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		<title>All you need to know about the Sony BRAVIA HDTVs for 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony has introduced its new line-up of BRAVIA HDTVs at CES 2011, and this time the emphasis seems to be as much on mobile and interconnectedness as it is on the quality of the TV picture. In previous years, the HDTV craze was all about 3D (last year) or thinness (2009), or even just the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sony has introduced its new line-up of BRAVIA HDTVs at CES 2011, and this time the emphasis seems to be as much on mobile and interconnectedness as it is on the quality of the TV picture. In previous years, the HDTV craze was all about 3D (last year) or thinness (2009), or even just the quality of the screen in terms of deeper blacks and who had the highest contrast ratio.</p>
<p>For 2011, the emphasis has shifted towards making the HDTV an integral part of a connected home entertainment setup, and Sony&#8217;s latest line-up fully reflects this.</p>
<p>Still, with no less than 27 different new models being announced, there&#8217;s bound to be something for everyone!<br />
<span id="more-1703"></span><img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1703-4d2b464e90023.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony BRAVIA HDTV for 2011"></p>
<h2>Sony&#8217;s new BRAVIA features at a glance</h2>
<p>Sony has added 16 new 3D HDTVs and 22 new 2D models, with screen sizes ranging from 22&#8243; to an unbelievable 65&#8243;. All except the lowest two ranges either come with Wi-Fi built-in or are Wi-Fi ready with the addition of an extra Wi-Fi dongle (sold by Sony and which plugs into the TV&#8217;s USB socket).</p>
<p>To make the most of the Internet connectivity, Sony has expanded on the Internet TV services it&#8217;s offered with some of its 2010 models, and now offers the following Web apps on its BRAVIA TVs:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sony&#8217;s Qriocity Music and Video on Demand services</li>
<li>Amazon Video on Demand</li>
<li>YouTube</li>
<li>Slacker Interent Radio</li>
<li>Netflix</li>
<li>Pandora</li>
<li>HuluPlus</li>
<li>Crackle</li>
<li>Blip.tv</li>
</ul>
<p>Some of the higher-end models even have Skype built-in, which, with the addition of a camera and microphone (both sold separately, naturally!), means you can make Skype calls from your HDTV (yes, even the giant 65&#8243; one!) to any other Skype client in the world.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a pretty neat feature.<br />
<img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1703-4d2b464f911f8.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony BRAVIA HDTV"><br />
Other new features include a new Track ID feature powered by GraceNote, which lets you identify any music you hear while watching TV. A nifty feature this, and it&#8217;s only a matter of time before Sony link the discovered artist through to a store where tyou can instantly purchase it!</p>
<p>In a sign of the increasing pervasiveness of mobile phones, Sony has also announced a new series of iPhone and Android apps that will let you use your smartphone as a remote control (presuambly via DLNA). This will be a life-saver, as using YouTube on a Sony remote without a QWERTY keyboard is an exercise in futility!</p>
<p>The final feature on offer comes from the 3D models, which will be capable of displaying 3D images taken from Sony&#8217;s 3D CyberShot cameras.</p>
<h2>New enhanced picture technology</h2>
<p>Of course, a 2011 Sony TV has to look better than a 2010 model, and so its engineers have come up with a variety of new ways of making your humble TV picture look as perfect as possible.</p>
<p>To this end, the critically acclaimed BRAVIA processing engine, which already does an excellent job of upscaling standard def pictures, has now been enhanced and comes with the new X-Reality PRO and X-Reality Engine video processors. These use algorithms that take video processing to new levels, which helps to make the resultant image look almost as good as it does on BluRay.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s also the new Intelligent Peak ELD Backlight, which gives deeper blacks by using full local dimming and so increases picture contrast considerably, making pictures look incredibly detailed.</p>
<p>Finally, there&#8217;s Sony&#8217;s MotionFlow XR, which helps to reduce the motion blur that&#8217;s typically found in LCD and LED TVs.</p>
<h2>Sony&#8217;s 2011 range of HDTVs</h2>
<p>OK, with that out the way, here&#8217;s the full range of Sony&#8217;s new HDTVs for 2011.</p>
<p><b>BRAVIA XBR-HX929 Series 3D Capable HDTV</b><br />
Available in April, Sony’s new 3D capable (with the addition of Sony active shutter glasses, sold separately), XBR-HX929 series features brilliant full HD (1080p) picture quality with Sony’s Intelligent Peak LED backlight for outstanding contrast.<br />
The model also features Sony’s MotionFlow XR 960 featuring a precise backlight control that is synchronized with the liquid crystal movement from frame to frame creating clearer, sharper moving images.</p>
<p>The beautifully designed model features Sony’s improved Monolithic Design Concept that draws viewers into the picture when the TV is turned on, and blends into the room décor when turned off. The 2011 Monolithic Design BRAVIA models incorporate Corning®’s Gorilla® Glass allowing for thinner, lighter, and stronger screen material.<br />
With integrated with Wi-Fi (802.11n), the XBR-HX929 models offer instant access to thousands of Internet movies, videos and music from BRAVIA Internet Video and Qriocity. Sony’s Media Remote app provides simple operation and search for internet content.</p>
