Cedia 2009: Sony XBR10 Wireless LCD HDTV
Filed under: Electronics, Televisions | By: Alan Ng
Posted on: September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment
We have details to give you now, on Sony’s new XBR10 Wireless LCD HDTV set. The company showcased it at CEDIA 2009 and it features a rather interesting box where it will host all of your sources, enabling for all of that wireless goodness.
As reported from Engadget, the Sony XBR10 Wireless LCD HDTV is set to become available this October, for a starting price of around $5000. It really is a thing of beauty, as you can see in the gallery of pictures over at Engadget.
The best thing of all though, is the accompanying box that you can also see in a few of the pictures. This is the box which will be hidden away and where all your sources will be connected to. We are talking about Blu-Ray Players, DVRS, Playstation 3 consoles, you name it.
Check out the pictures over at Engadget and let us know what you think of the TV.
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How sad for those of us who actually consider picture quality ahead of styling that, with its XBR10, Sony has decided to follow Samsung in deploying side-lit LED backlighting. Visit an electronics store with a robust selection of LCD TVs and look at this year’s 7-, 8-, or 9-series LED backlit models from Samsung next to Sony’s now two-year old XBR8 that uses locally-dimmed LED backlighting. There’s no comparison. Sony’s XBR8 line (called X4500 overseas) still retains the best-looking picture of any LCD television, hands down.
Here’s the folly of Sony’s decision to bring the XBR10 to market outside of Asia (where lemmings still dutifully buy electronics for status over end-user experience): people willing to spend US$4000+ want to know they are getting the best image available, while people who are dazzled by slick, thin styling can find what they want for half the price from Samsung. As long as Sony continues to make their XBR8 sets available, perhaps we should read it as an admission that their newer fare is still not as good.