EXCLUSIVE REVIEW: Marantz unleashes the ES7001 home cinema Soundbar

Tags: blu-ray, cinema sound, sony, marantz, home cinema, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 04 June 2008
Fancy surround sound but not so keen on being surrounded by wires and speakers? There is another way... Marantz is the latest big name to try its hand at a Soundbar, with the ES7001. Want to know how good this one box solution is? The read our review, brought to you exclus...

Faroudja NR specification

Tags: hi def dvd, sony, 720, 1080, Tagged: 02 July 2008
I have a LCD TV Sony 40V300A which is 1366 x 768 and wish to purchase a processor to scale up my input to 720p or 1080i. I saw a Faroudja NR stating "Alis Plasma" and have the following questions: - 1. Is this Faroudja NR for Alis Plasma able to work with my LCD TV? 2. My in...

Sony BRAVIA KDL-46V3000 46 inch LCD Flat Panel HDTV - Open Box

Tags: sony, lcd, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 05 June 2008

BRAVIA V-Series televisions are where Full HD 1080 starts. Performance functi...
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Sony BRAVIA KDL-40V3000 40 inch LCD Flat Panel HDTV - Open Box

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Sony introduces BRAVIA V4500 LCD HDTVs in Europe

Tags: sony, home cinema, hdtv, Tagged: 20 May 2008
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment Look out world, er, Europe, as Sony is debuting a new trio of LCD HDTVs in your neck of the woods. The BRAVIA V4500 line consists of a 26-, 32- and 37-inch model, each of which posses a WXGA (1,360 x 768) panel and the company's ow...

can a component cable cause a projector to cut out?

Tags: projector, sony, optoma, home cinema, hdtv, Tagged: 02 July 2008
i have had the optoma hd70 projector for a while and had it paired with my old sony 910 amp and ps3,tosh e-1 and sky hd. I since upgraded my amp to the harmon kardon 255 which sounds great, but has hdmiproblems when i feed any signal using hdmi to my projector in that it outputs...

Sony BRAVIA KDL46W3000 46 inch 1080p Flat Panel LCD HDTV - New

Tags: sony, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 05 June 2008

Sony's BRAVIA W series Full HD 1080p televisions take performance to the next...
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Sony BRAVIA KDL46W3000 46 inch 1080p Flat Panel LCD HDTV - Open Box

Tags: sony, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 05 June 2008

Sony's BRAVIA W series Full HD 1080p televisions take performance to the next...
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Sony BRAVIA KDL40W3000 40 inch 1080p Flat Panel LCD HDTV - New

Tags: sony, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 05 June 2008

Sony's BRAVIA W series Full HD 1080p televisions take performance to the next...
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Sony BRAVIA KDL40W3000 40 inch 1080p Flat Panel LCD HDTV - Open Box

Tags: sony, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 05 June 2008

Sony's BRAVIA W series Full HD 1080p televisions take performance to the next...
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Sony BRAVIA KDL40W3000 40 inch 1080p Flat Panel LCD HDTV - Refurbished

Tags: sony, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 05 June 2008

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Sony TG3E: world's smallest 1080i camcorder unboxed, sized-up with 720p champ

Tags: sony, hdtv, 720, 1080, Tagged: 20 May 2008
Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV, Portable Video Get a load of what just arrived at the doorstep of our European HQ - - the world's smallest 1080i camcorder, Sony's TG3E. Otherwise known as the TG1 in the US, this pup is small and sturdy and definitely looks the part of a Full...

HDTV and Home Theater Podcast #274 - Sony KDL46XBR4 46 inch LCD HDTV

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, sony, lcd, home cinema, hdtv, Tagged: 09 May 2008
As you would imagine being a close friend of the HT Guys comes with some benefits. We have a friend that just bought the SONY KDLXBR4 46 inch LCD and a SONY Blu Ray player. He asked for some help sett...

Sony launches two new Bravia TV ranges

Tags: sony, lcd, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 01 July 2008
The latest LCD TVs to emerge from Sony's busy production lines are almost upon us. And they are the V4000 and V4500 series. The V4000 models are probably of the greatest interest to our readers as they feature the biggest screen sizes (40in, 46in and 52in) and full HD resolutions...

