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Sony 2mm thick latest OLED display televisions

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Sony on Wednesday showed off its newest; Measuring just 2mm thick Sony’s latest generation of organic LED display televisions.
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At the Display 2008 expo trade show in Japan, these super skinny panels are even thinner than the company’s current industry-leading OLEDs.

Sony also showed a new version of its 11-inch XEL-1, the world’s first mass-produced OLED TV, where the display panel (although not the final TV product) measures just 0.3mm thick, an improvement over the current model’s 1.4mm (0.06in) thickness.

New TFT substrate and less glass, the same resolution of 960×540 pixels is possible despite the reduction in dimensions. Not about to go into commercial production, but an even thinner 3.5-inch prototype display was shown off that measures a mere 0.2mm (0.008in) and features a 320×220 pixel resolution.

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HDR-TG1 Sony’s Smallest HD Video Recorder Yet in World

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The HDR-TG1 is 1.3 inch thick by 4.7 inches high by 2.5 inches wide and weighs 10.6 ounces. It’s a tall and thin camcorder with a fold-out display — a design along the same lines as Sanyo’s Xacti line of high-def camcorders, but the Sony camcorder is about two-thirds the volume of Sanyo’s latest full high-def model.

One of the secrets of its thinness is the lack of a DV tape desk, hard-disk or optical drive. Instead the TG1 records to a Memory Stick Pro Duo or Pro-HG Duo memory card.

The camera lays down AVCHD format video at 1920 by 1080 resolution (so-called Full HD).

In the highest quality “FH” mode, which is full HD resolution at 16M bps, the supplied 4G-byte card will be able to store 25 minutes of footage. This lengthens to 55 minutes in HQ mode, which records a 1,440 by 1,080 resolution image at 9M bps. The SP and LP modes record drop the video bit rate — and thus the quality — to 7M bps and 5M bps, respectively and result in 65 minutes and 85 minutes of recording time.

In addition to video the camcorder can also take 4-megapixel resolution still images.

Other features include an optical 10X zoom, 2.7-inch widescreen touch panel LCD monitor and HDMI connector.

It will be available in Japan from April 20 and will cost around ¥130,000 (US$1,300). In the U.S. it will appear in May and will cost about US$900.

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Sony New iPhone, iPod Dock ICF-ClipMK2

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Sony has unveiled its latest clock radio with a dock for the iPod and iPhone. The device features a wireless remote with full access to the iPod and iPhone devices’ menus, as well as to alarm clocks, radio tuning and volume functions. It also charges the device while docked. An adjustable backstop mechanism ensures that most devices fit snugly and securely in the clock radio’s cradle. It’s also compatible with the smaller iPod players. Because of its supplied cable and line-in jack, other digital music players can be easily connected to the unit.

Sony’s ICF-ClipMK2 clock radio also has a full-function alarm clock. Users can choose to wake up or fall asleep to music, the radio or a buzzer. When first powered on, the Automatic Time Set (ATS) feature will display the correct time (formats and time can be changed to other time zones as well). The unit also has automatic Daylight Savings Time adjustment. Adjustable brightness control over the LCD display provides easy readability.

The ICF-ClipMK2 clock radio comes in both black and white designs. It will be available in May for about $100 at Sony Style stores and at authorized dealers in the US.

source:tech2 

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Sony leaks PS3 messaging images

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Sony appears to have leaked some future plans for improving the in-game functionality of the PlayStation 3 on the company’s own official site.

Recently spotted and snapped by a US site user, a slightly blurry banner image appears to advertise voice and video chatting functionality of the PS3.

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The text says: “Talk to others during game play, say hello anytime you’re online, or have a video chat with an Eye camera, USB Camera or headset”.
In-game Xross Media Bar access has been confirmed for the PS3 in 2008, so this apparent leak would suggest PS3 owners will see it sooner rather than later, with an announcement at Game Developers Conference at the end of the month hotly tipped.

source:pocket 

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New Sony Digital SLRs With Two Image Sensors

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Sony’s latest digital SLR models, the and the Alpha DSLR-A350, introduce an innovative, dual-sensor approach to previewing your image in real-time on the LCD screen, just as you can do today with digital point-and-shoot cameras.

