Sony BRAVIA KDL-52XBR9 LCD HDTV Fat with Features, Even at One-Inch Thin By Chris Chiarella

At a grand product unveiling of nifty netbooks and wicked webcams at their sprawling CES booth in the main hall of the Las Vegas Conventions Center, Sony impressed us home theater types most memorably with the lowdown on their new line up of high-end displays, dubbed the XBR9 series.

Powered by the Sony BRAVIA Engine 3, the 52-inch 1920x1080p BRAVIA KDL-52XBR9 LCD HDTV dazzles with Live Color Creation featuring WCG-CCFL, and Sony's unique Motionflow 240Hz motion compensation technology to reduce blur. It's also feature-packed, Ethernet network-capable with integrated BRAVIA Internet video, the latest BRAVIA Widgets (shortcuts for advanced web applications) enabled, DLNA support and USB connectivity for quick access to photos, music, and digital videos. BRAVIA Sync also provides seamless interoperability of connected devices over HDMI-CEC. Remarkably, Sony has managed to fit all this into a flat-screen form factor only one-inch thick.

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Sony's Bravia ZX1 : The Thinnest LCD Television Ever

Sony has announced the addition of a worthy jewel to the already crowded award winning Bravia range; the ZX1 has claimed the title of world's thinnest LCD TV thanks to a 9.9mm profile that's thinner than a burnt toast.

The Japanese CE giant keeps the ZX1's thickness down by using LED on the side to light the LCD panel rather than on the back which helped saved those few precious millimeters.

This 40-inch screen has a frame rate of 100Hz and uses Sony's latest image blur reduction technology to ensure pixel perfect quality. Apart from being full HD compatible (capable of displaying 1920x1080 pixels), the screen comes with four HDMI ports (only one on the telly) and connects wireless to its media box .

It is likely that the stand that comes with it is removable so that you can actually fix the television to your lounge wall, turning it into an ultra expensive £2929 digital photo frame.

It is unlikely though that Sony will hold the title for long as other competitors, like JVC, Philips and Samsung are expected to launch even thinner LCD televisions in the forthcoming months.

Samsung may even bring a 6.5mm one soon with a 3mm being the thinnest that's physically (and mechanically) possible. One can expect that these technologies percolate one day to hand held devices like the Blackberry Storm which is around 15mm thick.

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Sony offers Super Bowl Blu-ray HDTV bundle deal

In a short 9 days, the Steelers and Cardinals will square off Super Bowl XL III at the Tampa bay, an estimated over 90 100 million viewers will be watching in front of their television sets, if wasn’t for the game, would be the 3-millions-30-seconds spot Super Bowl ads. Traditionally, hot wings, pizzas and beers are not the only Super Bowl party staples, so are the flat screen TV sets. Last year, the national biggest Super event Super Bowl approximated over 2 millions HDTV sold, boosted over $2 billions sales. To be fair, the Super Bowl has been the Number one driver for HDTV sales, third straight year in a roll.

If you’re planning to get a brand new set, or for an upgrade, just walk right any local electronic store, you shouldn’t have troubles finding sale campaigning the Super Bowl. If you prefer online shopping, there’s still a week left for delivery, and Amazon is having a special Super Bowl deal, save up to $400 on a HDTV/Blu-ray player bundle.

source : Slashgear.com