Sony NW-A800 Walkman Officially Official: What Took So Long?
Ring the church bells, for the Sony NW-A800 portable media player (Walkman) is now official. It’s Europe-only for now (and expensive, too, at around $392), but you know what? You probably won’t miss it. It does everything that every other two-bit knockoff portable media player does, except that it’ll also play ATRAC files. So, by…
Sony Energy Link: Portable USB Power
It’s not all fancy TVs and home theater setups from Sony today, no sir. They’ve also seen fit to introduce the Energy Link USB, a portable (what isn’t portable nowadays?) USB power supply. Simple enough. Just stuff the little Altoids can-looking thing with batteries and you’ve got enough juice to run most USB devices for…
The Magic in Sony’s 2007 LCD HDTVs: Playstation GUIs, 120Hz Output, and Internet Video
Sony’s best LCDs in today’s announcements are disappointingly not in the top of the line XBR series of Bravias, but additions to their still high-end V-series of LCDs. The 1080p models come in 40 and 46-inch sizes, dubbed the KDL-40v3000 and KDL-46v3000, respectively. They get many tricks, including upscaling from standard def sources to full…
Sony VPL-AW15: A Low-End, Videophile Projector
Sony’s Projector offerings in the US jump from $2000 VPL-HS60, and jump quickly to the Pearl’s $5000 MSRP. This project aims square in between those two. It has a 720p natural res, but will take 1080/24 signals as well as all the rest. Its 12,000:1, dynamically controlled iris is a contrast ratio just below the…
Sony NV-U1 Portable GPS Unit: Last of a Dying Breed?
Better get used to seeing the Sony name today, kiddos. Here we have the NV-U1, a stand-alone portable GPS unit, or portable navigation device (PND) in the original Latin. Its 4.3-inch screen is comparable to the myriad other portable GPS devices on the market, as is the included SD card reader. Come to think of…