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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 Page 51 The Sony Guide to Home Theater 2 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 3
recent breakthroughs in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. What's more, packaged systems make assembling a home theater easier than you ever thought possible. So if you've been on the outside of home theater, now is the time - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 4
of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Our award-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is the gold standard in picture quality. Our Plasma WEGA™ and Grand WEGA™ televisions have won rave reviews. And Sony leads the industry in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 5
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 5 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 6
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 a Dolby Digital decoder. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 7
quality that until recently you would only have seen in a TV broadcast studio. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. You' need rewinding. DVD MOVIES. Thousands of titles are available for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures . The Sony Guide to Home Theater 7 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 8
handle all the different types of discs you'll want to play. ƒ Digital audio outputs. 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 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 9
continuously moving image is actually the frame are completed. Progressive images have twice the vertical resolution, the ability to present a progressive scanning image. Instead of getting 240 lines, you the results are phenomenal. You'll see images that are noticeably smoother and more film-like - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 10
includes labels as diverse as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to name just a few. Over 600 titles of stereo and Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 11
surround sound on selected channels. And the DIRECTV service even delivers selected channels in the glory of High Definition TV! Features to look for: ƒ Support for DIRECTV local-to-local and multi-satellite record mode and turn it off when the recording is done! The Sony Guide to Home Theater 11 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 12
. The DIRECTV satellite service carries three HDTV feeds (HBO, Showtime and HDNet) to a national audience. Some cable TV services are beginning to offer one stumbling block on the road to HDTV has been the relative lack of local HDTV broadcasts over cable TV. But recent Sony Guide to Home Theater 12 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 13
use their DTV spectrum for High Definition broadcasting. High Definition TV (HDTV) Receivers To receive over-the-air High Definition free, over-the-air HDTV also function for the subscription DIRECTV service. So you can get complete HDTV reception from a single set Sony Guide to Home Theater 13 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 14
liked in the past. It's like having your own, personal TV critic on hand, ready to make the most of every minute you spend viewing! Features to look for: ƒ TiVo™ service. This subscription service brings you electronic program guides. The recorder can also "learn" your preferences and record shows - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 15
digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this TV recording function to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. In many homes, entertainment from , giving you access to the entertainment on your PC! The Sony Guide to Home Theater 15 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 16
the home theater system, the receiver can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to a compatible wireless telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode® numbers you'll find in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. ƒ Four Heads. Two heads for SP speed and two for - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 17
presented in a more horizontal, widescreen format. DVD titles and High Definition TV broadcasting also support widescreen programming. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio (all other things being equal). The Sony Guide to Home Theater 17 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 18
TV screen and "480i" scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 6' 24" diagonal ratio and 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony Distance TV Screen Size 7' 32" diagonal 7' 6" 1080i or 480p scanning Viewing Recommended Sony TV Screen Size Distance 5' 32" - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 19
, the sheer selection can be daunting. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to choose. ƒ Cathode Ray age of the flat CRT, ushered in by Sony's own FD Trinitron® picture tube, means that viewing angle, and the bright picture stands up well to ambient room light. And CRTs are not saddled with - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 20
in the early 1970's. LCD is used in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. Like a laptop computer screen, a flat panel crystals 'untwist' to an exact degree to filter light generated by a lamp behind the screen. BENEFITS. LCDs are far thinner, Sony Guide to Home Theater 20 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 21
in an armoire or on a tabletop stand. Even large plasma TVs can be as thin as 5-1/4 inches. The picture is only part of the beauty. BENEFITS. Because the cannot match CRTs. Unlike LCDs, plasma can be affected by image retention and "burn in." Care needs to be taken when Sony Guide to Home Theater 21 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 22
small CRTs-one each for red, green and blue. The resulting light is projected through a lens and mirror system behind the screen. image retention due to uneven aging of the CRTs. And your speakers need to be magnetically shielded, so as not to interfere with the CRT electron guns. The Sony Guide - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 23
three LCD panels can be individually adjusted. LCD rear projection features compact size and light weight. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to like-new brightness levels. The LCD . Can't quite match the viewing angle of direct-view CRT. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 23 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 24
light is projected through a lens system onto the screen. BENEFITS. If you want the biggest possible picture, LCD front projection is the definite way to go. You can project images And the brightness comes from a light bulb that is replaceable. LIMITATIONS. Ambient light needs to be controlled to get - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 25
image on the big screen. A big step up from a line doubler, Sony's family of Digital Reality Creation™ circuits does an even better job. By replacing is a technology employed in Sony high scanning televisions. It overcomes the problems that can sometimes occur when Sony Guide to Home Theater 25 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 26
the new wave of flat tubes. But the FD Trinitron color system continues to stand apart, winning the praise of magazine reviewers, the admiration of professionals and the unwavering loyalty of customers. Sony's FD Trinitron picture tube is set apart by outstanding clarity and detail, pinpoint corner - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 27
helps determine the picture quality of fixed pixel displays. Unlike conventional circuitry, the WEGA Engine system maintains the picture in the digital domain from 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 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 28
