Isaiah's Tech

Sony is about to release two more 3D Bravia HDTVs and they'll be the NX713 and the NX813. Both of these models are slim and sport small bezels and looks pretty good - unfortunately, the stand is sold separately. Both of these models feature edge-LED backlighting technology and the NX713 has MotionFlow 100Hz technology while the NX813 steps it up with 200Hz. Check out the full spec sheet for the NX713 here.

[Gizmodo]

I've already tested out one of the 3D Bravia's at the Sony Style store here in Eaton's Centre - in Toronto - but I'm unsure what model it was. The LX900 that they unveiled at CES looks like it is actually on display in the 42 Sony Style stores in the US. This 52-inch 3D TV (XBR-52LX900) will require 3D glasses which are pretty expensive so you probably won't be enjoying 3D in your home by the end of this year. You can actually pre-order these now though, if you want.

[Slash Gear]

Some of Sony's leaked documents are pointing to a new KDL-ZX Series OLED TV, an updated XBR11 LED W-backlit LCD TV, and an XBR12 LED RGB-backlit LCD TV. Everything else you need to know is below, courtesy of Engadget HD, and below (in the picture) is the XBR11's specifications.

The docs also show updates to Sony's flagship XBR series with the XBR11 LED W-backlit LCD and XBR12 Advanced LED RGB-backlit LCD sets coming in sizes from 32- to 60-inches featuring 240Hz Motionflow, a new Bravia Engine 3 PRO with HD Video processor, and UV2A panel technology.
[Engadget HD, Electronista]

AU KDDI has just revealed most of their handset line-up for the upcoming holiday season. First up what you see above is the Sony Ericsson Urbano Barone. This handset is a flip phone that features: a 3-inch display, a 5MP AF camera, a microSDHC card slot, and other standards like WiFi and GPS support.

The handset you see below is "KDDI's first Bravia phone, the [Sony Ericsson] U1." This handset has a 3-inch display, a microSDHC card slot, a 5MP AF camera, WiFi / GPS / Bluetooth support, 1Seg TV support, and EF radio. The features that stands out in this handset is the fact that it is "based on Sony Bravia Technology as well as Sony Blu-ray forwarding technology (you can enjoy Blu-ray on your phone by syncing it to a Blu-ray player)." That's pretty impressive - if I had any Blu-ray movies to begin with.

Sony Ericsson Urbano Barone: Akihabara News
Sony Ericsson U1, the Bravia Phone: Akihabara News

Sony has just announced their latest Bravia HDTV, the XBR10. These side-lit LED TVs are going to be available in 42 and 52-inch models and they'll cost you $4,500 and $5,000 USD, respectively, when they launch in October. These TVs have: wireless HD streaming, a separate media box, BRAVIA Engine 3, Internet-powered TV guide, MotionFlow 240Hz technology, four HDMI inputs, Yahoo! widgets, and Amazon / YouTube / Netflix video streaming. Check out what Sony had to say below.



[Gizmodo, Engadget]

Sony has just unveiled a couple of new HDTVs for us. First up, I'll talk about the Sony W5 Series Bravias. These TVs will come in a 40 and 46-inch model that will have a Full HD resolution and Sony's own Motion Flow 240Hz technology. The price and release date details haven't been mentioned yet, but they will be available in three different colours. They also announced the BRX-A500 which is an external 500GB DVR with a digital TV tuner and the HT-CT500 which is a 3.1 Home Theater.

Below is a short video of the upcoming Sony ZX5 Bravia Series HDTVs. This TV will be available in 46 and 52-inch models and they're only 5.8 and 5.9cm thick, respectively. The ZX5 Series Bravias will have: Sony's Motion Flow 240Hz technology, Bravia Wireless technology, a 2 x 10W speaker and they're LED-backlit. The price hasn't been mentioned yet, but they should be available in Japan starting in mid to late November - possibly the 20th.



Sony Unveils W5 Series Bravia With External 500GB DVR: Akihabara News
Sony Unveils Two Wireless Bravia HDTVs: Akihabara News

According to Financial Times, Sony is set to announce a couple of things at IFA 2009 later today. This includes: 3D Bravia HDTVs, 3D-compatible PlayStation 3 games, 3D Vaio laptops, and 3D Blu-ray movies. I believe all of these products are expected by the end of 2010, but don't quote me on that. Don't forget that those funky 3D glasses will be required to see the amazing effect. We'll see what happens when Sir Howard Stringer makes his keynote later today.

[Engadget]

Sony Style has just revealed its latest Sony Bravia LCD HDTV. The new 65-inch model (KDL-65W5100) is now available for $4,999.99 USD on Sony Style. Besides the humongous price tag, this HDTV has: a full HD 1080p resolution, Motionflow 120Hz technology, the BRAVIA Enging 3, a 50,000:1 dynamic contract ratio, seven HD inputs, BRAVIA Internet Video/Widgets, and it's also Energy Star 3.0-certified.

