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Introducing home cinema

A home cinema system is a set of audiovisual products, finely tuned to reproduce movie theatre quality sound in your home. All you need to decide is which package is right for you?

What’s in a home cinema package?

A basic Sony home cinema system is made up of speakers, including a subwoofer for bass sound, and a receiver, which amplifies and reproduces digitally compressed sound in full detail. To improve home entertainment you can also get packages with Blu-Ray Disc™ Players, Hard Disk Drive recorders or DVD players so you can enjoy the latest standards in HD entertainment.

Does the number of speakers make a difference?

To re-create how humans hear sound, you will need to position speakers around a room, each one fed with its own unique ‘channel’ of sound. In general, the more speakers you have, the more realistic the sound effects you will hear. Sound channels are set up as follows (each figure below denotes the number of speakers plus a subwoofer indicated after the decimal point).
• 2.1 – comprises 2 front speakers plus 1 subwoofer. Significant improvement on TV speaker audio. Ideal for surround sound in smaller living spaces or bedrooms.
• 5.1 – six channels of sound with 3 front speakers (left, centre and right) and subwoofer plus 2 rear speakers (right and left). Delivers superb surround sound effects.
• 7.1 – adds 2 further speakers to 5.1, directly to the left and right side of the listener. This is the best set-up for large rooms and is a popular choice for audio enthusiasts.

How easy is home cinema to set up and use?

All home cinema packages are easy to set up and use, some with colour coded cables so you can simply unpack your kit and set it up in minutes. You can also automatically calibrate speakers to optimum levels at just the press of button using exclusive DCAC technology. A great benefit of all-in-one home cinema systems is you can be sure everything will work together seamlessly.

How will a home cinema system look in the room?

Thanks to advances in speaker and amplifier innovation, it’s now possible to fit a high quality home cinema system inside furniture or deliver Full HD surround sound from tiny, unobtrusive speakers. Whether you opt for small, golf-ball size speakers, a near invisible system with wireless speakers or a beautifully designed TV stand with integrated cinema system, you’ll always enjoy superior sound based on the latest audio technology.

Build your own

Give your home cinema sound the big movie picture to match. A home cinema projector from Sony connects seamlessly to a Sony home cinema system to complement its high quality audio. Whether you’re looking for a simple set-up or high performance projector, you can rely on the latest, innovative technology to deliver highly detailed, vivid pictures in glorious High Definition.

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