NEWS: 1080p DVD player from Sony

Tags: sony, pioneer, home cinema, hdtv, digital media, 1080, Tagged: 04 June 2008
Proving it's not only Pioneer who can announce new home cinema kit this week, Sony has released details on a new DVD player. The slimline DVP-NS708H offers 1080p upscaling via its HDMI output, as well as support for Bravia Sync, PhotoTV HD and DivX file playback. Det...

Sony launches circular VGF-HS1 media server

Tags: hi def dvd, sony, digital media, Tagged: 20 May 2008
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Nothing like washing down an all new WiFi-enabled digiframe with an all new home media server, right? Apparently Sony is firmly in agreement, as it's also launching its latest multimedia server / NAS drives today in Japan. The 1TB VGF-HS1 / 1...

Sony BRAVIA KDL-40S3000 40 inch LCD Flat Panel HDTV - New

Tags: sony, lcd, hdtv, Tagged: 05 June 2008

Immerse yourself in an unprecedented level of depth, color and clarity with t...
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Sony BRAVIA KDL-40S3000 40 inch LCD Flat Panel HDTV - Open Box

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Sony W4000 - 24fps over component?

Tags: sony, home cinema, hdtv, Tagged: 14 May 2008
I am looking to buy a new TV, and the new Sony W4000 ranges seems to be the only one to offer 24fps over component. I want to wall mount the TV, and I have a component cable buried in the wall, but no HDMI, so I would like to route sound via HDMI and video via component. Will t...

Mitsubishi (and the world) sue Vizio over MPEG-2 patents

Tags: hi def dvd, sony, samsung, philips, mitsubishi, jvc, hdtv, Tagged: 14 June 2008
Filed under: HDTVIt's no secret the rest of the display industry hasn't been happy with Vizio shaking up the low end with its cheap HDTVs, and now Mitsubishi and others have joined in a lawsuit accusing the manufacturer of refusing to license necessary patents. The 15 patents all...

Sony KDL-46XBR4 46 inch LCD HDTV

Tags: blu-ray, sony, lcd, hdtv, Tagged: 24 May 2008
The TV looks visually appealing and has a high build quality. There is a clear plastic frame that goes around the TV. The TV weighs 84 pounds (38 Kg) with the pedestal and measures 49.7" (126 cm) wide by 31.3" (79.5 cm) high by 17.7" (32 cm) deep (4.8" (12 cm) without the pedesta...

NEWS: Three new Denon Blu-ray players due from July

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, sony, panasonic, home cinema, denon, 1080, Tagged: 04 June 2008
Denon has confirmed UK specifications and release dates for its Blu-ray line-up, which includes the DVD-3800BD (£1600; due November; shown above), DVD-2500BT transport (£800; July), and entry-level DVD-1800BD (price TBC; November). Denon claims the players will be great all-...

Ultimate Guide to Television on sale June 5

Tags: projector, toshiba, sony, sharp, samsung, pioneer, philips, panasonic, lg, home cinema, hitachi, hdtv, Tagged: 04 June 2008
On sale this Thursday is the latest What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision Ultimate Guide - and this time we're talking televisions. It's packed with everything you need to know to choose, buy and make the most of your new TV, HDTV service and an entire home cinema syste...

Hitachi 42pd5200 & PS3 Blu ray HD.how to know if its showing HD

Tags: blu-ray, sony, hitachi, hdtv, Tagged: 01 June 2008
Can anyone tell me if im doing something wrong? I have the said hitachi plasma with the H on the back and I now have a sony PS3 with blu ray. I am watching a blu ray disc and I dont know if its Hi def or not. Im not getting any WOW factor ? How do you know if its showing HD? I ha...

Sony ships new upscaling DVD player

Tags: blu-ray, sony, 1080, Tagged: 01 July 2008
If you're still unconvinced by Blu-ray, you may be interested in Sony's DVP-NS708H: a new upscaling DVD player. The NS708H can upscale ordinary DVDs to 1080p, as well as carrying a 'PhotoTV HD' mode for optimised still image viewing. Other features include Bravia Sync for enhance...

Week recap: PS3 80GB; Xbox 360 HD DVD; Wii Fit

Tags: hd-dvd, sony, Tagged: 07 May 2008
Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 were steady in the latest Japan retail charts. The PS3 ranked No. 4 in overall hardware sales for the week. ...Read Story...