<p>The XBR-HX929 models are also custom installation friendly with key features such as rear IR-input and a two-way RS232c connection for easier integration with third-party control systems.</p>
<p>Other XBR-HX929 Series features include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Brilliant Full HD (1080p) picture quality with full-array local dimming LED backlight</li>
<li>Sleek Monolithic Design with OptiContrast Panel Technology</li>
<li>Integrated Wi-Fi (802.11n)</li>
<li>Skype™ ready in 720p high definition</li>
<li>BRAVIA Internet Video and Qriocity</li>
<li>X-Reality™ PRO Engine</li>
<li>MotionFlow™ XR 960</li>
<li>Rear two-way IR inputs and two-way RS232C control</li>
<li>Screen sizes include 65-inch (XBR-65HX292, which is available in August 2011), 55-inch (XBR-55HX929), and 46-inch (XBR-46HX929)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>BRAVIA® HX820-Series LED LCD 3D Capable HDTV</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Available in May</li>
<li>Brilliant Full HD (1080p) picture quality with Dynamic Edge LED backlight</li>
<li>Sleek Monolithic Design with OptiContrast Panel Technology</li>
<li>Integrated Wi-Fi™ (802.11n)</li>
<li>Skype™ ready in 720p high definition</li>
<li>BRAVIA Internet Video and Qriocity™</li>
<li>X-Reality™ PRO Engine</li>
<li>MotionFlow™ XR 480</li>
<li>Screen sizes include 55-inch (KDL-55HX820), and 46-inch (KDL-46HX820)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>BRAVIA® NX720-Series LED LCD 3D Capable HDTV</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Available in May</li>
<li>Brilliant Full HD (1080p) picture quality with Dynamic Edge LED backlight</li>
<li>Sleek Monolithic Design with OptiContrast Panel Technology</li>
<li>Integrated Wi-Fi™ (802.11n)</li>
<li>Skype™ ready in 720p high definition</li>
<li>BRAVIA Internet Video and Qriocity™</li>
<li>MotionFlow™ XR 240</li>
<li>X-Reality™ Engine</li>
<li>Screen sizes include 60-inch (KDL-60NX720), 55-inch (KDL-55NX720), and 46-inch (KDL-46NX720)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>BRAVIA® HX729-Series LED LCD 3D Capable HDTV</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Available in May</li>
<li>Brilliant Full HD (1080p) picture quality with Dynamic Edge LED backlight</li>
<li>X-Reality™ PRO Engine</li>
<li>MotionFlow™ XR 480</li>
<li>Integrated Wi-Fi™ (802.11n)</li>
<li>Skype™ ready in 720p high definition</li>
<li>BRAVIA Internet Video and Qriocity™</li>
<li>Rear two-way IR inputs and two-way RS232C control</li>
<li>Screen sizes include 65-inch (KDL-65HX729), 55-inch (KDL-55HX729), and 46-inch (KDL-46HX729)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>BRAVIA® EX720-Series LED LCD 3D Capable HDTV</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Available in February</li>
<li>Brilliant Full HD (1080p) picture quality with Edge LED backlight</li>
<li>X-Reality™ Engine</li>
<li>MotionFlow™ XR 240</li>
<li>Wi-Fi™ ready (USB wireless LAN adapter sold separately)</li>
<li>Skype™ ready in 720p high definition</li>
<li>BRAVIA Internet Video and Qriocity™</li>
<li>Screen sizes include 60-inch (KDL-60EX720, which is available in April), 55-inch (KDL-55EX720), 46-inch (KDL-46EX720), 40-Inch (KDL-40EX720), and 32-inch (KDL-32EX720)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>BRAVIA® EX620-Series LED LCD HDTV</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Available in February</li>
<li>Brilliant Full High Definition (1080p) picture quality with Edge LED backlight</li>
<li>X-Reality™ Engine</li>
<li>MotionFlow™ 120</li>
<li>Wi-Fi™ ready (USB wireless LAN adapter sold separately)</li>
<li>Skype™ ready in 720p high definition</li>
<li>BRAVIA Internet Video and Qriocity™</li>
<li>Screen sizes include 55-inch (KDL-55EX620), 46-inch (KDL-46EX620), and 40-Inch (KDL-40EX620)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>BRAVIA® EX520-Series LED LCD HDTV</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Available in February</li>
<li>Brilliant Full HD (1080p) picture quality with Edge LED backlight</li>
<li>X-Reality™ Engine</li>
<li>Wi-Fi™ ready (USB wireless LAN adapter sold separately)</li>
<li>Skype™ ready in 720p high definition</li>
<li>BRAVIA Internet Video and Qriocity™</li>
<li>Energy saving Presence Sensor minimize power consumption</li>
<li>Screen sizes include 46-inch (KDL-46EX520), 40-inch (KDL-40EX520), 32-inch (KDL-32EX520)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>BRAVIA® BX420-Series HDTV</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Available in February</li>
<li>Brilliant Full HD (1080p) picture quality with CCFL backlight</li>
<li>Five HD Inputs to connect multiple HD devices</li>
<li>USB input for photo, music and video playback</li>
<li>Scene select customized picture and sound settings</li>
<li>Ambient Light Sensor</li>
<li>Screen sizes include 46-inch (KDL-46BX420), 40-inch (KDL-40BX420), and 32-inch (KDL-32BX420)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>BRAVIA® BX320-Series HDTV</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Available in February</li>
<li>Amazing High Definition (720p) picture quality with CCFL backlight</li>
<li>Five HD Inputs to connect multiple HD devices</li>
<li>USB input for photo, music and video playback</li>
<li>Scene select customized picture and sound settings</li>
<li>Ambient Light Sensor</li>
<li>Screen sizes include 32-inch (KDL-32BX320), and 22-inch (KDL-22BX320)</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Video: Hands-on preview of the new Sony Google TV</title>
