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Sony BRAVIA Monolithic Design Concept – Interview With Takuya Kawagoi

Recently here on Zath we’ve covered several new Sony BRAVIA home entertainment products that were unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010, these included BRAVIA HDTVs, 3DTVs, Blu-Ray players, surround sound systems. All of these new products had a common theme in terms of their design, they all feature Sony’s latest Monolithic Design Concept that certainly makes them look appealing and stand out from the crowded market of home entertainments systems.

Here at Zath we’ve been lucky enough to interview the director of Sony Design Centre Europe (DCE); Takuya Kawagoi who has overseen the implementation of this new Monolithic Design Concept for these products.

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3D Gaming On Playstation 3 In June 2010? (PS3)

The Playstation 3 could be receiving a firmware update as early as this June, which will include the ability for PS3’s to play 3D games. This will be to coincide with the release of Sony’s new Bravia 3D-Ready TV’s which are set for a release of June 10th in Japan with the price of the 46inch 3D TV set at around 350,000 yen which equates to around £2,500.

But no doubt the price will be higher over here as is the norm, so expect a price of around £3000 for the first 3D ready TV to hit the UK shores. Hopefully they’ll be cheaper than that, but I highly doubt it.

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Sky 3DTV Football Coverage In Pubs

For many football fans this weekend just gone will be a memorable one. Not just because of the traditionally fierce clash between Arsenal and Manchester United, but because of the fact that for the first time ever, in pubs up and down the country, the game was aired in Sky 3DTV.

Much has been made of the 3D scene in the past few months and this is surely a massive step forward in terms of sport. Some may argue that whilst impressive, it’s more for glamour than anything else, but then again that seems to be the way football is these days anyway. Whether or not it is necessary doesn’t deny the fact that an impressive display of 3D football got many fans excited for the future of football on TV.

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Sony Playstation 3 To Get 3D Gaming (CES 2010)

Sony announced at CES 2010 that 3D gaming is coming to the Playstation 3. This wasn’t a massive surprise as they had already shown 3D content at last year’s E3 and mentioned it was coming at CES 2009. But from the sounds of things, Sony are really going to be pumping money into 3D development which is really going to make gaming and film watching (via Blu-ray 3D) in your living room very exciting.

Sony have already said that they are going to be releasing 3D-Ready Bravia televisions and are in partnership with IMAX to develop 3D channels which could make things rather interesting. At CES, there were 3 demo’s available for people to test out which were Avatar, Super Stardust HD and Gran Turismo, and they seemed to have been well received.

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New Sony Home Theatre Systems Announced (CES 2010)

These new Sony Home Theatre Systems include the new Sony Blu-Ray players but offer a lot more in terms of a complete media experience. Firstly, the surround sound speakers offer 5.1 sound and full HD 3D TV.

For the most part, the features are the same as they come through the blu-ray player itself, which includes featuring the Sony BRAVIA “Monolithic Design Concept”. In terms of DLNA media streaming around your home and all the access to the network is through the XMB.

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New Sony Bravia HD & 3D TV Range Announced (CES 2010)

As we predicted television manufacturers have already started building up the 3DTV market, as well as broadcasters such as Sky launching 3D TV services in 2010 and it is only likely to continue throughout this year and decade. Sony are no different. With their new range of Bravia TV’s announced at CES 2010 which continue their long tradition of combining style and elegance with functionality and quality.

The first enhancement they have made is with the Sony Monolithic Design Concept that is featured across the new BRAVIA range of products. It is minimalistic as well as practical. You can recline the TV to alter the viewing angle by up to 6 degrees. The screen surface is flush and it looks spectacular in my opinion as always with Sony products. What they like to call ‘monolithic design’ has been deployed throughout their new range of Bravia TV’s, Blu-Ray players and home cinema systems. Which going by the look of these new TV’s is not a bad thing at all. They’re curvaceous, spacious and absolutely stunning.

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LG’s CES Press Event Roundup (CES 2010)

LG held their CES press event earlier today, and after moving past sales figures for the past year (yes, LG are still booming in the recession), we got to some pretty interesting technology…

LG TVs

A particular point of interest was wireless technology in TV’s. All LG TV’s will be wireless ready in 2010. If you’re not familiar with wireless TV, it does what it says on the tin, allowing you to stream 1080p video to your HDTV remotely without the need for a host of wires ruining the view. It’s certainly a promising technology, and definitely beats the good ol’ cable organiser!

To go along with this, LG also announced improvements to their ‘Broadband Services’, bringing 35 different internet services directly to LG TV’s and hard drive equipped Blu-Ray players. They call this ‘DivX TV’, and I love the idea, as it helps cut out the set top box or PC you’d normally use and allow you to bring these directly to your TV.

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3DTV Without Glasses, Coming Soon?

I went out for a meal at Xscape in Castleford last night, and thought I’d have a stroll around to let my food settle. I reached the back of the complex and noticed something odd about some of the TV’s that were playing videos……………they were projecting 3D images and I didn’t even have glasses on!!!

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! I didn’t think this technology was available just yet, I knew that Sky 3DTV is coming in 2010, but you needed glasses for that. Of course you’d need a 3DTV, but why do we need glasses anymore if this technology is available?

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Sky 3DTV Launching In 2010

Sky are set to launch the UK’s first 3DTV Channel by 2010.

This doesn’t surprise me as 3D films are becoming quite a major thing in cinemas nowadays and most of the blockbusters have some 3D scenes in them, whether they be the full film in 3D, or just certain parts of the film which you can watch at the IMAX.

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