Posts Tagged ‘bravia’

Sony Playstation 3….D?

September 3rd, 2009 12:58 PM | by Steve Anderson

sony-3d

Now THIS could shake some stuff up, no mistake.

Okay, so everyone pretty much knows by now that Sony’s dead last in the console wars, right?  The Xbox 360 has games that the PS3 will never see in a million years and the Wii is so singularly outrageous that anything either does in that direction will be derided as just copying.  So what’s poor Sony to do?

Well, if you’re Sony, you start developing a line of Bravia TVs that can display in 3-D, special glasses and all.  And offer Playstation 3 support for same.  Not to mention Vaio and Blu-ray support, too.

Now this, much like the desperate last-ditch doomsday weapons the Nazis were constantly coming up with back in the 1940s, just might be what Sony needed.  Imagine a first person shooter so realistic that the monsters lunge out at you directly.  Think about your first go-round with a Resident Evil installment…and how you would have felt had one of those things jumped out at you.

It SOUNDS cool, at least on the surface.  The only real question will be how the execution goes off.  And especially, given the down economic climate, if anyone cares enough to replace a perfectly good TV with a brand-new Sony Bravia in 3-D.  They’ll start showing up next year, so you know we’ll keep our eyes front.

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Sony XDV-S700 Bravia 1Seg Portable TV

September 2nd, 2009 5:34 PM | by Jeff Bordeaux

XDV-S700 Sony Bravia

With today’s smart phones giving you access to a literal plethora of media, a TV like this would have been so much cooler years ago.  Not that the tech is anything new, the XDV-S700 uses a 5″ widescreen to display images in WQVGA resolution, and the whole TV fits inside a 5mm chassis and looks to be very kitchen and travel ready.

The XDV-S700 has an internal 2GB of memory and an integrated FM and AM radio for when there’s nothing on TV.  The 1Seg TV tuner is also supposed to double the sensitivity of previous models.   No word yet on price or availability but I imagine it shouldn’t be too outlandish.

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Sony BRAVIA KDL-40XBR7 40-inch LCD TV With BRAVIA Wireless Link – $1,200 Shipped

July 10th, 2009 1:03 PM | by Christen da Costa

THIS DEAL ENDS 7/25.  Holy sweet combo deal.  Usually the Sony BRAVIA KDL-40XBR7 40-inch LCD TV goes for this much by itself, but for a limited time Crutchfield is throwing  a FREE BRAVIA Wireless link system.  Features include a 1920×1080 resolution, 10-bit LCD panel, 8ms response time, 3000:1 contrast ratio, PIP, Bravia Engine 2, 4x HDMI inputs and built-in HD tuner.   It’s …Continue reading: Sony BRAVIA KDL-40XBR7 40-inch LCD TV With BRAVIA Wireless Link – $1,200 Shipped


Netflix Streaming Coming To A Sony BRAVIA TV Near You

July 9th, 2009 11:44 AM | by Christen da Costa

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I love it. At some point in the next few years the line between TV and Internet machine will be significantly blurred. Adding to the haziness today is Sony. They’ve announced that their Internet Video-capable BRAVIA TVs and those with the Internet Video Link module will be able to stream Netflix’s 12,000+ movies and TV shows. Like the current Xbox system as well as the Roku player, users will need to create their Instant Queue using a computer, but since the Xbox is set to release an update to their Netflix player that allows users to add movies on the fly, what’s to stop Sony from adding the very same feature in the future, aside from the lack of keyboard. Expect the Netflix feature to hit a Sony TV near you this fall and keep your fingers crossed for some PS3 integration.

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