		<link>http://mediamentalism.com/2010/10/26/video-hands-on-preview-of-the-new-sony-google-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was away last week at BlogWorld in Las Vegas, where one of the sponsors was Sony, who were showing off their brand new Sony Internet TV with Google. Fortunately I happened to have my camcorder on me, and so, after apologising to Dinesh, the Sony rep, for ambushing him, I managed to get a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was away last week at BlogWorld in Las Vegas, where one of the sponsors was Sony, who were showing off their brand new Sony Internet TV with Google. Fortunately I happened to have my camcorder on me, and so, after apologising to Dinesh, the Sony rep, for ambushing him, I managed to get a rather tasty hands-on demo of the new Google TV.</p>
<p>Actually, I keep on calling it the Sony Google TV, but its official title is the Sony Internet TV with Google, but that&#8217;s as awkward as the new TV&#8217;s controller! </p>
<p>Anyway, the Sony Google TV is a brand new Sony HDTV that features the new Android-based Google TV built in to the unit itself. This has the advantage of negating the need for yet another set top box, and keeps things lovely and tidy within the Sony TV&#8217;s super-sexy proportions. Unfortunately, it also has the disadvantage of forcing you to use Sony&#8217;s own remote control.</p>
<p>So what did I make of Sony&#8217;s take on Google TV?<br />
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<img src="/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Sony-Google-TV-DSC_0016.jpg" alt="Sony Internet TV with Google review"></p>
<h2>Google TV: First impressions</h2>
<p>My first impressions of Google TV are extremely positive. It really does everything it promises, and it&#8217;s super-slick as well. You can call up TV, Web sites, YouTube videos or apps with the deft flick of a button, and the picture changes instantly. Google&#8217;s omnipresent search bar is just a click away, and lets you search through TV channels, YouTube videos and the Web seamlessly.</p>
<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Sony-Google-TV-DSC_0009.jpg" alt="Sony Google TV Web experience"><br />
More impressive still was the fact that the user experience was so natural, as it&#8217;s basically just Google Chrome on your TV. Web sites, Web apps like Twitter and Facebook, even Flash games, all run as smoothly on the TV as they do on your PC. Google really have brought the Web to the TV and made the whole process so seamless, it&#8217;s hard to believe it&#8217;s never been done like this before.</p>
<h2>Smart TVs</h2>
<p>One of the advantages of putting Android on your TV is that it turns into a smart TV, and so its functionality and features will actually grow over time. Already, web apps like Picasa add a new dimension to the TV. You can view any pics you&#8217;ve uploaded onto Picasa directly on the TV, and even share them from your telly via Twitter, just with a simple point and click of the remote.</p>
<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Sony-Google-TV-DSC_0012.jpg" alt="Sony Internet TV with Google showing Picasa"><br />
It&#8217;s this interaction between apps, all based around the media you consume and share that makes Google TV add genuine value to your humble TV set.</p>
<p>And with Android underneath and a whole new Google TV app store about to launch, your smart TV will expand in ways we never thought possible.</p>
<h2>Sony&#8217;s Google TV</h2>
<p>So what of Sony&#8217;s implementation of Google TV? Well, the good news is the TV itself is impressive both as a TV, with superb picture quality (as you&#8217;d expect from Sony), and as a Google TV device. Google TV itself runs flawlessly, and it&#8217;s nice and responsive so there are no issues regarding using it day to day.</p>
<p>The TV is distinct from other models in that it&#8217;s white in colour, but other than that it looks like any other state of the art HDTV. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s got four USB ports on the side, into which you can plug a USB stick or MP3 player for viewing photos, videos or listening to music.</p>
<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Sony-Google-TV-Side-On.jpg" alt="Sony Internet TV with Google side on"></p>
<p>And this, I&#8217;m afraid, is the Sony TV&#8217;s achilles heel. With all the media we have on our PCs, the fact that you can&#8217;t wirelessly stream your content onto the TV is a missed opportunity. If you have thousands of pics buried on your PC&#8217;s hard drive, the only way you can view them on your shiny new Sony Google TV is to upload them all to Picasa (there&#8217;s a Flickr app as well, if that&#8217;s your chosen Web photo sharing app), or copy them to a USB stick and plug that into your TV.</p>
<p>Of course, you could purchase a Network Attached Storage device with a USB connector and plug that into the TV, but this rather defeats the point of having an Internet TV &#8211;  certainly one with built-in wireless!</p>
<h2>Sony&#8217;s Google TV vs Logitech Revue</h2>
<p>In contrast, the <a href="http://mediamentalism.com/2010/10/08/logitech-revue-review-9-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-buy-it/" title="Logitech Revue with Google TV">Logitech Revue</a> Set Top Box, which is currently the only other way of getting Google TV onto your TV, will let you wirelessly stream all of your content onto from your PC, and so in that respect, is a much better option.</p>
<p>Its keyboard is better, too. OK, not necessarily the giant keyboard that comes with the Revue, but the separate Mini keyboard you can buy is much more elegant thant Sony&#8217;s, which seems to pack in more buttons than Jenson&#8217;s family tree!</p>