Although Sony is not the first company to use two sensors to generate a live preview, the company is the first to offer both live preview and full control of the auto-focus system, including during rapid-fire burst-mode shooting.

Live view remains a relatively new feature on digital SLR models. By definition, with a digital Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera, you see what the lens sees; but, the actual image is captured when you flip up the mirror and open the shutter. In order to offer a live preview of an SLR model, manufacturers have typically had to preview the image off of the same sensor that handles capturing the image.

The first digital SLR with a live LCD preview–Olympus’ $1000 (with 14-45mm lens) EVolt E-330–came out about a year ago. Now, several other manufacturers–including the $1300 (body only) Canon EOS 40D and the $4500 Canon EOS 1D Mark III, and the $1800 (body only) Nikon D300 and $5000 Nikon D3 and Nikon D3–are offering this feature; and the recently introduced Pentax K20D ($1300 body only) that does so as well. The Sony A300 costs $800 for the body only, or $900 for the body plus an 18-70mm lens.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 specifications:

Sensor 14.2 megapixel, 23.6×15.8mm CCD
Lens/Zoom Minolta A-type bayonet mount (Alpha mount)
LCD/Viewfinder 2.7″, 230K-pixel tiltable TFT LCD; Penta-mirror optical viewfinder
Sensitivity ISO 100-3200
Shutter Speed 30-1/4000 seconds
Shooting Modes Not Specified
Scene Presets Not Specified
White Balance Settings Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, Fluorescent, Tungsten, Flash, Color Temperature/Color Filter, Custom
Metering Modes 40-Segment, Center-Weighted, Spot
Focus Modes 9-point AF system, mode not specified
Drive Modes Normal, Burst
Flash Modes Auto, Fill, Rear Flash Sync, Slow Sync, High-Speed Sync
Self Timer Settings
 10 seconds, 2 seconds, Off
Memory Formats Compact Flash
Internal Memory
 None
File Formats JPEG, RAW
Max. Image Size Not Specified
Max. Video Size
 N/A
Zoom During Video N/A
Battery STAMINA rechargeable lithium-ion battery, 730 shots
Connections USB 2.0
Additional Features Dynamic Range Optimizer, Super SteadyShot, Live View, Bionz Engine Processor

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Sony’s Tinyest TV XDV

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Let’s break it down TV junkie. Sony’s new ¥38,000 (about $355) XDV-D500 features a 3-inch, 432 x 240 pixel resolution display with 160-degree viewing angle, 500:1 contrast, and a battery capable of about 8-hours of TV reception. It can even record up to 10 hours of scheduled programming to 2GB of internal memory. The itty bittier XDV-G200 brings a 2-inch LCD to the show, AM/FM radio too, then ditches the EPG and recording function. This is Japan mind you, so these sets receive

Internal battery power is the continuous drive time is about eight hours when viewers segment broadcasting, AM radio listeners in about 34 hours time.Dimensions are 59.3 × 98 × 14.3mm (vertical horizontal × × thickness), was about 107 g weight.Stand, and comes with a carrying case.

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Sony Unveils S-Frame Digital Photo Displays

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Sony has introduced its new line of S-Frame digital photo frames.

The DPF-V900, DPF-V700 and DPF-D70 will be available in March for US$250, $190 and $140 respectively.

Each of the new frames features 800 by 480 pixel resolution and 15:9 aspect ratio screens. The digital photo frames can scale and display images up to 48 megapixels, and incorporate the ability to rotate through 10 slide show variations, clock and calendar views and two index modes.

The DPF-V700 and DPF-D70 are both 7-inch frames; the DPF-V900 is a 9-inch frame. Both the V700 and V900 have 512MB of internal storage capacity, while the D70 has 256MB storage. Digital images can be transferred from various flash memory cards including Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Pro Duo, SD Memory Card, MMC, Compact Flash, MicroDrive and xD-Picture card. You can also use a computer connected through the USB port, or directly from a digital camera using USB.

The V900 and V700 models are also compatible with a separately sold Bluetooth adapter, to enable you to transfer images wirelessly from your cell phone or from a computer equipped with Bluetooth. They can also connect to HDTV sets using an HDMI cable.

All three frames support JPEG and RAW (SRF, SR2, ARW) image file formats. The V900 and V700 also support TIFF and BMP images.

source:pcworld