Along with that news, we're also hearing Sony plans to unveil new LED-backlit Bravia HDTVs this September at CEDIA 2009. What could we be expecting at CEDIA? Well, check out what Sony Insider had to say below.

• DLNA (client Photo, Music, Video)
• Motion Flow 240 Hz
• BRAVIA® Internet Video
• BRAVIA® Internet Widgets
• LightSensor™ Technology and Idle TV Standby
• Internet Radio

Let's hope that Sony Insider is correct about the whole price tag portion because that's a huge factor.

[Sony Insider (65-Inch), Sony Insider (CEDIA)]

Believe it or not, but what you see above and below are not computer monitors, they are the latest Sony Bravia Full HDTV sets. The ones shown in the picture is the S5700 Bravia that has: a 19-inch display with a 1,366 x 768 resolution, a couple of HDMI outputs, 1080p playback, Ethernet, USB 2.0 ports, the Bravia Engine 3, and "Live Colour". These TV sets are designed for the bedroom, kitchen, or a study room.

The E5300 isn't pictured, but it will have: a 22-inch Full HD display, four HDMI outputs, 100Hz Motion Flow technology, and AppliCast widgets via DLNA. Apparently, these Bravias were announced back in February.

The design of these new Bravia TV sets are quite unique for Sony and they will be available in four colours: pink, mocha, silver, and white - as seen in the picture. Unfortunately, Sony showed off models that were turned off so we don't know how good the picture quality is at the moment. These TVs will be available in a few months, so if you need something small for you room just wait around for these if you'd like.

[Tech Radar]

Sony looks like they'll be expanding their Bravia HDTV lineup. Starting with the W-Series which includes the 52, 46 and 40-inch models. These will have "easy access to Amazon Video on Demand, YouTube, Sony Pictures content, etc." These TVs are Internet-connected and will have Sony's MotionFlow 120Hz technology to get rid of blurriness. The W-Series HDTVs all have an Ethernet jack and will have "Yahoo!-powered widgets engine." It will also come with 4 HDMI inputs. No word on the pricing, but it should be available later this Spring.

Ahh, the MSI GT725 17-inch gaming laptop. Specifically, the first laptop sporting ATI's 512MB Radeon HD4850 GPU. It also comes with: a WUXGA display, which is anti-glare, a 320GB SATA hard drive, a Blu-ray optical drive, up to 4GB of RAM, a whopping 9-cell battery and an integrated 2MP webcam. "There's also an ExpressCard slot, four standard speakers plus a 'subwoofer' and a Turbo Drive Engine to make overclocking a lesson in simplicity." The laptop ways weighs 7 pounds and is claiming to be MSI's new "flagship" laptop. Engadget points out that this is understandable when you re-read that awesome spec sheet. No word on price or availability, but i can confirm it's sexiness.

iGoogle, Google's start page that rarely anyone uses, got a new feature. Sidebar chat. It is extremely similar to Gmail's chat feature. I don't really know who uses iGoogle, but i used to use it. But after i found Google Reader, i didn't really think i had any uses for it anymore. I can tell you that my Google Latitude is finally working today. =). You can all stalk me now.

Hmm, a bit more MSI news today. They will be releasing 3 new limited edition laptops in Japan. The PX600, PR201, EX620. Let's start things out with the PX600 Prestige Collection. First off, it does not have a price and they will only produce 30 units of this, so if you really want it, it probably already ran out. It has a 15.4-inch screen, a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo P8600 processor, GeForce 9300M GS graphics, 4GB of RAM, and "an equally stylish 4GB USB drive." Up next is the PR201. It will have a 12.1-inch screen, different colours (pink, green, blue), 2GHz Core 2 Duo T4200 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 320GB HDD. The MSI PR201 will go for ¥88,000 ($900 USD). Last, but not least, is the EX620. It will have the ATI Radeon HD3470 graphics card. It will be accompanied with a Blu-ray burner and "among other fairly standard specs." The MSI EX620 will be going for ¥130,000 ($1,340 USD).

Sony Bravia W-Series (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/sony-expands-connected-bravia-hdtv-line-with-new-w-series/
MSI GT725 (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/msi-details-well-specced-gt725-17-inch-gaming-laptop/
iGoogle Gets Sidebar Chat: http://lifehacker.com/5163322/igoogle-adds-sidebar-chat-works-just-like-gmail
MSI Brings 3 New Limited Edition Laptops To Japan (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/msi-debuts-three-new-limited-edition-laptops-for-japan/

This is going to be my last blog post of the night. It is going to be Sony's press conference, which i am extremely excited for. Hopefully, they will take a couple of cheap shots at Microsoft's Xbox 360.

