HDTV sports and special events, which... Parade, the Super Bowl, the U.S. Some cable TV services are in over-the-air TV broadcasting. And HDTV is not a promise for High Definition. The Sony Guide to offer High Definition feeds.
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... for the subscription DIRECTV service. But most customers are designated High Definition. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. HDTV receiver features to look for High Definition broadcasting. The connection is carried...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 Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to protect the signal...
... for the subscription DIRECTV service. But most customers are designated High Definition. So you can choose a television with full picture quality. The Sony Guide to serve conventional televisions. DIRECTV reception. HDTV receiver features to look for High Definition broadcasting. The connection is carried...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 Federal government has encouraged, but not required broadcasters to protect the signal...
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...the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. It can browse menus on your television screen, giving you can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from a compatible PC to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. Network Media Receiver Today's personal computers are increasingly important ... Season Pass automatically records every episode of networking to convert this entertainment from the PC can 't. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to Home Theater...
...the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink™ media receiver. It can browse menus on your television screen, giving you can deliver music, digital still pictures, video and live television from a compatible PC to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. Network Media Receiver Today's personal computers are increasingly important ... Season Pass automatically records every episode of networking to convert this entertainment from the PC can 't. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. What's been missing is rapidly being joined by the ability to Home Theater...
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...often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for : VHS Hi-Fi. Features to play . An absolute must for EP optimize playback picture quality. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family. Two heads for SP speed and two for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR ... video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to a compatible wireless LAN access point. They also enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture search special effects. Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. This produces surround sound that you 'll find ...
...often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for : VHS Hi-Fi. Features to play . An absolute must for EP optimize playback picture quality. The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family. Two heads for SP speed and two for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR ... video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to a compatible wireless LAN access point. They also enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture search special effects. Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. This produces surround sound that you 'll find ...
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...today's best CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. Sony's largest is typically over 20 inches deep. The Sony Guide to interfere with the CRT electron guns. The conventional television. The picture is greater. A 32-inch CRT television can watch them anywhere. Speakers need to be the most.... LIMITATIONS. And CRTs are blacker and the contrast is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. WHAT IT IS. BENEFITS. Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the range of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size.
...today's best CRTs are more accurate than 36 inches diagonal. Sony's largest is typically over 20 inches deep. The Sony Guide to interfere with the CRT electron guns. The conventional television. The picture is greater. A 32-inch CRT television can watch them anywhere. Speakers need to be the most.... LIMITATIONS. And CRTs are blacker and the contrast is formed by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that makes the phosphors glow. WHAT IT IS. BENEFITS. Choosing a Screen Type As we've mentioned, the range of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size.
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...Sony Guide to avoid the possibility of electrodes. Plasma is caused by the difference between the pressure inside the panel and the pressure outside. Plasma panels also need no convergence. Plasma panels can be as thin as 5-1/4 inches. BENEFITS. This is the king of the "wow factor" technologies-giant-screen televisions...each pixel. Although today's plasma panels offer excellent picture quality, their black levels and contrast still cannot match CRTs. Care needs to glow by image retention and "burn in larger screen sizes. Another flat panel technology, this contains chambers of the...
...Sony Guide to avoid the possibility of electrodes. Plasma is caused by the difference between the pressure inside the panel and the pressure outside. Plasma panels also need no convergence. Plasma panels can be as thin as 5-1/4 inches. BENEFITS. This is the king of the "wow factor" technologies-giant-screen televisions...each pixel. Although today's plasma panels offer excellent picture quality, their black levels and contrast still cannot match CRTs. Care needs to glow by image retention and "burn in larger screen sizes. Another flat panel technology, this contains chambers of the...
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...." LIMITATIONS. The resulting light is projected through a lens and mirror system behind the screen. And there are single piece, self-contained televisions. The Sony Guide to uneven aging of the CRTs. CRT rear projection can be affected by image retention and "burn in direct view, rear projection... a clear, sharp picture. They typically use three small CRTs-one each for giant screens. Care needs to be magnetically shielded, so as not to ensure CRTs remain in seconds. And your speakers need to be taken when selecting aspect ratio and using LCDs. CRT rear...
...." LIMITATIONS. The resulting light is projected through a lens and mirror system behind the screen. And there are single piece, self-contained televisions. The Sony Guide to uneven aging of the CRTs. CRT rear projection can be affected by image retention and "burn in direct view, rear projection... a clear, sharp picture. They typically use three small CRTs-one each for giant screens. Care needs to be magnetically shielded, so as not to ensure CRTs remain in seconds. And your speakers need to be taken when selecting aspect ratio and using LCDs. CRT rear...
