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SV Staff  |  Jul 23, 2015  | 
Italy’s Sonus Faber is expanding its three-year-old Venere line of speakers with a new flagship tower model, the Venere S, slated to arrive in here in October.
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2019  | 
Sonus faber announced a new line of in-wall and in-ceiling speakers at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show that opened yesterday in Amsterdam.
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008  | 
Playing catch-up with other download services, Sony just announced it will make downloads available on Playstation 3 in the US this summer. Sorry friends in Europe and Japan, you're going to have to wait for information on when you can start...
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 28, 2008  | 

A few months after CES each year, many manufacturers hold individual line shows to give their dealers and the press a closer look at their new products. Sony is usually the first one out of the gate, and this year was no different. About 600 dealer representatives and 50 members of the press converged on the Paris hotel in Las Vegas this week (weren't we just there?) to see the latest from Sony.

Thomas J. Norton  |  Mar 04, 2009  | 
Every year, Sony holds a late-winter Open House (aka line show). As in years past, it was located at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. The current financial situation, not to mention bad weather back east, kept most of the consumer-electronics press at home, but I was there from sunny southern California, camera in hand, to bring you the latest scoop.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 19, 2010  | 
Sony's new BDP-S470 and BDP-S570 Blu-ray players "will be fully capable of 3D playback of Full HD 1080p for each eye," company spokesperson Greg Belloni has told Engadget HD. And yet these players are nominally HDMI 1.3 compatible, as opposed to 1.4, which is supposed to be the 3D version.
Michael Berk  |  May 23, 2011  | 

 

3D - love it or hate it, it's taking over as a mainstream cinema projection format, and the necessity of having 3D projectors on tap has driven many theaters to transition to digital equipment in more of their screening rooms. A better experience for all, right?

SV Staff  |  May 15, 2014  | 
Sony today announced that its second-generation 4K Ultra HD Media Player will be available for purchase in July for $699. Designed for downloading 4K titles from Sony’s Video Unlimited 4K service and streaming 4K content from Netflix to Sony TVs and only Sony TVs, the FMP-X10 player can be preordered between now and July 15 for $499.
SV Staff  |  Apr 01, 2016  | 
Starting Monday, owners of late model Sony 4K Ultra HD TVs will be able to stream 4K movies via the Ultra app included on those sets. Ultra is also the name for Sony’s new 4K streaming service.

SV Staff  |  Sep 26, 2018  | 
Sony’s new XBR-65A9F 4K/Ultra HD OLED TV was declared the reigning “King of TV” by a panel of expert judges and video enthusiasts at the 14th Annual TV Shootout hosted by Scarsdale, NY-based AV retailer Value Electronics.
SV Staff  |  Jun 13, 2019  | 
Sony’s flagship XBR-65A9G 4K/Ultra HD OLED TV was crowned the “King of TV” by a panel of video experts at the 15th Annual TV Shootout hosted by Scarsdale, NY-based AV retailer Value Electronics.
SV Staff  |  Mar 14, 2018  | 
The unique Xperia Touch mini projector Sony introduced to the U.S. market last fall is getting an upgrade.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 17, 2008  | 
Sony and Amazon are joining forces in a joint video-on-demand effort. Amazon's VOD services will function through Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link.
Barry Willis  |  Sep 19, 1999  | 

An ambitious plan to bring high-speed interactive video services to cable subscribers in the New York area has been announced by <A HREF="http://www.sony.com/">Sony Corporation</A> and <A HREF="http://www.cablevision.com/">Cablevision Systems Corporation</A>. Sony will supply approximately 3 million set-top converter boxes to Cablevision customers.

Jon Iverson  |  Oct 29, 2000  | 

Last week, <A HREF="http://www.world.sony.com">Sony</A> and <A HREF="http://www.candescent.com">Candescent Technologies</A>, a developer of flat panel displays (FPD), announced an agreement to extend their existing partnership. In October 1998, the two companies announced their initial agreement regarding the joint development of high voltage Field Emission Display (FED) technology for "next generation" thin, flat-panel displays. The new agreement extends their joint technology development partnership, under which the two companies say they will co-fund these activities, until December 2001.

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