So, the introduction starts off pretty entertaining. So far, it looks to be the most interesting to me. They start off with a Jeopardy-like theme. They are celebrating Jeopardy's 25th anniversary. I don't know why, but they must have a reason. The speaker mentions that "Sony is an entertainment powerhouse." He plays Sony Bravia's new commercial, which introduces the world's first MotionFlow 240Hz technology for TV's. He introduces a lot of people that work for Sony. He finally introduces Stan Glasgow. He starts off by summarizing the sales from last year and talks about his struggle, last year, to remain optimistic. He is going to talk about 2 primary areas: in-home and out-of-home. He is going to start with the out-of-home lineup.

He first mentions the X-Series OLED walkman with a 3 inch touchscreen, Wi-fi and noise cancellation. He tells the crowd about the popular [but delayed] Sony Xperia: X1. The Sony Ericsson w508 is reportedly customizable, with up to 8 colours. He introduces the Cybershot c510 phone, which has a 3.2 megapixel camera, face detection and 3G. So far, this has been a great presentation because his speech flows extremely well and there is a good balance between speech and visuals. He introduces a couple of digital photo frames. The DPF-X1000 + V1000. They will both feature a 10 inch SVGA resolution, widescreen LCD, 1-2GB memory and Bluetooth. You can even display it on your Bravia TV with an HDMI. He introduces 2 magnificent camcorders, the Handycam: HDR-520v and the HDR-CX100. First off, the HDR-CX100 will be HD-capable and have 8GB of space. The HDR-520v, on the other hand, is much more heavy on the specs. It will have a whopping 240GB of space, 101 hours of HD, 12 megapixel stills, GPS and Geotagging. Both of these camcorders will be available in March. He introduces new 'Webbie' HD cameras with pmb software, mpeg-4 for easy transfer, 5x optical zoom, 20x digital zoom, a 2.5 LCD that will have a rotation swivel of up to 270 degrees. This 'Webbie' will be available "tonight" [now] on sonystyle.com. So, what's been stirring up all of the controversy lately? The Vaio P-series, of course. It was finally and officially unveiled. He held one in his hand, as he listed the many specs. It will weigh a mere 1.4 pounds, sport an 8 inch screen, 3G-capabilities, has 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth, GPS (if you're in US or Canada, you won't even need an active internet connection), the Xross media bar, a webcam and all of this will fit in your purse or jacket pocket. You will be able to pre-order it tomorrow on sonystyle.com.

Phew, that was a lot of information, but luckily, i was able to get it all down, thanks to visuals. Stan will now talk about in-home products. He quickly mentions that the sales of Blu-ray grow 300% every year. He mentions, but doesn't go into detail about, the Playstation 3, Playstation: Home, Playstation Network and the Playstation Portable (PSP). He does, however, mention some news about the OLED TV's. A journalist mentioned that they are "the most coveted TV on the market." Sony OLED TV protoypes are just 0.9 mm thin (!!) with an 11 inch display. Furthermore, he mentions that there are upcoming 21 and 27 inch models with a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, super top emission technology (I don't know what that is) and, of course, fast response times. He mentions recycling their products. The "Eco" Bravia will reduce power consumption by 40% (just like everyone else) and will exceed energy star 3.0 requirements (which is also like everyone else). But, this is where Sony sets itself apart from it's competition. The Bravia's will have the technology called HCFL (Hot Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) (more about that in a later blog post), a light sensor, an eco switch, which will reduce your watt consumption to 0W in standby, and will have a presence sensor. The presence sensor will detect if anyone is moving in the room. If the TV detects that no one is moving in the room, the TV will be shut off. This is good for anyone that sleeps in front of the TV or when you leave the TV room and forget to turn it off. These Bravia's will be available in 3 sizes: 40, 46 and 52 inches. He talks about Bravia: Internet Video partnering with the likes of: Amazon, Youtube and Slacker, for streaming videos. Bravia: Internet Video will be integrated in the upcoming XBR9 Sony Bravia TV's that will also have the world's first MotionFlow 240Hz technology, accompanied by Bravia's Internet Widgets, with the help of Yahoo! The XBR9 will be available in the Spring-time.

Sir Howard will be presenting tomorrow morning's Sony keynote.

Stan Glasgow really sells their Sony products. I'm always against buying Sony products, except for the Playstation 3 because i feel that all of their products are overpriced (Don't get me wrong, the PS3 is still a bit too expensive). But, Stan is really persuasive and is really enthusiastic when he speaks. Samsung could learn a thing or two from this Sony press conference, so that they can improve for next year. Unfortunately, there were no talks of the Playstation 3 in this press conference. This was my favourite press conference of the day and i just loved the combination of the visuals and the speech.

Special thanks to G4 for all of the streaming and uploading of the press conference videos.

Sony Press conference video: http://www.g4tv.com/ces2009/press_conf_detail.aspx?video_key=35869
Sony Cybershot C510 picture: http://www.cellphones.ca/news/post004647/
Sony Xperia X1 picture: http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/10/sonyericsson-xperia-x1-qwerty-with-windows-mobile/
Sony Bravia picture: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/sony-brings-yahoo-widgets-to-1080p-zbr9-z-series-hdtvs/