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sony bravia vpl-vw200 sxrd projector coming this fall

Sony Bravia VPL-VW200 Projector

Fans of Sony’s SXRD line of projectors, start getting your checkbooks ready. The latest entry in Sony’s line of high-quality front projectors has emerged and it’s looking pretty badass.

The Bravia VPL-VW200 is the top-of-the-line successor to Sony’s flagship VPL-VW100 projector. The new model improves upon the old by new 1080p SXRD panels that can…

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September 5th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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sony sxrd displays slim down, get major upgrades

Sony KDS-Z70XBR5 SXRD Television

I’m a big fan of Sony’s SXRD display technology, with its excellent contrast and fine (virtually invisible) pixel structure, and I’m really excited to hear about these new models.

Sony’s new A3000 series features three new displays, a 50-inch (KDS-50A3000), a 55-inch (KDS-55A3000) and a 60-inch (KDS-60A3000). These models are about 20 percent slimmer than…

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June 6th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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sony kds-60a2020: 60-inch sxrd goes solid black

Sony KDS-60A2020 SXRD TV

Sony has rolled out the latest in their acclaimed SXRD series of RPTV displays, the KDS-60A2020. The set updates the previous “low-end” model in the SXRD series, the KDS-60A2000.

As is the case with all of Sony’s rear-projection liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) televisions, this one runs at full 1920 x 1080 resolution. It features…

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March 10th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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lcos displays get led light source

LCOS and LED Engine

While LCD and DLP sets continue to move towards LEDs as their light source, high quality Liquid Crystal on Silicon LCOS (a.k.a. Sony’s SXRD and JVC’s HD-ILA) displays have so far been left out in the cold.
Now, a LCOS maker SpatiaLight has announced a partnership with Foreal Spectrum to release a series of LCOS…

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February 5th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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jvc hd-ila rear projection televisions slim down

JVC Slim HD-ILA Rear Projection HDTV

If you’ve been intrigued by the excellent image quality of LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon) rear projection TVs, but don’t care for the depth of these screens when compared to LCD and plasma sets, you’re in luck.

Up until now, most LCOS rear projection sets have been around 19- or 20-inches deep. JVC’s new line…

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December 14th, 2006 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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sony 60-inch and 70-inch grand wega sxrd televisions ship

Sony KDS-R70XBR2 SXRD Television

Sony announced today that it has started shipping the latest in their SXRD (aka LCOS) line of rear projection televisions, the 70-inch KDS-R70XBR2 and 60-inch KDS-R60XBR2.

Both models feature a native 1080p (1920×1080) resolution SXRD light engine, capable of displaying full 1080p content when devices are connected via one of the set’s three HDMI connections.…

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October 3rd, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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sony “pearl” sxrd projector officially announced

Sony VPL-VW50 SXRD Projector

Sony has finally rolled out details of their latest SXRD front projector, the VPL-VW50 (originally codenamed “pearl.“)

The new model features an array of three 0.61-inch SXRD chips at a full 1080p (1920×1080) resolution, capable of outputting all currently available high definition signals at full resolution. SXRD (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display), also known as LCOS…

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September 15th, 2006 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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sony “pearl” sxrd projector details start to emerge

Sony VPL-VW50 SXRD Projector

Details in a Japanese press release give insight into a new SXRD front projector from Sony, codenamed “Pearl”.

The VPL-VW50 projector will be 1080p native (1920×1080) with a contrast ratio of 5,000:1. The projector features a 200-watt mercury lamp, a low noise fan system claimed to run at just 22dB, a 1.8x zoom lens and dual HDMI…

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August 8th, 2006 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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