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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Where to Put It All ..........Page 38 Finishing Touches ..........Page 39 Home Theater Connections Audio Connections ..........Page 40 Video Connections ..........Page 42 Home Theater Glossary ............ Page 45 A Final Word ..............Page 51 The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 3: What Is Home Theater
So if you've been on the outside of home theater, now is the time to jump in. And if your home theater is a few years old, now is the time to upgrade. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 4: Why Sony
The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound® (SDDS®) system is a fixture in movie theaters from coast to coast. And you can find Sony products in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV studios where programming is created, edited and distributed. - Page 5 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. Only Sony. The Sony Guide to Home Theater...
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Page 6: What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound
Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is also better. SOUND. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates Dolby Digital decoder. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 7: Home Theater Sources
3-2 reverse conversion is a technology employed in the better progressive scan DVD players. It retains the integrity of the movie's original film frames. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... - Page 8 To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of the DVD player to your A/V receiver. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to your A/V receiver for decoding, The Sony Guide to Home Theater...
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Page 9: About Progressive Scan
"high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television and the results are phenomenal. You'll see images that are noticeably smoother and more film-like. It's less like television, more like movies in a theater! The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 10: Super Audio Cd Playback
As you!d expect, you can find Super Audio CD playback in dedicated audio players. But you can also find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 11: Digital Satellite Receivers
SONY Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels of entertainmenL the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of programming options into your home. Subscribe to the service and you'll be able to choose _om pay-per-view movies and events, college and... -
Page 12: About High Definition
SONY About High Definition Television High Delinition TV will dazzle you with up to sLx times the picture detail of conventional TV. HDTV means a wides_reen 16:9 picture with cinematic sweep and grandeur. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound lbr movies and TV dramas. -
Page 13: High Definition Tv Receivers
_om the set-top box to the television. Your High Defiffltion signal is carried with full picture quality. The connection is also secured by HDCP technolog3, to protect the signal _om piracy. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 14: Personal Video Recorders
Features to look _br: TiV@ M service. This subscription service brings you electronic program guides. The recorder can also "learn" your preferences and record shows similar to the ones you like--a great way to discover new favorites. The Sony Guido 1:oHome Thoal:er... -
Page 15: Network Media Receiver
About the size of a paperback book, the PCNA-MRIO RoomLink media receiver delivers home entertainment content from a compatible PC to your home theater system! Now Sony meets this need with the PCNA-MR10 RoomLink media receiver. The receiver has an Ethernet port on one side, and audio/video outputs on the other. -
Page 16: Vhs Hi-Fi Vcrs
Two heads for SP speed and two lbr EP optimize playback picture quality. They also enable better _eeze _ame, _ame advance and picture search special effects. Built-in DVD player. A combination VHSiDVD player can save space and prevent remote control clutter. The Sony Guido 1:oHome Thoa1:er... -
Page 17: Home Theater Sight
4:3 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). If yon watch mostly movies, especially _om DVD, you're better off with the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 18: Choosing A Screen Size
61" diagmkal For "high definRion monitor" televisions with widesereen 16:9 aspect ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony TV Screen Size Distance 32" diagonal widescreen 5' 6" 34" diagonal widescreen 42" diagonal widescreen 8' 6" 51" diagonal widescreen 9' 6"... -
Page 19: Choosing A Screen Type
Few CRTs are larger than 36 inches diagonal. Sony's largest is 40 inches diagonal. Speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to interS'ere with the CRT electron guns. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... - Page 20 LCD l_levisions cost more and lhey are somewha! limil_d in viewing angle and conlrast ratio. LCDs are g_lerally limil_d to screen sizes o1"30 inches and less, although larger sizes are soon to appear in lhe markelplace. The Sony Guido 1:oHomo Thoal:or...
- Page 21 SONY Plasma Display Panel. WNAT IT IS. Another flat panel technology, this contains chambers of plasma gas _br each pixel. The plasma pLxels are made to glow by a network of electrodes. Plasma is the king of the "wow _hctor" technologies--giant-screen...
- Page 22 "burn in." Care needs to be taken when selecting aspect ratio and using videogames to avoid the possibility ol"image retention due to uneven aging ol"the CRTs. And your speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to interfere with the CRT electron guns. The Sony Guido 1:oHomo Thoal:or...
- Page 23 SONY LCD rear projection. VvI-IAT IT IS. These systems shine a high-intensity light through a single LCD panel or three individual LCD panels 2br Red, Green and Blue. The resulting light is projected through a series o2"lenses and re2lected off a mirror behind the screen.
- Page 24 SONY front projection. WHAT IT IS. These are small, portable projectors that project an image onto a separate component screen or a white wall. The), work by shining a highdntensib, light through a single miniature LCD panel or three individual...
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Page 25: Features To Look For
A big step up _om a line doubler, Sony's family of Digital Reality Creation circuits does an even better job. By replacing analog picture patterns with... - Page 26 Sony's FD Tr!nitron picture tube is sot apart by outstanding clar!ty and detail, pinpoint comer-to-comer focusing, minimal glare and accurate imago reproduction. Those come from Sony's Fine Pitch Aperture Gr!flo, a High Focus Electron Gun, a Flat Glass Pane! and Sony's High-Precision Deflection Yoke. The Sony Guido 1:oHome Thoal:er...
- Page 27 WEGA Engine system maintains the picture in the digital domain _om the first stage to the last. In this way, Sony achieves a picture that's less like watching television -- and more like a window on the world. Refinements...