<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Sony-Google-TV-DSC_0015.jpg" alt="Sony Internet TV with Google remote control"></p>
<p>The Sony Controller works OK. It&#8217;s got a QWERTY keyboard and two controller pads (one a mousepad, the other a four-button d-pad), plus a variety of other buttons for one-click access to regularly-used features such as search. But it looks cumbersome and is bound to put some people off. Its very definitnely a controller for geeks, which is not the image Sony needs to be conveying if it wants mainstream adoption of Google TV.</p>
<h2>Video Preview of the Sony Google TV</h2>
<p>OK, enough waffling, here&#8217;s the video of the Sony Google TV in action, as ably demonstrated by Dinesh:<br />
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<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>Overall, despite its nerdy looks (or maybe because of them), I love the Sony Google TV. True, if faced with the choice, I&#8217;d go for the Logitech Revue, as its supoprts wireless streaming from your PC and I prefer its keyboard. But having the latest Sony HDTV with Google TV built-in certainly has its own cachet, and with Sony pushing this hard, it&#8217;s very difficult not to be tempted by uit.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a Google TV experience without an extra Set Top Box, you currently have no choice other than going for Sony&#8217;s Google TV, but you certainly won&#8217;t be buying a pup. It&#8217;s well executed, looks gorgeous (if you don&#8217;t look at the remote!), and Google TV is all you ever wanted it to be.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for the best overall Google TV experience, though, I&#8217;d go for the Logitech Revue. It&#8217;s more flexible, as it&#8217;ll plug into any TV, and with its media streaming support, it&#8217;s just a better option than the Sony.</p>
<p>But whichever you choose, I genuinely think you won&#8217;t regret it. The whole Web on your TV opens up whole new worlds of entertainment.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve bought a Sony Google TV, or a Logitech Revue, let us know what you think of it in the comments.</p>
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		<title>Leaked pictures of Sony&#8217;s Google TV &#8211; the Sony Bravia NSX-46GT1</title>
		<link>http://mediamentalism.com/2010/10/05/leaked-pictures-of-sonys-google-tv-the-sony-bravia-nsx-46gt1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first picture of the Sony Bravia GT1, the first HDTV with Google TV built-in. Sony will officially launch the TV next week, but Best Buy managed to inadvertently show it off through a demo they were doing during a press event last week. We know a fair bit about Google TV &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the first picture of the Sony Bravia GT1, the first HDTV with Google TV built-in. Sony will officially launch the TV next week, but Best Buy managed to inadvertently show it off through a demo they were doing during a press event last week.</p>
<p>We know a fair bit about Google TV &#8211; enough to know that&#8217;s a seriously sexy bit of kit thaty genuinely could revolutionise TV (and how often have we heard that?!). But until now, we haven&#8217;t known that much about the TV itself.<br />
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This has been largely due to most of the attention bein gon Logitech&#8217;s Revue, which is Google TV in a Set Top Box, and thus able to bring Google TV to any telly.</p>
<p>Having Google TV built-in to the TV itself, though, offers both pros and cons &#8211; one of which could be the picture quality! Fortunately, it&#8217;s  a Sony Bravia, so the picture shouldn&#8217;t be a problem.<br />
<img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1384-4cab5488ec121.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony Bravia NSX-46GT1 with Google TV"><br />
And although we haven&#8217;t seen the picture quality first hand, now we know a little more about the GT1, we cna start to get a feel for what&#8217;ll be on offer when it&#8217;s announced officially on October 12th.</p>
<h2>Sony Bravia NSX-46GT1 Google TV details</h2>
<p>First up, it&#8217;s a 46&#8243; LED TV that uses LED edge lighting. Black front, white back, chrome stand and rather sexy looking, as you&#8217;d expect from a Sony HDTV.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a USB slot in the back, which the TV can use to pull pictures, videos and other content from a USB stick. There&#8217;s also an Ethernet connection, at least 2 HDMI ports, WiFi and a plethora of other ports.</p>
<p>You can use Google TV to search for programmes to watch, either via the usual cable or satellite, or from the Web, via YouTube, NetFlix or even videos stored on your PC.</p>
<p>You can control the GT1 either through Sony&#8217;s remote control, or through an Android or iPhone app, which has &#8220;seriously cool&#8221; written all over it (not literally, but let&#8217;s face it, it does!)</p>
<p>There&#8217;s also the Google Chrome browser built-in, so you can surf the Web and your TV at the same time.<br />
<img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1384-4cab548a0fc76.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony Bravia GT1 - HDTV with Google TV"></p>
<h2>Google TV release date &#8211; imminently!</h2>
<p>But we know all this already! What we to see is the actual service and the actual TV, live and up and running!</p>
<p>Fortunately, we won&#8217;t have too long to wait. Logitech are expected to launch the Logitech Revue Google TV sTB tomorrow (6th october), with Sony following next week on the 12th October with the GT1. Then we&#8217;ll get a real feel for whether or not TV really is about ot be revolutionised.</p>
