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WHOA 200-Disc Blu-ray Changer (Sony HES-V1000)

I like that! I like that a lot! The HES (Home Entertainment Starship) V1000 has a 200 disc changer for Blu-ray, DVD and CDs, and it can write to those formats, too. What can it write? I’d assume stuff from a PC, but I’m thinking that it probably can write home movies, music and photos…

Sony BDP-S500 Blu-ray Player and VPL-VW60 Projector Come Stateside

Just FYI, the BDP-S500 Blu-ray Player and VPL-VW60 projector, both nice but not quite flagship gear from Sony we saw at IFA, are official. $700 and $5k respectively. Info after jump, but more photos in the backlinks. https://gizmodo.com/sony-bdp-s500-blu-ray-player-displaces-the-s1-295142 BRAVIA VPL-VW60 · Combines the advanced features and technology associated with the legendary QUALIA 004 with the…

Sony’s VPL-VW200 Flagship 1080p Projector

Sony’s VPL-VW200 is being announced and it keeps the 1080p, Xenon bulb, and shape of its predecessor, the VPL-VW100. It also almost doubles in price, going for $15k. (The VPL-VW100 is $8k.) It also has new SXRD panels that can hit 120FPS, and a panel adjustment allows for fine tuning of RGB for perfect overlap.…

Sony LocationFree, Now in HD

Sony is stepping up their LocationFree game, now supporting HD transmission through this new transmitter/receiver pair, the LF-W1HD kit. The catch? Well, there are two, actually. First, the HD signal is not your source signal but an MPEG4 compressed product. Sony claims the picture has somewhere near 96% fidelity, which is still pretty good in…

PS3 Firmware 1.92, We Know What it Does(n’t)

We’ve been following PS3 firmware updates like a hawk…err…group of hawks. But the new 1.92 firmware update is no biggie. As said by Sony, “This update focuses on some PS3 compatibility and playability issues for select titles.” But what do you expect for a mere hundreth update? However, Sony did elude to working on “a…

Sony’s ImageStation online photo service will vanish on Feb. 1, 2008, but uploading, sharing and shopping will be dismantled by Nov. 12th. Users can move their photos to Shutterfly, and get a free 20-page photo book for their troubles. [ImageStation]

Leaked Sony Ericsson Phone Surprises No One with a Touchscreen

Everyone wants a piece of the touchscreen cellphone pie these days. Basically every phone manufacturer is now jumping on the bandwagon, and not just Chinese rip-off artists, either! Take a peeksy at this Sony Ericsson spy shot, which looks to be a buttonless touchscreen just like, well, basically every new phone being announced these days.…

In case you missed it, there’s a PS3 firmware update. It changes your system info to version 1.92, and it just might do something else as well. [Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/kotaku-labu/yes-theres-new-ps3-firmware-295998.php

Sony Trying to Tease Us With Upcoming Egg-Shaped Rolly Music Player

When we heard the rumor mill cranking out murky info about the Sony “Rolly” music player, all we knew was that it’s egg shaped, might have built-in speakers and it has motion-activated features on board. Now Sony has opened up a teasing Rolly website with too many lame-ass and evasive videos on board, further hinting…

Sony SRS-ZX1 Speakers Provide Extra Bass Via Mysterious “Mobius Duct”

Aside from the creepy robots and good food, there are other reasons to want to be Japanese—like Sony’s SRS-ZX1 speakers. The shiny, metallically chic speakers come with a technology that Sony calls the “Mobius Duct,” which supposedly creates a potent low-frequency response. The thing is, no one really knows what a Mobius Duct is, except…

Sony’s T200 Cybershot Photographs Smiles Automatically

In addition to a Carl Zeiss 5X zoom lens, 3.5″ wide/touchscreen LCD, Sony’s Cybershot T200 features a smile sensor that will automagically snag shots when your family and friends are pretending to enjoy your company. In this demonstration, the potential gimmick seems to actually work. Though you’ll notice that the sensors have a tough time…

State of Blu-ray: Not So Good?

According to the HD DVD fan-site campaignhd, the state of Blu-ray (the format in general) is anything but good. Keep in mind that this is an HD DVD site—which may or may not be sponsored by the HD DVD camp—so their complaints might be a little “off.” However, they do provide ample links for the…

Hands on Sony America’s First Video Walkmen (NWZ-S610 and NWZ-S810)

I got time with Sony’s first video-capable Walkmen, the a810 and a610, and I think I have a finer appreciation for Sony Hardware now that they’ve stop floundering around in the software game. https://gizmodo.com/sony-rolls-out-two-new-video-walkmen-minus-atrac-nwz-295009 They’re strikingly similar with the a810 having a sleeker design, high end EX headphones, and a 2-inch QVGA screen. The lower…

Sony Unveils New USB Thumbstick Walkman Models

Sony quietly released a new line of thumbstick Walkman MP3 players this morning, coming in 1GB and 2GB varieties. They come with goodies like an FM tuner and built-in microphone, and there’s a 3-line LCD screen on the front to clue you in to what you’re listening to. They look to be nice, simple little…

Blu-ray Conference = Kicking Ass, Putting People to Sleep

Today at IFA press day, the BDA gave a presentation running through the status of operations along with studio bigshots from Disney, Warner Bros and Fox. Here’s the rundown on what they said: Announcements – Hitachi will be making a major Blu-ray announcement tomorrow – Acer is now a member of BDA – China’s HuaLu…

Sony BDP-s500 Blu-ray Player Displaces The S1

Sony Europe just announced the BDP-S500, a designation that would imply a place between the BDP-s300 and BPD-S1, but the aging high end S1 doesn’t have HDMI 1.3, and this one does. It also has the S1’s 1080p24/60 for judderless movie playback on supported TVs, x.v.Color, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD decoding and the Spiderman Trilogy.…

Sony Rolls Out Two New Video Walkmen, Minus ATRAC (NWZ-s610 and NWZ810)

ATRAC is on the fast track for extinction. Sony’s closing its Sony’s music store and it’s been dumped from their two newest video Walkmen, the NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610, which are all about an “open platform.” They support secure WMA, non-secure AAC and MP3, JPEG, AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile and MPEG-4 video codecs. They’re also PlaysForSure…

Sony IFA 07 Presser

We’re here at Sony’s press conference. Hit the jump for updates. You know, for those up at 3:00am. They’re talking about change, how Sony needs to keep up with the industry. To Sony this means networking and HD. Or I guess, more clearly, networking your HD. 75% of all Sony products should be HD compatible…

PSP Slim Hands-On Video and Impressions

The PSP Slim is a marginal upgrade at best, but an upgrade nonetheless, and enthusiast press is getting their hands on the first review units. Some guy at Kotaku who looks like a boy band pirate groped it, took photos and videos, and noted the differences, which I shall recap: •33% lighter, and 19% slimmer…

White PS2 Coming Bundled With SingStar

Those of you who really want to give Sony your money but don’t think the PS3 has enough games to play should really take another look at the PlayStation 2. And what better way to do so than the white Singstar PS2 bundle that comes with a white PSTwo Slim, two mics, and a copy…