Sony Bravia XBR8, 4K projector and OLEDs

Tags: projector, sony, hdtv, Tagged: 01 July 2008
One of our US colleagues, Kevin Miller, was recently invited to Japan by Sony to show off some of the company's new HDTV technology - - here's what he saw

Sony FWD-32LX2FS (Silver) 32 inch 720p LCD WGXA Display - Refurbished

Tags: sony, lcd, 720, Tagged: 05 June 2008

The Sony FWD-32LX2F LCD Display incorporates WEGA Engine technology. WEGA Eng...
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Sony FWD-32LX2FB (Black) 32 inch 720p LCD WGXA Display - Refurbished

Tags: sony, lcd, 720, Tagged: 05 June 2008

The Sony FWD-32LX2F LCD Display incorporates WEGA Engine technology. WEGA Eng...
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sony bravia 26 inch veiwing probs

Tags: sony, lcd, Tagged: 01 June 2008
hi, gota sony 26 inch lcd tv a few months ago.this is a second tv for my bedroom, i have mounted it on the wall at the base of the bed. the tv is tilted and is approx 4 foot above where i view it from. the picture seams like it has dark shadows (a bit like a photo negative) its...

Sony launches new 'Picture Frame' LCD TV range

Tags: sony, lcd, 1080, Tagged: 12 May 2008
Sony has taken the wraps off a new BRAVIA LCD TV range featuring a 'picture frame' design that Sony claims 'enhances any interior as an elegant artwork'. The E4000 range comes in three sizes: 26in, 32in and 40in, with the 32in and 40in models being full HD. Their key trick...

Sony VPL-AW10

Tags: projector, sony, dlp, Tagged: 02 July 2008
Well, after much searching, pestering and DLP rainbows (boo:mad:) I have finally plumped for LCD in the form of the Sony AW10.... Got it yesterday from Richer Sounds for £560 (which I think is a great price) and was amazed when I got it home a played with it for about an hour...

Sony launches new technical support service to bolster European Blu-ray availability

Tags: blu-ray, sony, Tagged: 01 July 2008
Sony has revealed that it's putting into place a France-based team of specialists devoted to providing technical support to the European studioos and Blu-ray Disc authoring facilities. The hope is that the new team will encourage European AV production companies and content prov...

Sony Bravia hooks up with Ronnie Wood!

Tags: sony, lcd, Tagged: 01 July 2008
Sony has announced that it's formed a 'creative partnership' with the acclaimed gallery Scream, owned by rock legend Ronnie Wood. The idea is that Sony E4000 Bravia LCD TVs will form the basis of a week-long exhibition from 7th July, showcasing a piece of unique art by Ronnie Wo...

PS3 costs Sony nearly £2 billion

Tags: sony, Tagged: 01 July 2008
Sony has just released its accounts for the past fiscal year - and they don't make happy reading, thanks to enormous losses caused by the need to sell PS3s at a loss in order to make them competitive with their rivals. In total the past two years have seen...

Sony BDP-S500

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, sony, hdtv, Tagged: 09 May 2008
The Sony BDP-S500 Blu-ray player is an excellent performer. Both standard definition and high definition material alike looks beautiful, providing scenes with sharpness and strong colour. Audio quality is also crisp, but does this player measure up to the PlayStation 3?

Sony RDR-HXD: Records 1,420 hours of X Factor, violates Geneva convention

Tags: dvd, sony, hdtv, digital media, Tagged: 09 May 2008
If you want to record TV, Sony is introducing a new range of hard disk and DVD-based Freeview recorders that promise virtually unlimited reality tripe

Sony XEL-1 estimated to last customers only half as long as expected

Tags: sony, home cinema, hdtv, Tagged: 20 May 2008
Filed under: Displays, HDTV Ruh roh. Research firm DisplaySearch has just unleashed a new report that takes an in-depth look at the ultrathin XEL-1, and it ended up finding a video lifetime barely half of what Sony promises. Apparently the company ran a couple of Sony's OLED TVs...

Pioneer Premium BonusView Blu-Ray Disc Players Emulate True Theater Experience

Tags: hd-dvd, blu-ray, sony, samsung, pioneer, Tagged: 09 May 2008
Good Luck Richard, I hope you get your needed Firmware Update. Before the unfortunate demiss of HD-DVD, there seemed to be 2 warring camps. Major Players Camp-S were/are: Sony, Samsung. & Panaso...