<p>And then we in the UK just have to hope that Google TV is launched in the UK before Christmas, because I really really want one!</p>
<p><span class="source">[Source: <a href="http://hdguru.com/google-tv-by-sony-revealed-exclusive-first-photos/2433/">HDGuru</a>]</span></p>
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		<title>Sony Bravia firmware update adds BBC iPlayer to your HDTV</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian McGurren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony have today released a firmware upgrade for their newer Bravia series of LCD TVs, adding the long awaited BBC iPlayer to the impressive range of internet services. The iPlayer joins streaming video from Channel 5&#8242;s Demand 5 service, YouTube, LoveFilm and more, plus widgets that give access to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and even more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sony have today released a firmware upgrade for their newer Bravia series of LCD TVs, adding the long awaited BBC iPlayer to the impressive range of internet services.  </p>
<p>The iPlayer joins streaming video from Channel 5&#8242;s Demand 5 service, YouTube, LoveFilm and more, plus widgets that give access to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and even more to come.<br />
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Users from the UK&#8217;s AVForums have reported the update showing up for download on their TVs, but if you are the impatient (and brave) type, you can check out the update <a href="http://support.sony-europe.com/tvhc/downloads/downloads.aspx?site=odw_en_GB&#038;f=FW_Bravia4074L_UK&#038;ch=7&#038;m=KDL-32EX503">here</a>.<br />
<img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1312-4c8962dde6b1e.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony Bravia HDTV with iPlayer"><br />
Here&#8217;s a list of the lucky Sony TVs that are compatible with the new update:</p>
<ul>
<li>KDL-32EX403 / EX503 / EX603 / <a href="http://buyth.at/aop9d" rel="nofollow">EX703</a> / EX713 / NX503</li>
<li><a href="http://buyth.at/ajjow" rel="nofollow">KDL-37EX403</a> / EX503</li>
<li>KDL-40EX403 / EX503 / EX603 / EX703 / EX713 / HX703 / NX503</li>
<li>KDL-46EX403 / EX503 / EX703 / EX713 / HX703</li>
<li><a href="http://buyth.at/acdlh" rel="nofollow">KDL-52EX703</a></li>
<li>KDL-55EX503 / EX713</li>
<li>KDL-60EX703</li>
</ul>
<p>If there&#8217;s one thing better than a shiny Sony HDTV, it&#8217;s one that keeps on updating itself &#8211; it really is the gift that keeps on giving!</p>
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		<title>Video: Sony Internet TV &#8211; first HDTV with Google TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony has become the first HDTV manufacturer to create a HDTV with the forthcoming Google TV service built-in. Google TV looks set to revolutionize TV in the same way that Apple&#8217;s iPhone revolutionzed the mobile phone market with the concept of touch as an interface. It&#8217;s not touch that&#8217;s Google TV&#8217;s revolutionary feature, though &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sony has become the first HDTV manufacturer to create a HDTV with the forthcoming Google TV service built-in. Google TV looks set to revolutionize TV in the same way that Apple&#8217;s iPhone revolutionzed the mobile phone market with the concept of touch as an interface.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not touch that&#8217;s Google TV&#8217;s revolutionary feature, though &#8211; it&#8217;s Google itself.</p>
<p>Allow me to explain!</p>
<p>Internet-equipped TVs and Set Top Boxes have been around years, but they&#8217;ve largely been rubbish, offering only a browser and a crude QWERTY-equipped remote control to type in your URL.</p>
<p>Unsurprisingly, they never caught on. They nearly did last year, with a raft of Internet-equipped TVs being launched that featured Yahoo! widgets (a series of simple apps such YouTube), but there was one problem with these TVs &#8211; you were largely stuck with the widgets that came with the set.</p>
<p>it was also very much a case of an Internet experience and a TV experience &#8211; there was no connection between the two, meaning that you were essentially paying for a browser on your TV.<br />
<span id="more-1291"></span><img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1291-4c86621c597bb.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony Internet TV with Google TV"></p>
<h2>Enter Google TV!</h2>
<p>Google TV changes all that. Rather than tacking a browser onto a TV, they&#8217;ve integrated TV into a browser, and made the whole thing seamless.</p>
<p>For example, suppose you want to Tweet with your mates. Call up Twitter.com, read and send Tweets, and all the while, you can watch TV, as it appears as a little window in the corner.<br />
<img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1291-4c86621cb3484.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Google TV and Twitter"><br />
More impressively, searching for content lets you search across TV channels and YouTube in the same listing. That&#8217;s what I mean by tightly coupling the Web and TV experiences &#8211; there is no differrence between the two. It&#8217;s the same interface, the same way of viewing the content &#8211; everything.</p>
<h2>Extending Google TV</h2>
<p>Now here&#8217;s the really cool part. Google TV will have an app store. So no longer are you stuck with the widgets and apps that come with the TV &#8211; you can download as many as you like.</p>
