Showing posts with label Sony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sony. Show all posts
We have numerous super-light laptops, a plethora of netbooks, and the iPad to choose from. But some companies still produce portable DVD players. One example is Sony, which yesterday in Japan announced [JP] just that, the DVP-FX950. The player has two selling points: a 9-inch LCD screen that features an LED backlight and a battery life of 7.5 hours (up 25% from the previous model).
Other than the LED backlight, the screen features a resolution of 800×480 and a viewing angle of 180 degrees. Next to DVDs and CDs, the player also has a USB port, meaning you can plug in a USB stick to view JPEGs or listen to MP3s (other formats aren’t supported through USB). The player, which is sized at 227×170.8×34.4mm and weighs 0.88kg, also has an internal speaker.
When the PS3 was first launched, Sony was losing about $200 for every console sold. As time has passed, Sony has worked out cheaper ways to manufacturer the console, but they are still losing money on every sale.
1994. A good year for many reasons, but for gamers it's best remembered as the year Sony shook things up in a big way with its original PlayStation game console (on this day in Japan, at least -- the rest of us had to wait 'til the fall of 1995).
Sony are disguising their cameras to suit the seasons, looks like. The DSC-TX1 has something more than the 10.2 megapixel sensor that will make customers do a double take. It’s got an outer body that looks like a typical winter scene. It’s rightly named the ‘Snowflake’ as well.
This may be the first holiday season in a long time that Sony is looking forward to. Some 440,000 PS3s were sold last week (compared to 550,000 Nintendo Wiis), and Sony says demand for the system was at “an all-time high.” Good thing for that price cut and re-design, right?
It used to be when it came time to upgrade a supercomputer we were talking about adding more nodes, processors, and other hardware. At least in one of the supercomputers used by the DoD when it comes time to upgrade it means buying more Sony PS3 game consoles.
TransferJet is a close-proximity wireless transfer technology that was introduced by Sony in 2008. Toshiba announced during IFA in Berlin this year they are planning to use the technology in their products soon. The idea is to let two electronic devices quickly exchange data, theoretically at up to 560 Mbps, just by bringing them close together (touch is possible, too).
We were as surprised as anyone when the USAF threw down the cash for 300-odd PlayStation 3s back in March of last year, but what's more shocking is that it's now back for more -- seven times more, in fact. Already employing its PS3 cluster for research into high-def video processing,
You read that right. Sony's PlayStation 2, which the great majority of the world has been enjoying since 2000, is just now officially touching ground in Brazil. We're pretty sure it's been making its way into the country for many years by not-so-official means, but if you've gone the legit route, last-generation's game console king can be yours for just 799 Brazilian Real, which we're sad to say translates to about $461 in US currency. Yeah, we're expecting this to just fly off the shelves.
Sony just recently said they want to get serious with 3D displays this fiscal year, and they seem to stick to their plan. Following the professional 3D camera that shoots video at 240fps and a futuristic 3D stereoscopic display the company introduced last month, we now get to see a 3D display sized at no less than 280 inches.
Sony has launched two new Blu-ray players featuring the most impressive set of specs we've seen from the company's high definition offering to date.
The top-of-the-range BDP-S760 (£340), and the mid-range S560 (£240) both boast WiFi connectivity allowing easier access to the developing, online-based BD-Live features on many high definition releases.
The top-of-the-range BDP-S760 (£340), and the mid-range S560 (£240) both boast WiFi connectivity allowing easier access to the developing, online-based BD-Live features on many high definition releases.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be available to download on Sony's brand new PlayStation video store upon its pre-Christmas launch later this month.
The Sony PSP Go, the company's great hope of reviving its handheld gaming fortunes, appears to have fallen short of expectations after sales figures revealed a meagre 28,000 units were shifted in Japan on the first day.
Sony is demoing a 3D display at the Digital Contents Expo that takes place in Tokyo right now, and today I went there and made a few pictures and shot a video of the device, too. Two of the 360 stereoscopic displays were displayed to the general public, and the tech is pretty impressive.
3D seems to be the buzzword this year. Taking it up a notch is Sony who is stated to showcase a hologram projector at Digital Content expo in Tokyo next year. The holographic display will allow you to move around and see the side or back of the object.
UK retailers Amazon, Play, HMV and Game have dropped the price of the PSP GO from £225 to £199, this is obviously an attempt by Sony to lure people away from popular handheld consoles like the Nintendo DS.
A PlayStation motion controller is already in development and it seems the codename given for this is Sphere. Well it is better than saying PlayStation Motion Controller. As usual representatives from Sony deny the fact and are totally unaware of the fact. Why do they always do that?
Sony today unveiled the stylish new S Series Walkman Video MP3 player, featuring high-quality built-in stereo speakers that allow users to share music out loud. Even with the built-in stereo speakers, the new Sony S Series Walkman player features a slim, compact and lightweight design, measuring less than a half-inch thin. It has a bright, high-contrast 2.4-inch QVGA LCD screen (measured diagonally) that has an ultra-quick response time, with smooth playback at up to 30 frames per second. Thanks to the unique
In a recent PC World article, one of my colleagues suggested that the "Slimmed PS3 Won't Save Sony." Let's play devil's advocate and consider the alternative, which is that it will, with an appended "and then some." Sony just slashed the price of its flagship console by $100, a full 25% drop, significant by any measure. For 300 bones, you can have a Blu-ray playback device with integrated wireless, 1080p HDMI output, a 120GB upgradeable (within warranty) hard drive, and free online multiplayer et al. support. Not too shabby.
Sony has immediately updated on the rumors on its readers by officially stating its line of e-book readers with the new PRS-300 pocket edition and PRS-600 Touch Edition. Both these are relatively cheaper in price than the previous PRS-505. Both has only 512 MB of internal memory but will take not only memory sticks but also SD cards for that extra storage space you have always been looking for.