Panasonic TH42PZ85 1080p/24

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, sony, panasonic, Tagged: 01 June 2008
Hi there! My first post here, and I'm hoping you guys can help me out a bit :) I have a Panasonic PZ85 plasma, and I have ordered a Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray player. To watch movies in 1080p/24, do I have to change something in the settings for the TV and the Blu-ray player? Or is...

Sony Sets Specs, Adds BD-Live to 'Last Summer' Blu-ray

Tags: blu-ray, sony, Tagged: 16 June 2008
Sony Pictures has announced final specs for 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' which will come to Blu-ray with Dolby TrueHD audio and BD-Live access. As previously reported, Sony set a July 22 Blu-ray...

Specs, Box Art In for '21' Blu-ray

Tags: blu-ray, sony, Tagged: 16 June 2008
Full specs and box art are in for '21,' which Sony will debut on Blu-ray this July with Dolby TrueHD audio and BD-Java-enabled interactive content. As the studio first announced last month, the $90 million-grossing...

Sony gets official with XBR6 / XBR7 / XBR8 HDTV lineup

Tags: sony, hdtv, Tagged: 14 June 2008
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment Aw yeah, those svelte Sony XBRs that were leaked back in mid-April have just been confirmed by Sony, and it's going to be a long, sweaty summer waiting for the whole load to land this fall. Kicking things off is the XBR8 series, he...

Is there an HDTV that works with super simple remotes?

Tags: sony, hdtv, Tagged: 22 May 2008
Mrs. Grandma, please try the Sony remote on the Vizio and Westinghouse displays as well....

BD player 1080p24 passthru' to Lumagen HDP and 1080p24 out

Tags: sony, 1080, Tagged: 14 May 2008
Is anyone using a BD player's 1080p24 output to a Lumagen HDP (and getting 1080p24 passthrough )? If so, then which BD player are you using ? On the Lumagen website, it says how to acheive this with a Sony BD S1E player: http://www.lumagen.com/testindex.php?module=faq_vis (s...

Sony Adds 7 Bravias, Mini Theater System

Tags: sony, home cinema, digital media, Tagged: 12 June 2008
A 70-in. LCD, YouTube access and satellite speakers the size of strawberries highlight Sony’s product announcements.

warranty and aftersales

Tags: sony, panasonic, Tagged: 02 June 2008
Thinking about my next PJ, interesting to compare after sales service,from experience am tempted to stay with Panasonic,knowing they have a two year warranty with a good repair depot back up. Strange how Sony seem to fail on PJs when my PS3 died it was replaced in a matter of day...

Sony’s Qore Experience for the PS3

Tags: sony, Tagged: 11 June 2008
Sony launches an online magazine on its Playstation Network...and expects you to pay for it.

Sony Aw10 Help Needed!

Tags: projector, sony, home cinema, Tagged: 02 June 2008
Hi all, im really come stuck, i have a sony aw10 projector. from my ntl pace box i have used a scart to componant convertor. and connected componant to componant to the projector. However, im getting an error on the projector. Frequency out of range. Can someone please help

Sony LCD service Menu numbers?

Tags: sony, hdtv, Tagged: 01 June 2008
Hi, Against my better judgement I loaded up the service menu (info, 5, vol up then standby) and tried some of the number combinations (purely through ignorance of not knowing the adverse / non restorable nature of pratting about) I know they're from 00 to 99, i tried 88 just to...

All 1 Sony ICF M410V Portable FMAMTVWeather Radio with SleepTurn on Timer - HD DVD News

Tags: hd-dvd, home automation, sony, Tagged: 21 May 2008
All 1 Sony ICF M410V Portable FMAMTVWeather Radio with SleepTurn on Timer from the HD DVD News store.

Replacing my 46PZ80 with 46W4000?

Tags: sony, panasonic, Tagged: 01 July 2008
My problem is this, last week I bought a 46pz80 plasma. Its a good TV but i'm thinking of replacing it with a Sony W4000. This is why: -The Panasonic doesn't have a tuner that works for me (DVB-C). The W4000 even has a HD-tuner that works. -I dont really like the desing...

Nokia to form open-source Android killer

Tags: sony, Tagged: 01 July 2008
Nokia is to buy out Symbian and set up a new open-source platform with Motorola, Sony Ericsson and NTT DoCoMo, forming a major rival to Google's Android

Sony Postpones 'Missing' Blu-ray

Tags: blu-ray, sony, Tagged: 16 June 2008
In a last-minute announcement, Sony has bumped this week's planned Blu-ray release of 'The Missing,' with no new date in sight. As previously reported, Sony had originally set a June 10 next-gen premiere...