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Page 28: Home Theater Sound
Surround signal The Dolby Digital system (tight) offers digital sound quali_/, better separation among the channels, a Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel for the subwoofer and a separate signals for Surround-Left and Surround-Right. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 29: Surround Sound Formats
The new encoding _brmat includes a matrLx "Surround Back" channel. Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. This decoding is important because it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 30: A/V Receivers
SONY proportion of analog stereo TV broadcasts. If you watch television or enjoy VI-/S Hi- Fi movies, you'll use Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Dolby Pro Logic II-movie and Pro Logic II-music. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. - Page 31 It delivers higher precision and lower noise. Digital Cinema Sound processing is a Sony system that accommodates difi'_rences between your home theater setup and an actual movie theater. Digital Cinema Sound processing recreates the actual, measured acoustics of three Hollywood dubbing stages.
- Page 32 Today's receivers offer up to 7 channels of amplification lbr 7.1-channel surround sound! Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of two renowned concert hails, the Amsterdam Concortgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal, shown here. Tho Sony Guido 1:oHome Thoa1:er...
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Page 33: Speaker Consistency
The only speaker thafs bee of this requirement lbr consistency is the subwoofer. Most subwoofers can be adjusted lbr level and "crossover _equency" to blend successfully with most full-range speakers. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 34: Types Of Speakers
Wa!l mount brackets are a great solution for positioning satellite speakers. The Sony Guide 1:oHome Theal:or... -
Page 35: Bringing It All Back Home
If yon're after the highest possible performance or if you'll want to upgrade individual pieces in the future, separate components are your best bet. The rear of a Sony DVD Dream System, showing color-coded cables and color-coded speaker terminals. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 36: How To Buy
SCENARIO B. Let's suppose you have both a television and a good DVD player that you want to keep. You can step up to home theater with the purchase of a Sony Home-Theater-in-a-Box system. This will include an Ai_', 7 receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. - Page 37 _v.sonyav desi_ler.com. A custom installer authorized by Sony Consumer integrated Systems can elicit the best performance from the best equipment, like the Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. A legend...
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Page 38: Where To Put It All
_om the TV manu_'acturer is a good choice because it raises the middle o_'the screen where it belongs--at eye level. The stand will also match the cosmetics o]'your television, will support your TV's weight and will provide room ]br your source components--solving many installation issues at once. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 39: Finishing Touches
It's like having your cake and caring it, too. A universa! remote contro! (left) can simplify system operation. Wireless headphones {right) enable you to enjoy the system after others have gone to bed. The Sony Guide to Home Theater... -
Page 40: Audio Connections
DVD packages like Sony's DVD Dream systems simplify connections building the DVD player and AiV receiver into a single component. These Sony systems go even further with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. - Page 41 _fire length ol"the cable. In speaker wire, lower gauges offer thicker conductors lbr better sound, especially over long wire lengths. The Sony Guide 1:oHome Theal:or...
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Page 42: Video Connections
RF connection cable with screw-on "F-type" plugs. RF connections like this are only appropriate for rooftop antenna feeds, cable TV service and satellite antenna feeds. Avoid them for other source component connections. Tho Sony Guido 1:oHome Thoal:er... - Page 43 (¥), blue color difference (Pld and red color difference (Pl0. This enables beautifully rich, clear, accurate color, especially important _br today's better video sources. In home The Sony Guide 1:oHome Theal:or...
- Page 44 The connection ix also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal _om piracy. The physical connector ix includes pair o_'thumbscrews _br secure mating. The DVf-HD TV interface carries High Definition in full digital quality. The Sony Guide 1:oHome Theal:or...
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Page 45: Home Theater Glossary
The sLxth channel drives a Surround-Back speaker. 720p. High Definition TV signal with 720 active scan_mg lines and progressive ("p") scanning. Used in digital television broadcasting. AN inputs. For connecting external audio/video equipmenL including VCRs, DVD players, Ai_,r receivers. Tho Sony Guido 1:oHomo Thoal:or... - Page 46 Red, Green and Blue _br RiG/B component connections. CiueMotiou reverse 3-2 pull-down. A Sony feature that preserves the integrity of movie film flames _br spectacular, consistent fine detail in 480-line progressive scan_mg (480p). In televisions,...
- Page 47 Picture quality is lost wh_lever chrominance and luminance are stripped apart ibr display on a television. Digital Cinema Sound system. A group of Sony developm_lts that represents a total re- thinking of home lheater sound. Produces the sound that movie directors intended by recreating the precise acoustics of three post-production dubbing stages in Hollywood.
- Page 48 The connection is also secured by HDCP technology to protect the signal _om piracy. FD Triuitrou® picture tube. Sony's visually flat picture tube. Uses a Flat Glass Panel, high-lbcus electron gun, High Precision deflection yoke and a Fine-Pitch Aperture Grille. Frequency response.
- Page 49 S-Video and component connections. Memory Stiek_ media playback. A Sony feature that enables you to display JPEG images (DCF tbrmat).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of a Sony Cyber- shot® camera or Handycam® camcorder...
- Page 50 The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Super Fine Pitch CRT. Refinement of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT thai enables even higher resolution. S-Video connection. Enables you to connect video equipment to your Ai* r receiver at high signal quality.
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Page 51: A Final Word
Of Texas Instruments, Inc. * Playback an these televisions requires Memory Stick media with images stared in the DCF file format. All Sony digital still cameras and camcordera that store images on a Memory Stick media are compatible except models DSC-DT00 and DSC-D77g, DCR-TRVgO0, and DS R-PDIOOA.