Sony announced in Japan a few month back its filrst Ultra HD TV (4) with the XBR-84X900 a 84″ Wonder. Today at CES Sony announced the Bravia X9000A series a new 55 and 65″ Ultra HD TV for the US and European Market! The X9000A series comes with 4K X-Reality PRO, TRILUMINOS Display, Motionflow XR 800Hz, Passive 3D, Magnetic Fluid Speaker and so on! The X9000A series should it store shelves around April?
If diminutive, portable projectors catch your eye on the regular, Vivitek’s latest may be worth a gander. The outfit has announced the Qumi Q7 HD LED pocket projector at CES, touting up to 800 lumens of brightness and a 30,000:1 contrast ratio. Packing 720p native WXGA resolution at 1,280 x 800, the unit is also 3D-capable thanks to Texas Instrument’s DLP Link and sports 2D to 3D content conversion tech. In terms of connections, the Q7 wields HDMI, VGA, composite video, RCA audio-in and USB ports alongside 4GB of built-in storage. All of this is packed into a 3.1-pound (1.4kg) frame that measures 6.3 inches (16cm) x 4.3 inches (10.9cm) and is 1.3 inches (3.3cm) thick. If the list of specs piques your interest, you have until sometime this summer to save up the $999 it’ll take to snag one. Looking for a few more details? The full PR lies just beyond the break with just that.
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Who hasn’t dreamed of having a Tricorder from the show Star Trek? Qualcomm announced the Tricorder X Prize last year, who’s aim is to create a Star Trek-like device. Those who are interested in fame and fortune, as well as the $10 million prize, can finally register starting tomorrow and then they have to actually make it happen. There have already been over 250 teams pre-registered for the competition, and those interested can head to the official site for the full guidelines and actually register for the site.
Source: Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize
A Ultra HD stole the stage at the Sony CES 2013 press event, but sharing the stage and vying for attention were a number of audio and home theater devices. In addition to a number of One Touch audio devices that aim to make it easier than ever to listen to music around your house, Sony’s latest Blu-ray player, the BDP-S5100. The all-in-one Blu-ray player home theater system (pictured above) also sports the One Touch audio feature, but don’t try to stack anything on top of this web shaped box.
What’s this? The Wikipad? At CES 2013? But we were told it wouldn’t be here! As it turns out, the Wikipad is still kinda here, albeit with Big Fish Games. And wouldn’t you know it, Big Fish games are now integrated into the $500 Android gaming tablet’s launcher. Not only that, but the Wikipad’s seen some visual updates since we last got our hands on it — most notably are the chromed out buttons, which show up on all sides of the device. The controller piece is still removable, though it’s unclear if the original specs still stand. Last we heard, the 10.1-inch, 1,280 x 800 IPS screen sat out front of an NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 quad-core 1.4GHz processor, with 1GB of DDR2 RAM, all powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (at least initially). Either way, those new chromed out keys sure do add some spark, eh?
Gallery: Wikipad @ CES 2013
If you’ve ever seen an OLED TV, you’d you’d remember it. Same can be said about 4k. Combine the two together and you truly have a sight to see — which is exactly what Sony has done. Of course it is very difficult to judge picture quality when a TV is on a stage vs in your living room. That doesn’t mean we aren’t impressed and it doesn’t mean we won’t be looking forward to the day we can see our favorite content on it in the comfort of our own home — assuming of course, that one is affordable in our lifetime.
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The message of tonight’s Sony CES press event? Bigger’s not always, better, we guess. The huge reveal on the side of the stage at tonight’s event were two new Ultra HD TVs— smaller siblings of the positively massive 84-inch beast we’ve already seen. But what these guys lack in sheer size, they make up for a bit with bezel. There’s a lot that on either side of the display. That’s where the magnetic fluid speakers live, right in the middle of the glossy black expanse.
The overall effect is a TV that looks much wider than it is tall. The TV also looks a fair bit thicker than a lot of the HDTVs current on the market. As for the display itself — that’s great, as to be expected. As lifelike as Kaz suggested on-stage, though some of the colors do look a touch oversaturated as you get up close to the thing. The TV sits atop a shiny silver ring that juts out a bit from the front. The new models measure 65- and 55-inches. They’re due to arrive this spring.
Billy Steele contributed to this report.
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Now that Sony is bringing 4K TVs to more mainstream sizes with the launch of 55- and 65-inch models later this year, it’s also expanding the availability of content. When it launched its $25,000 84-inch Ultra HD LCD last year it loaned owners a hard drive solution that came preloaded with movies, but now buyers will be able to download native 4K movies as well. According to CEO Kaz Hirai “4K is not the future…it’s now” and Sony is doing it’s best to make that happen.
Also arriving on shelves are a series of “mastered in 4K” Blu-ray discs, which it promises are sourced in 1080p from their original 4K masters in high bitrate to look their best when upscaled back to 4K. The first movies up for the treatment are The Amazing Spider-Man, The Karate Kid, Taxi Driver and The Other Guys. If you’ve been wondering where high res content will come from then check the press release after the break, we’ll get more details when they’re available.
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4K TVs look amazing. OLED TVs look amazing. You can imagine, therefore, how good a 4K OLED TV will look. Sony has just wowed the audience here at CES 2013 with the news that it’s produced the world’s first Ultra High Definition television that uses Organic LEDs. Given how many companies have launched 4K sets here — Westinghouse, Hisense, Toshiba and LG, just to name a few — it’s not unusual to hear that Sony has one-upped the crowd by adding a pinch of OLED to the mix.
The 56-inch set boasts a native 3,840 x 2,160 OLED panel, and a prototype will be on display here at CES 2013 in Las Vegas. Sony’s pimping its own “oxide semiconductor TFTs” and “Super Top Emission” technologies, but isn’t saying much else. There’s zero mention of contrast ratio, refresh ratio, thickness, power draw, or any other specifications. Not exactly a shocker, but disheartening nonetheless. We’ll be prying for more — including any plans for a commercial release — as the show rolls on.
Gallery: Sony 56-inch 4K OLED TV
Daniel Cooper contributed to this article.
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Source: Sony, Ray Hartjen (Twitter)
An HDTV without a sound system to match is like a Ferrari on 14-inch rims — still a beautiful sight to behold, but its performance falls short of what could be, given the right accessory. Vizio knows this, and so has announced its 2013 lineup of sound bars to give your HDTV some audio to match. Plus, they’re all Bluetooth enabled, so they can stream tunes from your mobile device of choice as well. They come in 40-, 42-, and 54-inch models, with the smallest bar packing 2.1 channel audio, and the two larger sizes delivering 5.1 surround sound. Each bar also comes with a wireless subwoofer to deliver low-end punch — the 40- and 42-inchers come with a 6-inch sub, while the big boy gets an 8-inch unit.
Vizio has unified the look of its 2013 sound bar lineup, giving it the same understated design language seen in their new HDTVs. We got to listen to all the new bars in person today, and found the audio quality to be quite good. The bars all handled hi’s and mids without distortion at theater volume levels, and faithfully reproduced dialogue without sacrificing deep and rich sound effects while watching a clip from Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Bass from from the 8-inch sub was particularly impressive, as it shook the room with every explosion from the movie. As usual, full pricing and availability are hard to come by at the moment, but the 42-inch model will retail for $330 later this year.
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