'The Band's Visit' Headed For Blu-ray (UPDATED)

Tags: blu-ray, sony, Tagged: 16 June 2008
UPDATE (06/12/08) - Since the original posting of this story, Sony has removed the Blu-ray version of 'The Band's Visit' from their release schedule. The DVD release remains unaffected. The studio has...

Sony Scares Up 'Urban Legend' Specs, Box Art

Tags: blu-ray, sony, Tagged: 16 June 2008
Full specs and box art are in for 'Urban Legend,' which Sony will debut on Blu-ray this July with Dolby TrueHD audio and a pair of bonus features. Though first announced last month for Blu-ray release...

JVC HD100, Sim 2 D80e, Sony VW200 which one is best for my living/cinema room?

Tags: projector, sony, jvc, Tagged: 14 May 2008
Ok Guys, It is time for me to buy my projector. Below I have tried to describe the room so that you can better understand the environment the projector will be situated in. *Room Dimensions:* 5.7 meters (18.7 ft) x 4 meters (13.1 ft) *Projector Positioning:*

Sony's Howard Stringer to show off new OLED TVs at D

Tags: sony, home cinema, Tagged: 14 June 2008
Filed under: Displays, HDTV The D conference is in full swing, and the next heavy hitter on deck is Sony CEO Howard Stringer, who's rumored to have a new Sony OLED display for Unkie Walt to play with. We're assuming it'll be a little bit bigger than the XEL-1, but Silicon Alley I...

Sony's 0.3mm OLED eyes-on

Tags: sony, home cinema, Tagged: 14 June 2008
Filed under: Displays, HDTV Okay, we're as disappointed as you that we didn't get to check out Sony's 0.3mm OLED prototype up close and, um, turned on, but we were lucky to see the thing at all. They whisked it off-stage as soon as Stringer's presentation / interview was over, an...

Sony DVP-CX777ES 400 Disc DVD/SACD/CD Changer - NEW

Tags: dvd, sony, Tagged: 05 June 2008

With a capacity for 400 discs, the DVP-CX777ES can store and access an entire...
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Sony SU32XBR4 32

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Sony's SU-32XBR4 TV stand was created to perfectly complement your KD-32XBR97...
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Sony KDL32W4000 vs Sony KDL-32D3000

Tags: sony, Tagged: 01 June 2008
Afternoon all, First time poster here after 'lurking' for a few months. Like many who visit these forums im in two minds over the above two sets. At the moment im leaning towards the W4000, with it being the newer model. However, i also appreciate that the D3000 is an extreme...

Sony Bravia 40W4000 Settings

Tags: sony, Tagged: 01 June 2008
I have ordered a Sony Bravia 40W4000. It is going to be delivered on Wednesday. What would be the best settings for it, what should i change? Thank's

Can you download the Sony adverts in HD ?

Tags: sony, Tagged: 01 June 2008
Not sure if this is the correct forum for this but I couldn't find a more relevant one (sure someone will correct me :) ). Does anyone know if I can download any of the Sony adverts in HD ?

Sony KDL52W4100 versus KDL52XBR4 ... worth the extra $400?

Tags: sony, Tagged: 25 May 2008
YES! We have an older SONY - 40" - V2500 series & do find this 52W3000 to have very brilliant coloring - - plus, no "issues" with fast action LCD Blurring during NASCAR, etc., events .... quite...

How 'hot' is too hot?

Tags: sony, Tagged: 20 May 2008
I've just bought a Besta unit from Ikea, with doors on thr front, so now all my components are enclosed. I left the back panel off but realise that may not be enough. In one side I have my Yam RX-V640 amp with about 50mm all around it, and then a shelf with a Sony DVP-NS76H pla...

Sony Rolly Rolls into Stores

Tags: sony, Tagged: 20 May 2008
The fancy dancing music player is now available for your purchasing pleasure.

Sony delivers new range of HDD-DVD recorders

Tags: sony, Tagged: 12 May 2008
Sony has announced the arrival of a new range of HDD/DVD recorders. Sitting firmly at the top of the new range is the flagship RDR-HXD1095. This beast of a machine carries a massive 500GB hard drive ? enough for up to 1420 hours of TV (depending on what recording quality you...