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Sony VPL-VW50: A Projector With a 15,000 to 1 Contrast Ratio

The Bios Mag crew spots a Sony Europe home HD projector with an impressive 15,000:1 contrast ratio. That’s done with an iris that opens up to flood light through its lens when you’re watching brighter scenes, and dialing it closer to closed when viewing dark ones. The 1080p projector is based off of Sony’s SXRD…

Tech News Brian Lam Sep 13

Sony Launches HDD-Based, DVD DL-Friendly Media Recorders

When not busy totally messing up the launch of the PS3, Sony devotes some time to releasing some decent electronics, like their latest line of of media recorders, including the RDZ-D900A, the RDZ-D800 and the RDZ-D700. All three recorders feature a hard drive for storing recorded content (the former two have a 400GB hard drive,…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Sep 12

Who Needs a PSP When You Have A PalmPS2?

From the maker of the PalmPSOne comes the PalmPS2, a hand-held version of Sony’s last, greatest console. The PPS2 takes all the innards of a regular PS2 and mounts it into a “slim” case with a DVD drive an an LCD. Taking many, many man-hours to build—including a full day of sanding—this PPS2 can play…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 11

First Look at the PS3 Dev Kit

The PS3 already looks like it is going to be one honkin’ huge biotch, but just take a look at the massive dev kit. That reminds me of my first VCR I had way back in the day. But what the hell is up with the tape? The tape of reminds me of the back…

Tech News Travis Hudson Sep 11

Sony HDPS-L1 80GB Photo Storage Unit

The HDPS-L1 (have we met before?) is an 80GB photo storage unit from Sony that serves as a central place to store your digital photos, with all the appropriate outputs so you can watch edge-of-your-seat slideshows for when Grandma visits. It’s about half the size of the average DVD player, so while not portable in…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Sep 11

Sony DSC-N2 Cyber-shot With 3-Inch Touch Screen

In our haste to bring news of the Sony DSC-T50 Cyber-shot, we failed to mention the Cyber-shot DSC-N2, a 10-megapixel digital camera with a 3-inch touch screen display. The camera makes use of Sony’s Clear Photo Plus LCD technology that supposedly enables higher resolutions, higher contrast and improved viewing angles. It also has 25MB of…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Sep 11

Update: Sony DSC-T50 Cybershot Released, With a Touchscreen

The Sony DSC-T50 slim digicam we showed leaked images of just went from underground to barely legal. What’s this little camera got? A touchscreen LCD in the back, so the unit has fewer hard buttons to blemish its clean lines. The 7Megapixel camera has a 3x Carl Zeiss lens. And hopefully better low light images,…

Tech News Brian Lam Sep 11

Sony’s HDR-V1E: Like the HDR-FX7 But Pro

The HVR-V1E is the “pro” version of the Sony HDR-FX7, as far as features go. It has the same three CMOS imaging sensors instead of CCDs, but has XLR microphone inputs and true 25P recording. The US version will probably have true 24P recording. https://gizmodo.com/sony-rolls-out-hdr-fx7-hdv-camcorder-smaller-lighter-199028 Most other features are the same as the HDR-FX7, including…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 8

Microsoft to Release Cheaper Xbox 360 in Japan Right Before PS3 Launch

Microsoft is looking to steal some of the PS3’s launch thunder (not that Sony isn’t do a fine job of borking it up themselves) in Japan by releasing the Core version of its Xbox 360 console on November 2, just a few days before the PS3’s launch. Right now, only the Premium edition (the “real”…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Sep 8

GameExpert’s PSP Portable Theater: Fancy Way of Saying ‘Dock’

Companies try to come up with clever names to disguise what their lowly products truly are, so it’s with great joy that we present the GameExpert Portable Home Theater for the PSP. Misleading name aside, the Portable Home Theater is little more than a dock with built-in speakers and a tiny subwoofer. It does, however,…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Sep 8

Sony Rolls Out HDR-FX7 HDV Camcorder: Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper

Sony added another HDV camcorder to the higher end of its consumer line today, the HDR-FX7, which uses three CMOS imaging sensors rather than the three CCDs of its FX1 brandmate while carrying 40% less weight at a 25% smaller size. It’s not intended as a replacement of the venerable FX1, but it’s positioned as…

Tech News Charlie White Sep 7

Is there a PSP Phone Coming From Sony Ericsson?

