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Apr 07

Sony 55 and 65-inch 4K TV Prices Announced, Shipping On April 21st

Sony 55 and 65 inch 4K TV Prices Announced, Shipping On April 21st

Sony has finally announced its 55-inch and 65-inch 4K TV pricing. The announcement was made at the company’s NAB conference held today in Las Vegas. The 55 and 65-inch variants, Bravia XBR-55X900A and Bravia XBR-65X900A respectively, come with a price tag of $4,999 and $6,999 once again, respectively. Both of these models have Triluminous display with X-Reality PRO, one-touch screen mirroring and Motionflow XR960 technology. There’s Wi-Fi and NFC for all connectivity needs. The 4K TVs natively support the display of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels images. Online pre-orders and in-store purchases will kick off from April 21st.

Starting today six Sony Store locations will be featuring the 4K TVs and will offer in-store demos of true 4K and enhanced (upscaled) video. These locations include:

Century City, Los Angeles CA
South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa CA
Houston Galleria, TX
The Forum Shops, Las Vegas NV
550 Madison Ave, New York NY
Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto CA

The TVs have been made available merely a couple of months after Sony unveiled its 4K line at CES 2013. The company has also previously shown off the $25,000 84-inch 4K TV as well.

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Sep 07

Sony Stitch merges footage from two 4K F65 cameras to create zoomable panoramic with HD output (video)

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Well, that’s a mouthful of a headline. Going a bit more in-depth, a new professional solution from Sony allows broadcasters to capture side-by-side 4K video at, say, a sporting event, then use a standard camera zoom device to select small portions of each feed for 720p or 1080i output. On the receiving end, you’ll see a live image that looks indistinguishable from something you’d capture with a moving camera, with a few extra benefits to boot. Sony demonstrated the system using feeds from an F65 4K camera earlier this year at NAB, but was only able to present a simulation at that point, with pre-recorded output cropped from larger-format footage.

Now, as we saw today at IBC in Amsterdam, the technique works in realtime, so an adjustable smaller portion of the video is pumped out seamlessly and instantaneously. The 4K video can also be recorded at full resolution simultaneously, letting you change the framing long after an event takes place. Sony only had the demo configured to pull live video from the left portion of the feed, but eventually the entire capture will be enabled, giving producers access to an entire football field, as you’ll see in the hands-on video after the break. We wouldn’t expect this solution to replace human camera operators anytime soon, but it’s certainly a viable method for adding angles and placing a bit more control in the hands of production teams, even after the fact.

Gallery: Sony 4K Stitch hands-on