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Sony LCD Flat Panel HDTVs
HT Staff  |  Nov 20, 2003
Sony Electronics long dominated the market for high-quality televisions sets. The company's distinguished array of direct-view sets - both the Trinitron and XBR series - set the standard for more than two decades. The advent of flat-panel televisions - LCD and plasma display panels (PDPs) - took Sony somewhat by surprise, causing it to drop from its traditional #1 spot as it yielded to more innovative competitors Samsung and Sharp.
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Sony LEDs the Way
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 06, 2008
Sony introduced seven new Bravia LCD HDTVs yesterday in sizes from 40 to 70 inches. Most prominent was a head-to-head comparison between a Bravia LED-backlit set and a "leading plasma brand" that loose lips identified as Pioneer, though the badge was covered up.
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Sony Makes Its Browser Move
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 24, 2011
Sony Bravia TVs and other broadband-connected products are getting a new feature: the Opera web browser.

Of course there's hardly a higher-end TV left that doesn't have some kind of IPTV capability. But most IPTVs depend on apps, guided by the philosophy that a computer-centric approach is not right for television. By adopting a little-known but fully developed browser, while also offering apps, Sony is taking more of a belt-and-suspenders approach.

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Sony Modifies Handycam; Too Revealing, Say Execs
Barry Willis  |  Aug 15, 1998

In the comic books of the 1960s, "X-Ray Specs" were hot commodities in the back-page ads. The mail-order eyeware supposedly enabled users to see through walls, doors, and ordinary clothing---a compelling motivation for millions of adolescent males who saved their lunch money for weeks to buy them. In what was probably their first introduction to marketing hype, the disappointed boys discovered that the specs were a fraud.

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Sony Moves into Custom Install
HT Staff  |  Mar 18, 2004  |  First Published: Mar 19, 2004
Sony Electronics is making a bold move into the custom home theater and multizone installation market with the introduction of New Home Entertainment Solutions, a product line that "will provide complete pre-integrated home entertainment solutions in three-, five-, and seven-room packages. Each solution will include Sony's industry-leading home entertainment products and full system integration," according to a March 16 announcement from Los Angeles.
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Sony Movies Available for Mobile Theater Headset
SV Staff  |  Aug 14, 2017
Royole announced today that owners of its Moon 3D Virtual Mobile Theater will be able to watch feature films through a new app called "Royole Lounge."
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Sony now selling active shutter 3D glasses
SV Staff  |  Jul 01, 2010
If you own one of Sony's 3D-capable HDTVs, you can enjoy 3D goodness for just $200. The company is now selling active-shutter 3D glasses on both SonyStyle and Amazon, along with the necessary infrared transmitter to use them. The glasses are...
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Sony Offers Green Glove Service
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 18, 2008
The arrival of a new TV is always a moment of joy in any household. But it also raises a problem: What to do with the old one? Thanks to Sony's new Green Glove service, you'll no longer have to worry about this.
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Sony OLED -- No Strings Attached
SV Staff  |  Sep 11, 2008
There's been lots of talk about wireless HD. Yeah, no HDMI cables have to run to your TV, but they all still need power, and that unsightly power cord running up the wall. (Yeah, yeah, I know you can run all the cables and power in the wall, but...
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Sony OLED TV Nets DEG Excellence in 4K Award
SV Staff  |  Jan 19, 2018
Sony’s Bravia XBRA1E OLED Ultra HD TV left last week’s CES confab with an Excellence in 4K Product Award from the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), one of three awards presented.
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Sony Online Store to Close
SV Staff  |  Aug 06, 2015
In what may be the latest sign of a struggling giant, Sony is shutting down its online Sony Store on August 28. Earlier this year, the company closed all but one of its retail locations, leaving its flagship New York City store intact.

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Sony Opens NYC "Qualia" Store
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Sep 27, 2004

Sony Electronics has launched its <A HREF="http://www.sony.com/QUALIA ">first US store</A> dedicated to its new Qualia line of upscale electronics.

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Sony Pictures Doubles Down on IMAX Enhanced
Al Griffin  |  May 08, 2020
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), IMAX, and DTS announced this week that SPE will release “hundreds of new titles in the IMAX format over the next two years, including all upcoming SPE and IMAX theatrical releases.” The announcement follows the expansion of IMAX Enhanced content onto multiple streaming services worldwide, including FandangoNOW here in the U.S.
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Sony Pictures to Use Dolby Vision for 4K Ultra HD Titles
SV Staff  |  Sep 10, 2015
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has announced plans to use the Dolby Vision high-dynamic-range mastering process for upcoming 4K/Ultra HD titles slated for release by a variety of distribution partners.
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Sony Pictures, MGM Prepare for Court Battle
Barry Willis  |  Feb 14, 1998

All it will take is $20 million to make things right between <A HREF="http://www.mgm.com">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</A> and <A HREF="http://www.spe.sony.com">Sony Pictures Entertainment</A>. A suit filed on February 8 by MGM's Orion Pictures Corporation in Los Angeles Superior Court charges Sony and its subsidiaries, Columbia TriStar Home Video and Columbia Pictures Entertainment, with "substantially underreporting revenues" and "failing properly to account for monies received" for distributing Orion's films on video outside the US. Orion had an exclusive distribution contract with Columbia/Sony from 1985 to 1992.

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