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Sony’s VPL-VW200 Flagship 1080p Projector
9:35AM Brian Lam | Sony’s VPL-VW200 is being announced and it keeps the 1080p, Xenon bulb, and shape of its predecessor, the VPL-VW100. It also almost doubles in price, going for $15k. (The VPL-VW100 is $8k.) It also has new SXRD panels that can hit 120FPS, and a panel adjustment allows for fine tuning of RGB for perfect overlap. The better native contrast ratio and the dynamic iris that help it do a total 35k:1 contrast ratio. And a new piece of glass (ARC-F, or All Range Crisp Focus) can be paired with the optional Anamorphic lens adapter. The HDMI port supports wide gamut color, and I don’t know why, but there’s ethernet in this thing. More »
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Choose Your Own Colour Frames For Sony LCD and Rear-Projection TVs
11:34AM Seamus Byrne | To satisfy the interior decorator in all of us, Sony has continued its drive for “personalization” of TVs. That means interchangeable colour faceplates available for two of the new lines, the 50″ to 60″ A3000 SXRD rear-projection sets ($3000 to $3500) and the 40″ to 46″ XBR4 ($3,000 to $4,800). More »
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Sony’s New 70″ SXRD Rear Projection: It’s Thin, It’s Floaty, It’s Smooth
11:05AM Seamus Byrne | Even though Sony’s big push is LCD, the flagship of the show was actually not a flat panel at all, but the 70″ rear-projection SXRD model KDS-Z70XBR5. It’s a freakin’ amazing 40% slimmer than last year’s, and though it weighs 200 lbs, you can imaging hanging it on, or very close to, your wall. Best of all, it costs $6,000, far less than flat panels that come close to its size. More »
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