movie that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that Dolby Stereo sound track into your home. It was now possible to enjoy movie and a separate signals for Surround-Left and Surround-Right. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 28 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 29
Digital system is often called a 5.1-channel system, it can also support fewer channels, all the way down to mono, for movies and TV shows produced before the 1970s. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 30
proportion of analog stereo TV broadcasts. If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi movies, you'll use Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. ƒ those channels are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to Home Theater 30 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 31
Digital Cinema Sound™ processing is a Sony system that accommodates the differences between acoustics of this Hollywood dubbing stage are incorporated in Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry. Note the swivel chairs Surround sound for music. Selected Sony Digital Cinema Sound™ circuits also recreate - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 32
inputs and outputs that can support 480p and 1080i signals. You'll also want optical or coaxial digital inputs for Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of two renowned concert halls, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal, shown here. The Sony Guide - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 33
image will appear to "wander" toward the left! When the bass becomes quiet, the image will wander to the right. Instead of getting a true stereo image, you get an ever-shifting blur of sound. This problem design for the high-frequency driver (the "tweeter") and the Sony Guide to Home Theater 33 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 34
shielded to prevent interference with the TV picture. ƒ Surround speakers. For highly motivated home theater enthusiasts, these could be large, floor standing speakers. But because most of the mount brackets are a great solution for positioning satellite speakers. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 34 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 35
standing next to you when you set your system up! If you're only somewhat interested in equipment, Sony's Home-Theater-in-a-Box systems are a good place to start. The speakers will match-and will work well with the receiver. There's also an easy set-up guide to help you get started. If - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 36
scenarios. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system ƒ SCENARIO A. Let theater. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you'll be stands and/or wall-mount brackets. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony a Sony Home-Theater-in-a-Box system. This will - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 37
window shades and automatic room lighting. And a good installer Sony VPH-G90U high definition projector. A legend among video professionals and enthusiasts, the G90U has 9inch electromagnetic focus CRTs and 2500 H x 2000 V resolution. It also costs more than the average automobile. The Sony Guide - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 38
choice because it raises the middle of the screen where it belongs-at eye level. The stand will also match the cosmetics of your television, will support your TV's weight and will provide room for your source components-solving many installation issues at once. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 38 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 39
stand can solve many issues at once. It elevates the television to the correct height and it provides shelves for the source components. Finishing Touches While not essential for home theater, two add-on purchases can make your system much more enjoyable. A "universal" remote control can replace - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 40
DVD player and A/V receiver into a single component. These Sony systems go even further with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. This section will review some of the most common home theater connections, and help guide you in choosing connections when your equipment offers - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 41
some music lovers prefer coaxial digital connections, optical connections are immune from electromagnetic interference. Digital are used to make this connection. Speaker wire is typically "lamp cord," consisting of two multi-stranded copper conductors running side by Sony Guide to Home Theater 41 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 42
linelevel audio connections. RF connection uses a coaxial 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. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 42 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 43
are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for other equipment. They divide the video signal into three component parts: black-and-white luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This enables beautifully rich, clear, accurate color, especially - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 44
that includes a pair of thumbscrews for secure mating. The D-sub 15-pin interface supports component video R/G/B signals. ƒ DVI-HDTV digital video connection. Digital Visual Interface (DVI DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in full digital quality. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 44 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 45
times the detail of conventional TV pictures. 16:9 Aspect ratio movies and perfect for Digital TV broadcasting, anamorphic DVD-Video titles two shows, with both TV pictures generated by internal second. 480p. Enhanced definition TV signal with 480 active scanning High Definition TV signal with 720 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 46
16:9 widescreen picture into a standard 4:3 image. For proper playback, the image needs to be "unsqueezed" by display on TV screen width to height. Conventional television has an aspect ratio of 4:3. Modern, widescreen television has an aspect ratio of 16:9. ATSC. Stands Sony Guide to Home Theater 46 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 47
music reproduction from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of two ™ circuitry. A Sony breakthrough in big-screen television. This uses digital mapping to convert a conventional TV image into its high channel. In the "matrix" The Sony Guide to Home Theater 47 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 48
have already been published. Some say that DVD stands for "Digital Versatile Disc." Some say "Digital Video Disc air High Definition television. Capable of images with up to six times the detail broadcasting a digital TV signal and that 60 network TV series are being Sony Guide to Home Theater 48 - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 49
frustrated engineers will tell you it stands for "Never The Same Color." One Button Record. This feature of DIRECTV receivers lets you record a show from the program guide at the touch of a button. Uses the receiver's timer and an infrared "blaster" to automatically start and stop your VCR. Optical - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 50
live TV and the ability to automatically suggest TV shows image. Projection. A television display system that projects the image as light local TV broadcast antenna stereo TV supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. Refinement of the Sony brands of TVs, VCRs, - Sony MHC-GX25 | The Sony Guide to Home Theater - Page 51
Grand WEGA, Handycam, LCD WEGA, MegaStorage, Memory Stick, MID, Plasma WEGA, RoomLink, SDDS, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Super Fine Pitch, Trinitron, VAIO, VAIO Media, WEGA, WEGA Engine and XBR are trademarks of Sony Development Corporation. TV Guide is a registered be viewed, images captured on
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