FE Technologies, a Sony spinoff, demonstrated its 19″ nano-Spindt FED (Field Emission Display) running Gran Turismo 5 on the PlayStation 3 at 240Hz. The nano-Spindt screen has more than 10,000 electron sources that are called the nano-spindt emitter. That’s 10,000 nano-Spindt emitters per pixel. To produce light a fluorescent substance is exposed to electrons. FED [...]
Sony KDL-42V4100 Specifications
Display: 42″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Contrast Ratio: 2500:1 (static), 25000:1 (dynamic)
Viewing Angle: 178/178
Connectivity: Component (2), Composite (3), HDMI (4), RF, S-Video, VGA
Other: Energy Star compliant
Dimensions:
40.75 x 28.375 x 12.125″ (w/stand)
40.75 x 26.75 x 4.375 (w/o stand)
Weight: 63lbs (w/stand), 54lbs (w/o stand)
Price: US$1499.99
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a [...]
Wal-Mart will be holding a special in-store sale on Saturday, November 8, 2008. The sale will begin at 8AM and will include a Sanyo 46″ LCD TV for just $898. There will be a minimum of 2 per store with a per customer limit of just one. There is also a Compaq CQ50-139WM 15.4″ notebook [...]
Specifications for the Sony BRAVIA KDL-55XBR8 LCD TV can be found here.
cnet reviews has given Sony’s BRAVIA KDL-55XBR8 4 out of 5 stars in a review that states the 55″ RGB LED backlit LCD TV to be “mighty close” to the “best HDTV” they have tested so far. I believe the updated KURO takes the [...]
Sony KDL-40W4000 Specifications
Display: 40″ 10-bit TFT LCD with Wide Color Gamut CCFL (WCG-CCFL)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Frequency: 120Hz Motionflow (100Hz for European version)
Viewing Angle: 178/178
Contrast Ratio: 33,000:1 (dynamic)
Color Gamut: x.v.Color
Dimensions: 98.6 x 64.6 x 11.0cm
Sony’s KDL-40W4000 is a slightly older model, but has all the features you would want in a large LCD [...]
Sony PRS-700 Specifications
Display: 6″ E Ink with Touch
Storage: Memory Stick Duo, SD
Other: LED reading light
Weight: 10oz
Availability: November 2008
Price: US$400
Sony’s PRS-700 is the latest incarnation of the company’s e-book reader. Similar to the PRS-505, the PRS-700 incorporates E Ink’s electronic paper display. But Sony added a very needed feature: touch. You can use your stylus or [...]
Sony VIAO TT VGN-TT190UB Specifications
Display: 11″ Wide TFT LCD with LED Backlight
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1366 x 768
Color Gamut: 100% NTSC
GPU: Mobile Intel GMA 4500HD (1.3GB max)
Connectivity: HDMI, WWAN (Sprint EV-DO Rev. A), VGA, Bluetooth, Ethernet, WiFi (802.11a/b/g/n), FireWire, USB 2.0 (2), Mic-In, Headphone-Out
CPU: 1.40GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400, 800MHz FSB, 3MB L2 Cache
Chipset: [...]
Sony VGF-CP1 Specifications
Display: 7″ wide TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 800 x 480
Internal Storage: 128MB Flash
External Storage: SD, MemoryStick, CF
Connectivity: WiFi, Google Picasa Streaming, RSS Reader, Internet Radio Player
Speakers: Yes (stereo)
Availability: Mid-October 2008
Price: US$299
Digital photo frames are quite popular these days. But a lot of them are fairly ugly. Sony’s VGF-CP1 is a 7″ digital photo frame [...]
Sony Ericsson XPERIA Specifications
Display: 3″ Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 800 x 480 (landscape)
Number of Colors: 65,536
Video: 640 x 480 at 30fps recording and playback
Camera: 3.2MP
Other: Handwriting recognition, touch, QWERTY, optical joystick, 4-way key
Availability: September 30, 2008 launch date for UK, Germany, Sweden. Q4′08 for Europe, Asia, Latin America.
I haven’t paid much attention to Sony Ericsson’s [...]
Sony’s VAIO VGP-UPR1 is a rather good-looking notebook PC dock. I personally like simple shapes and the VGP-UPR1 is a simple chocolate-bar-like shape but with a bunch of ports. The list of ports follows: VGA, DVI-D, USB 2.0 (4), Ethernet (10/100Base-TX), Headphone-Out, Microphone-In. The DVI and VGA ports support up to a pixel format of [...]