<p>Quite what these apps will be is anyone&#8217;s guess, but it&#8217;s going to be fascinating to see what will be prodcued.</p>
<h2>A seamless sea of Google</h2>
<p>Now here&#8217;s where it gets really interesting. Ten year ago, we got used to seeing Google when we were searching for things on the Web. Fast forward to 2007, and we were used to seeing Google when we searched, looked for places to go, watched videos and checked our email.<br />
<img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1291-4c86621d24902.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Google TV and Google Maps"><br />
Two years ago, Google moved onto the desktop (with the Chrome browser) and into your hands (with Android).</p>
<p>So when I say a seamless sea of Google, that&#8217;s exactly what I mean &#8211; we see the company everywhere, and use it for many different things.</p>
<p>So now when see Google on our TV, we know what to expect, and the whole things feels so natural, it&#8217;s almost a wonder that all TVs don&#8217;t have Google TV.</p>
<h2>Video of Sony&#8217;s Internet TV</h2>
<p>If you don&#8217;t believe me, check out the video below of Sony&#8217;s new HDTV, which incorporates Google TV. See what I mean? Utterly natural!</p>
<p><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="266" id="viddler"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/19624be1/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashvars" value="fake=1"/><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/19624be1/" width="437" height="266" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="fake=1" name="viddler" ></embed></object></p>
<p>Google TV will be hitting the shops before Christmas, but won&#8217;t really get started until next year. Which, coincidentally, is around the same time that the new Google tablets will start getting seriously popular!</p>
<p>The future of entertainment, it seems, is Google. Not bad for a search engine!</p>
<p><span class=source">[Source: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/04/sony-shows-off-google-tv-a-video-of-it-anyway-at-ifa/">Engadget</a>]</span></p>
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		<title>Sony Qriocity vs Apple iTunes &#8211; Fight!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian McGurren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony has decided that it wants a bit of Apple&#8217;s download pie, and is launching the-difficult-to-say &#8220;Qriocity&#8221; service in Europe in autumn. Qriocity (it&#8217;s as hard to type as it is to say) combines a music and video service geared towards its full range of networked technology. Initially the plans are for launch on everyone&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sony has decided that it wants a bit of Apple&#8217;s download pie, and is launching the-difficult-to-say &#8220;Qriocity&#8221; service in Europe in autumn.  Qriocity (it&#8217;s as hard to type as it is to say) combines a music and video service geared towards its full range of networked technology.<br />
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Initially the plans are for launch on everyone&#8217;s favourite gaming toaster, <a href="http://amzn.to/aVx7Au" rel="nofollow">Sony&#8217;s PS3</a> (which would tie up with the forthcoming 160gb and 320gb SKUs) and <a href="http://amzn.to/9KUHUF" rel="nofollow">Bravia TVs</a>.</p>
<p>However, the plans for world domination don&#8217;t stop there.  Sony will go on to release the service onto &#8220;networked Sony devices&#8221;, so this may include the <a href="http://amzn.to/bSIOu4" rel="nofollow">PSP</a>, Sony Ericsson handsets and even <a href="http://amzn.to/aTQy9k" rel="nofollow">Vaio laptops</a> (or possibly tablets, take the hint Sony &#8211; take the hint).<br />
<img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1274-4c802817ec0a4.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony Qriocity"><br />
It&#8217;ll be a streamed service as items such as Bravia TVs have no writeable memory, although it may also be the case the downloading may be offered for phones and consoles.  Films will come from such movie houses as MGM, Lionsgate, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Paramount and Sony (obviously).</p>
<p>No prices but it appears to be initially rental based.  Let&#8217;s hope they get it together properly and offer trailers for all films, not just the few we see randomly added on the Playstation Network.</p>
<p><span class="source">[Source: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/sony-qriocity-on-demand-movie-service-extends-into-europe/">Engadget</a>   ]</span></p>
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		<title>Is the Sony Bloggie Touch the blogger&#8217;s perfect video cam?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian McGurren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a name like the Sony Bloggie Touch, you don&#8217;t have to be a genius to work out Sony&#8217;s demographic for their cute little video camera. Aimed squarely at bloggers, the Bloggie Touch comes with a touch screen, and a 3&#8243; capacitive one at that! That&#8217;s not the only trick it&#8217;s got up its sleeve [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With a name like the Sony Bloggie Touch, you don&#8217;t have to be a genius to work out Sony&#8217;s demographic for their cute little video camera.  Aimed squarely at bloggers, the Bloggie Touch comes with a touch screen, and a 3&#8243; capacitive one at that!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s not the only trick it&#8217;s got up its sleeve though, as Sony go all out to provide bloggers with the video cam of their dreams.<br />