The PSP seems like a platform that’s ripe for VoIP-integration. A powerful CPU, WiFi, and a relatively sizable user-base. Its young-ish users are also quick to pick up new technology. Plus, Sony’s phone brach, Sony Ericsson, probably could lend a hand or two in getting the PSP phone on its feet. So what’s stopping it?…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 6

Sony STR-DA5200ES Receiver has PSP/PS3 Menus

John Falcone, lone-star-gadget-sherriff at CNET, tips us off to his exclusive look at this Sony A/V receiver that uses, of all things, an onscreen PSP/PS3 Interface. The point? To let people configure the labels on inputs to say non-Sony things like Xbox, and make configuring the 7.1 channel monster by moving around icons, rather than…

Tech News Brian Lam Sep 6

PS3 Delayed In Europe Until March 2007

Sony has announced that the PlayStation 3 will not be released in Europe until March 2007, some four months after the original November launch date. Citing production problems involving the console’s Blu-ray disc drive, outspoken Sony bigwig Ken Kutaragi insisted that it will still be released on time in Japan and North America, the company’s…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Sep 6

PSP Download Service Launching Simultaneously With PS3

The upcoming PSP download service that’s going to allow you to watch movies and play Playstation 1 games on your PSP is launching simultaneously with the PS3. Sony’s head of platform development says there’s no problem running the PS1 games on the PSP using an emulator, which is good news in a time where bad…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 6

Sony LocationFree TV LF-B20: A Wireless Place Shifter

What’s going on with placeshifting watch-your-tv-from-anywhere-in-the-world gadgets? I’ll tell you what’s going on: Sony’s LocationFree TV line gets the LFB-20 wireless video-streaming base station, and the LFB-10, which is an ethernet only version. The systems both use H.264 codecs to put video across your network to a PC, Mac, PSP, and Sony’s dedicated display. And…

Tech News Brian Lam Sep 5

Sony Updates UX-180p UMPC After Only Eight Weeks, Now the UX-280p

Either Sony has adopted an expedited release cycle or they’re tacitly admitting that they rushed the UX-180p to the market since they’ve quietly gone ahead and have updated it to the UX-280p. What can you expect now? Sony has doubled the amount of RAM, from 512MB to 1GB, and now sports a 40GB hard drive.…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Sep 5

PS3 Shipping Without HDMI Cable

Just a quick update on the PS3. It’s been confirmed that the PlayStation 3 will not ship with an HDMI cable. After Sony’s been talking up how they will be “true HD”, and how HDMI will kick component’s ass, they now decide they can’t spring the $5 for an HDMI cable? Great. Confirmed: PS3 shipping…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 1

Sony Launches 2 GPS Navigation Devices, Hopefully They Don’t Explode

Sony has launched the NV-U81T and NV-U80 navigation units. Both of which comes loaded up with Sony’s Position Plus—I’ll show them a position plus…—technology for more accurate positioning and routing even when the signal is weak. The unit itself has a 4.3-inch touchscreen display with voice commands and Bluetooth for hands-free calling via a cellphone.…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Sep 1

Sony Set to Ship Dildo-Like Walkman NW-S200 Series Sports MP3 Players

Spiffy pics of the Sony Walkman NW-S200 Series Sports MP3 Players we mentioned last month are starting to surface, and the players are on schedule for a September release. Expected to be available in 1GB and 2GB sizes, the dildoesque DAPs bring sporty features to the game such as a water-resistant body, the ability to…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 31

Sony VPL-VW50: A Projector With a 15,000 to 1 Contrast Ratio

Sony Launches HDD-Based, DVD DL-Friendly Media Recorders

Who Needs a PSP When You Have A PalmPS2?

First Look at the PS3 Dev Kit

Sony HDPS-L1 80GB Photo Storage Unit

Sony DSC-N2 Cyber-shot With 3-Inch Touch Screen

Update: Sony DSC-T50 Cybershot Released, With a Touchscreen

Sony’s HDR-V1E: Like the HDR-FX7 But Pro

Microsoft to Release Cheaper Xbox 360 in Japan Right Before PS3 Launch

GameExpert’s PSP Portable Theater: Fancy Way of Saying ‘Dock’

Sony Rolls Out HDR-FX7 HDV Camcorder: Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper

Is there a PSP Phone Coming From Sony Ericsson?

Sony STR-DA5200ES Receiver has PSP/PS3 Menus

PS3 Delayed In Europe Until March 2007

PSP Download Service Launching Simultaneously With PS3

Sony LocationFree TV LF-B20: A Wireless Place Shifter

Sony Updates UX-180p UMPC After Only Eight Weeks, Now the UX-280p

PS3 Shipping Without HDMI Cable

Sony Launches 2 GPS Navigation Devices, Hopefully They Don’t Explode

Sony Set to Ship Dildo-Like Walkman NW-S200 Series Sports MP3 Players

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