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Sony Video: California Decision Could Limit HDTV Choices Nationwide
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Posted by claudio
on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 @ 13:35:33 EST (175 reads)
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On Nov. 18 the California Energy Commission is scheduled to vote on a proposal that would require retailers by 2011 to limit sales of TV sets to those that consume about a third less power than they do today.
Since the public hearing on Oct. 3, industry groups have turned up the volume in opposition to the new guidelines. If passed, the best value in home theater HDTVs will disappear from California shelves and, some analysts figure, will ultimately cut consumer choices across the country.
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Sony Video: CEDIA 2009: Sony wins CEPro Best Electronic Systems Technologies Award
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Posted by claudio
on Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 18:14:49 EDT (850 reads)
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Congratulations to Sony for winning the Best Electronic System Technologies (Source Components) for CEPro 2009. Sony has beaten tough competition from Pioneer, Control4 and Crestron. The winning product was Sony's BDP-CX7000ES
BDP-CX7000ES is the industry’s first 400-disc Blu-ray Disc MegaChanger. The product stores and plays 400 Blu-ray discs, DVDs and CDs. When connected to a broadband connection, the CX7000ES automatically downloads and organizes movie and music metadata from the online Gracenote database to help the user quickly find BD, DVD and CD they’re looking for.
At its core, the BDP-CX7000ES is a fully-featured Blu-ray Disc player, boasting standard features such as Full HD 1080p video output, upscaling of DVDs to near HD quality through an HDMIâ„¢ connection5, BD-Liveâ„¢ interactive features, and HD audio support.
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Sony Video: Sony Introduces New Full HD Home Theater Projector
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Posted by claudio
on Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 17:45:00 EDT (604 reads)
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Sony today announced a new high-contrast, high-definition projector, adding more options for those looking for a true cinematic home theater experience.
The new VPL-VW85 projector features a full HD 1920 x 1080 progressive Silicon X-tal Reflective Display (SXRD(TM)) and 24p True Cinema(TM) technology, delivering a true film-like performance. The new model also has an exceptionally high dynamic contrast of 120,000:1 and brightness of 800 ANSI
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Sony Video: CEDIA 2009: Sonys First Wireless Blu-ray Player
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Posted by claudio
on Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 17:39:47 EDT (812 reads)
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Tacitly acknowledging that many consumers don't have an Ethernet connection anywhere near their TV, Sony introduced on Tuesday its first Blu-ray player that can connect to the Ethernet wirelessly.
Additionally, the company announced two new TVs that also can connect to the Internet without a cable.
But the feature comes with a price: about $80. That's what you'll pay at Amazon for the awkwardly named Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N Ethernet Bridge that Sony recommends you use to get the broadband signal into the Blu-ray player and the TVs. (The Bridge, once plugged in to the units, picks up a signal from your home’s wireless router. Other brands of wireless bridges can also be used.)
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Sony Video: Sony adds $700 Blu-ray player its ES line
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Posted by claudio
on Sunday, July 26, 2009 @ 13:56:41 EDT (862 reads)
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Sony's Blu-ray megachangers may be the big news today, but the company also announced a single-disc high-end Blu-ray player, the BDP-S1000ES ($700, August release date).
It's the least expensive Blu-ray player in the Sony ES ("Elevated Standard") line and comes with a few premium features like integrated 802.11N Wi-Fi, better build quality, and 7.1 analog outputs, along with now-standard features like Profile 2.0 compatibility and onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. Like the step-down Sony BDP-S560, the BDP-S1000ES is DLNA-compliant and is capable of streaming photos off a connected DLNA-friendly device.
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Sony Video: OLED To Replace Plasma and LCD TV Before 2012?
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Posted by claudio
on Monday, June 01, 2009 @ 16:59:32 EDT (1157 reads)
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A brand new technology, OLED, could replace both Plasma and LCD technologies in our lounge at a faster rate than the two dislodged the venerable Cathode Ray Tube (CRT).
The price of Organic Light Emitting Diode technology is expected to fall down over the next few years reaching a more mainstream audience just before the Olympic Games in London in 2012.
Until then, the only screen currently available boosting this technology is Sony's super slim Bravia XEL-1 which costs a staggering £3489 with a 3mm thickness.
It comes with a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 and is built using eco-friendly bio plastic material. Still you could save a lot by flying to the US and purchase one over there where it is sold for around $2499.
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Sony Video: Sony to finally unveil larger-screen OLED TVs at IFA?
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Posted by claudio
on Monday, April 27, 2009 @ 12:14:02 EDT (1779 reads)
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[Engadget] We've been waiting for what seems like ages for the next iteration of the XEL-1 to dash in and swoop us off of our feet, but frankly, we're growing anxious. As the world waits for a commercial-ready OLED TV that's larger than a standard sheet of paper, industry insiders down at the IFA briefings in Malta this past week believe that Sony could be gearing up to make all sorts of hopes and dreams come true this September.
Jens Heithecker, executive director of Messe Berlin, which organizes the IFA trade fair, noted that "IFA is a trade show which is focused more on market-ready technologies," hinting that anything we see in just a few short months will be prepared for release into the wild. We're also told that more "ultra-widescreen" 21:9 sets -- like Philips' masterpiece -- could be on display, not to mention scores of internet-ready HDTVs and a Samsung set with refresh rates of 400Hz.
Needless to say, IFA's shaping up to be quite a show for the television sector, so you may want to think twice (or thrice, if necessary) about snagging a new panel on August 31st.
IFA is on the 4th of September.
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Sony Video: Sony's New Blu-Ray Disc Player and Home Theater Systems Go Wireless
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Posted by claudio
on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 @ 17:35:26 EST (2496 reads)
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Sony is adding four new Blu-ray Disc™ devices to its lineup today, including a stand-alone player with Wi-Fi® capability for easy BD-Live™ access and Blu-ray Disc home theater systems with S-AIR™ wireless audio.
The BDP-S360 and BDP-S560 stand-alone players and BDV-E300 and BDV-E500W BD home theater systems deliver full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinemaâ„¢ output, decode the latest advanced audio codecs, and are BD-Live capable with your broadband internet connection and purchase of external memory.
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Sony Video: Blu-ray now a Samsung loss leader, but is Sony set to benefit?
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Posted by claudio
on Friday, October 24, 2008 @ 22:20:13 EDT (2735 reads)
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Samsung has today reinforced the notion that Blu-ray players are a loss leader, rather than a viable product offering, by launching a promotion to give the struggling media device away with purchases of LCDs and plasmas.
In a promotion running until Christmas Eve, customers who purchase a Samsung series 5, 6 or 7 plasma, or a series 6, 7, 8 or 9 LCD, will receive the BD-P1500 Blu-ray player, which is RRP $499. This may prove a boon for retailers, who will be looking to maintain panel sales up to Christmas now that the Olympics rush is a distant memory.
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Sony Video: [CEDIA 2008] Sony Delivers Ultimate A/V Experience with New ES Blu-Ray Disc Player
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Posted by claudio
on Thursday, September 04, 2008 @ 00:55:45 EDT (2519 reads)
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BD-Live Enabled Model Features New Technologies for Unsurpassed Picture Quality
Sony today announced the new BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Disc™ player, featuring the company’s newly developed HD Reality Enhancer and Super Bit Mapping technologies that deliver even sharper and more vibrant images from today’s Blu-ray Disc movies.
The model, which is fully BD-Live capable, features an Ethernet connection that allows users to connect to the Internet via their existing service provider to access BD-Live features and easy firmware updates. It also is equipped with an external flash memory port and includes a 1GB Sony Micro Vaultâ„¢ Tiny flash storage device.
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