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The Bloggie Touch is capable of full 1080p MP4 HD video and can also take still images at up to 12.8 megapixels. It comes with either 4GB or 8GB of memory on board, HDMI out and a built in USB &#8216;arm&#8217;.  </p>
<p>It also boasts a plethora of aids and features to help you get that video or shot right first time including Steady Shot (yes, it steadies your wobbly hands) and Auto Macro, cleverly switching to a macro focus for objects closer than 4 inches.</p>
<h2>A very social Sony Bloggie Touch</h2>
<p><img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1267-4c8022104b87e.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony Bloggie Touch"><br />
Being named Bloggie Touch also means it&#8217;s not wanting for social interaction, interfacing with smoothly with Flickr, YouTube, Picasa and Facebook, as well as Sony&#8217;s own Personal Space (a sort of free upload profile page from Sony).</p>
<p>Is it the blogger&#8217;s perfect video cam? We&#8217;ll hold our opinion until we&#8217;ve given it a thorough review. It&#8217;s got some stiff competition, but it certainly looks to offer all the features a video blogger would need.</p>
<p>The Bloggie Touch release date is scheduled for October 2010 in fetching silver or black, and will be $180 for the 4GB version, $200 for the 8GB (UK prices will be similar, inevitably!).</p>
<p>If you like the look of the Bloggie Touch but you can&#8217;t wait that long, check out the original <a href="http://amzn.to/9AGxX0" rel="nofollow">Sony Bloggie</a> with full HD recording a cool swivel lens for self portrait filming.  Alternatively there&#8217;s also Flip&#8217;s cool little <a href="http://amzn.to/aSn8Wa" rel="nofollow">Mino camcorder</a> with HD video and Facebook and YouTube uploading.</p>
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		<title>Sony Bravia Internet Video brings social media to your 3D TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Sony Bravia Internet Video platform is Sony&#8217;s answer to the huge interest in Internet video that we&#8217;ve seen this year. Featuring 25 different applications from the likes of YouTube and Netflix, the Sony Bravia Internet Video system comes built into many of Sony&#8217;s shiny new HDTVs, which, together with Wi-Fi and 3D, provide [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The new Sony Bravia Internet Video platform is Sony&#8217;s answer to the huge interest in Internet video that we&#8217;ve seen this year.  Featuring 25 different applications from the likes of YouTube and Netflix, the Sony Bravia Internet Video system comes built into many of Sony&#8217;s shiny new HDTVs, which, together with Wi-Fi and 3D, provide a formidable range of Internet-TVs that the competition will find hard to beat.</p>
<p>Just how well does the Sony Bravia Internet Video platform succeed in putting YouTube and the like on your Sony Telly though? Is it just a gimmick (as well as a mouthful!), or does Sony Bravia Internet Video successfully turn your telly into the biggest social gadget in your living room, and the ultimate social hub?</p>
<p>Read on to find out.<br />
<span id="more-1207"></span><img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1207-4b510c60b1bc4.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony Bravia Internet Video HDTV"></p>
<h2>Why choose the Sony Bravia Internet Video platform?</h2>
<p>The Sony Bravia Internet Video platform massively extends what you can watch on your TV by giving you almost limitless options of new videos and content. Not just movies-on-demand from the likes of Netflix and Amazon Video on Demand, but all the countless videos on YouTube as well.</p>
<p>This sounds like a great idea, but it&#8217;s not eactly new &#8211; in fact, every manufacturer now has its own version of Internet TV, so why should you choose the Sony Bravia Internet Video platform over the competition?</p>
<p>The answer lies with the choice of applications that Sony have provided combined with a range of arguably the best HDTVs on the market. Add to this 3D, WiFi and DLNA support, and you&#8217;ve got a mouth-watering combination of superb features that makes the new range of Sony HDTVs super-social gadgets!</p>
<h3>Sony Bravia Internet Widgets</h3>
<p>The applications themselves are called the Sony Bravia Internet widgets, which again, isn&#8217;t exactly the most concise term! The widgets are simply Web apps displayed on your HDTV. You can position the widgets anywhere you like, and there&#8217;s a good selection to choose from, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Netflix</li>
<li>Amazon Video on Demand</li>
<li>YouTube</li>
<li>Slacker Internet Radio</li>
<li>Pandora</li>
<li>NPR</li>
<li>Sony Pictures</li>
<li>Sony Music</li>
<li>USA Today sports</li>
<li>Yahoo Finance</li>
<li>Twitter</li>
<li>Flickr photos</li>
<li>and many more, including news and weather.</li>
</ul>
<p>The widgets connect to the respective Web sites through built-in Wi-Fi, which makes connection set-up simplicity itself &#8211; no worrying about how you&#8217;re going to get an Ethernet cable to reach from your home router to the TV; simply switch the Tv and it&#8217;ll find your Wireless LAN automatically.<br />
<img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1207-4b510c6188ff8.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony BRAVIA Internet Widgets"></p>
<h2>Sony Bravia BRAVIA XBR-LX900 Series 3D HDTV &#8211; the best of the bunch</h2>
<p>The widgets provided offer a good selection of Web apps. Certainly the usual suspects of video streamin gsites and social media sites, but nothing quite as open and extensible as Samsung&#8217;s offering via its SamsungApps Store.</p>