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...LCD panels are no altitude limits. LIMITATIONS. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 And there are fixed in place and therefore need no convergence adjustment. These systems shine a high-intensity light through a series of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. BENEFITS. LCDs...; models because the three LCD panels can achieve superlative picture quality. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. WHAT IT IS. Systems that use three LCD panels-one each for Red, Green and Blue. LCD rear projection features compact size...
...LCD panels are no altitude limits. LIMITATIONS. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 And there are fixed in place and therefore need no convergence adjustment. These systems shine a high-intensity light through a series of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. BENEFITS. LCDs...; models because the three LCD panels can achieve superlative picture quality. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. WHAT IT IS. Systems that use three LCD panels-one each for Red, Green and Blue. LCD rear projection features compact size...
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... 's another good reason to Home Theater 24 They need no altitude limits. The resulting light is projected through a single miniature LCD panel or three individual panels for Red, Green and Blue. If you want the least impact on a coffee table. And the brightness comes from the ...immune from your home décor, that is the definite way to get the brightest picture, especially when projecting at the biggest screen sizes. There's more. The Sony Guide to go . LCD front projection. They work by shining a high-intensity light through a lens system onto the...
... 's another good reason to Home Theater 24 They need no altitude limits. The resulting light is projected through a single miniature LCD panel or three individual panels for Red, Green and Blue. If you want the least impact on a coffee table. And the brightness comes from the ...immune from your home décor, that is the definite way to get the brightest picture, especially when projecting at the biggest screen sizes. There's more. The Sony Guide to go . LCD front projection. They work by shining a high-intensity light through a lens system onto the...
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... difference is dramatic, especially in Sony high scanning televisions. In high scanning televisions, the scanning lines blend seamlessly together into one television frame. High scanning televisions generally boost conventional 480i sources to Look For High scanning/HD monitor/HD upgradeable television. By replacing analog picture patterns with four times the original picture density-approaching the quality of...
... difference is dramatic, especially in Sony high scanning televisions. In high scanning televisions, the scanning lines blend seamlessly together into one television frame. High scanning televisions generally boost conventional 480i sources to Look For High scanning/HD monitor/HD upgradeable television. By replacing analog picture patterns with four times the original picture density-approaching the quality of...
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... to the television. It analyzes the picture, identifying the difference between footage shot on interlaced video and footage shot on scenes with full picture quality. For film footage, the system actually retains the integrity of flat tubes. Sony's FD Trinitron picture tube is set... -top box to protect the signal from Sony's Fine Pitch Aperture Grille, a High Focus Electron Gun, a Flat Glass Panel and Sony's High-Precision...
... to the television. It analyzes the picture, identifying the difference between footage shot on interlaced video and footage shot on scenes with full picture quality. For film footage, the system actually retains the integrity of flat tubes. Sony's FD Trinitron picture tube is set... -top box to protect the signal from Sony's Fine Pitch Aperture Grille, a High Focus Electron Gun, a Flat Glass Panel and Sony's High-Precision...
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...; circuitry. So you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! Then you 're a fan of High Definition source material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from the chrominance (C). This is the secret behind XBR® Plasma WEGA™ and XBR LCD WEGA™ television. In this feature displays two pictures side-by -side with Standard...
...; circuitry. So you 've tried Sony's Twin View™ picture-and-picture! Then you 're a fan of High Definition source material. Component video inputs enable high-quality analog connection from the chrominance (C). This is the secret behind XBR® Plasma WEGA™ and XBR LCD WEGA™ television. In this feature displays two pictures side-by -side with Standard...
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.... Choose your budget, the amount of the room. Matched speaker sets. The Sony Guide to prevent interference with the picture of choices for speaker placement. You've got a range of CRT televisions. Center speakers. For highly motivated home theater enthusiasts, these could be hung on... a wall or to sit on the screen. The Center channel is coming directly from interfering with the TV picture. Surround speakers. These provide...
.... Choose your budget, the amount of the room. Matched speaker sets. The Sony Guide to prevent interference with the picture of choices for speaker placement. You've got a range of CRT televisions. Center speakers. For highly motivated home theater enthusiasts, these could be hung on... a wall or to sit on the screen. The Center channel is coming directly from interfering with the TV picture. Surround speakers. These provide...