<p>What makes Sony&#8217;s offering unique, though, is the quality and features of the TVs that support the Bravia Internet video platform.</p>
<p>Take, for example, the BRAVIA XBR-LX900 Series 3D HDTV. With screen sizes ranging from 40&#8243; up to 60&#8243;, these technological marvels offer full HD 1080p, 240HZ MotionFlow PRO for smooth images with fast moving video, Sony&#8217;s BRAVIA 3 engine for superb picture quality and contrast, and full 3D.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right &#8211; one of the best screen displays on the market, combined with 3D, plus all the benefits of Internet widgets. It&#8217;s this combination of TV quality and Internet and social media extensibility that makes the Sony BRAVIA Internet Video platform so compelling.</p>
<p>This advantage might not last for long, though. With every manufacturer releasing their own version of Internet TV, Sony&#8217;s superior display technology might not be enough to beat the competition in the long run.  Just like the war currently being waged in the mobile phone world, in the end it might all be about who has the best range of apps.</p>
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		<title>Video of the Sony Dash, the Personal Internet View for the socially addicted</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re the socially connected type, then the Sony Dash, being shown off today at CES 2010, is the perfect gadget for you. Sony are calling it a Personal Internet Viewer, but you can think of it as a digital photo frame on steroids. Whereas today&#8217;s digital photo frames will let you view pics (obviously!) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re the socially connected type, then the Sony Dash, being shown off today at CES 2010, is the perfect gadget for you. Sony are calling it a Personal Internet Viewer, but you can think of it as a digital photo frame on steroids.</p>
<p>Whereas today&#8217;s digital photo frames will let you view pics (obviously!) and videos, as well as a few other crude apps such as time and a calendar, the Sony Dash displays all your social media applications on a glorious capacitive touchscreen, letting you flick through them easily as if it were an obese touchscreen smartphone.</p>
<p>Sony envisage this as a device for the kitchen, lounge or bedroom (replacing your alarm clock), but with the amount of information it can provide, it&#8217;s hard to see how you&#8217;ll ever have time to cook or even get up!</p>
<p>More details of the Sony Dash after the jump.<br />
<span id="more-1124"></span><img src="http://mediamentalism.com/imageSnag/1124-4b468eadeacef.jpg" style="" class="lr2ImageSnag" alt="Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer"><br />
The Sony Dash looks simply gorgeous! Not only does it look great, its interface is superb, and the information it displays is perfect if you&#8217;re permanently hooked into your social media lifestream. It really is one of those gadgets that evokes instant gadget lust!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s based on the Chumby platform, so supports over 1,000 apps, including all the usual suspects (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, etc.). You can see the apps in either small gadget mode or full screen, choose which apps you want displayed and where and tailor the device to your own personal preferences however you want.</p>
<p>The Dash has WiFi built-in and pulls in all the info it needs automatically, so you can see new tweets or updates in real-time without having to refresh.</p>
<p>The Dash also features its own speaker, as well as a headphnoe jack, and supports a number of Internet radio services, including Pandora and ShoutCast.</p>
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<p>Using the Dash is simplicity itself, as it uses the same touch gestures we&#8217;re all used to now. Indeed, we&#8217;re so used ot them, it makes you wonder how we ever used gadgets without a touchscreen!</p>
<p>My only concern is just how am I supposed to get out of bed if I had a Dash? I already struggle to tear myself from the TV in the morning before I go to work. I wouldn&#8217;t even make it out of bed if my alarm clock also showed me all my friends&#8217; Facebook statuses, tweets and pictures as well!</p>
<p>I can see it being really useful in the kitchen, though, as cooking is terminally dull, and in my perennially distracted state, having real-time updates of all that I&#8217;m interested in would be a god-send. No more watching the kettle boil (which apparently it never does while being watched) when you&#8217;ve got YouTube to watch instead!</p>
<p>The Sony Dash looks glorious and is seriously tempting for the socially addicted. It&#8217;ll cost jsut $199 when it&#8217;s released in April, which will make it even more tempting!</p>
<p><span class="source">[Source: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/sony-dash-gets-down-with-chumby-and-bravia-internet-video-hands/">Engadget</a>]</span></p>
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		<dc:creator>Mike Evans</dc:creator>
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These are hard times for Sony. After projecting a loss of $1.7 billion for 2008, it&#8217;s facing 2009 with the prospect of trying to shift some seriously expensive hardware to an indebted market that&#8217;s all but dried up.  That&#8217;s a tough call for Sony&#8217;s marketing department, who are tasked with the job of trying to get the few people left with a job to part with their cash on something as frivoulous as this, a </p>
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