Sony‘s BRAVIA Internet Video Link has taken a leap forward, bringing YouTube support, and laughing babies to Sony’s TVs The BRAVIA Internet Video Link is a small module that attaches to the back of a selection of the company’s BRAVIA LCD flat-panel television models, giving them support for Internet television. A broadband connection of at [...]

Sony has introduced the HDR-TG1 Handycam, a midget-sized (dwarf, if you’ve seen In Bruges) high-definition video camera, weighing in at just ten ounces Despite its tiny size, it is a full-featured camcorder that can record 1920 x 1080 HD video and 4-megapixel digital photos directly to Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo or PRO Duo Mark2 [...]

DRM’d music is roadkill, steamrolled by iPods, iTunes and fair use. Businessweek reports that Sony BMG is finalizing plans to sell songs without DRM, the copyright protection software that has long restricted the use of music downloaded from the Internet. Sony BMG, a joint venture of Sony and Bertelsmann, will make at least part of [...]

Despite the fact that prices have plummeted for next-generation high-definition DVD players, the two systems – Blu-ray, developed by Sony, and HD DVD, from Toshiba, have sold only about one million stand-alone players combined. In June, we suggested that the winner in the war between HD DVD and Blu-Ray could be Internet TV. Increasingly, it’s [...]

Sony is expanding its line of video projection systems a couple of new LCD models for larger-venues that, while not exactly impulse buys, are priced within the range of many organization. The new VPL-FW300L (7,000 lumens) and the VPL-FH300L (6,000 lumens) projector models are ideal for smaller auditoriums, large classrooms and meeting rooms, museum exhibits, [...]

The portable audio recorder market is heating up. Sony’s latest entry into the category is the PCM-D50 Linear PCM Recorder. The PCM-D50 is a 96 kHz/24-bit recorder fitted with two-position (X-Y or Wide) stereo microphones, 4 GB of internal flash memory and a Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo slot (for additional storage). The body of the [...]

Sony has introduced its second-generation Reader Digital Book, which will go on sale for $300 later this month at Borders stores and from Sony’s website. It supports eBooks, PDFs and Word files, and even MP3s. The PRS-505 will be available in silver and dark blue, can hold up to 160 typical e-books, and has expansion [...]

Sony has announced four new iPod-friendly Xplod in-dash stereo “head units”. For about $140, the top-of-the-line CD receiver (model CDX-GT520) provides the most options for connectivity in the car. The receiver supports MP3 and non-DRM WMA and AAC codecs. It is also iPod, satellite radio and HD Radio ready. Plus, it features front, rear and [...]

Sony has introduced the Rolly, an egg-shaped robotic “audio entertainment player”. The Rolly plays MP3s from speakers on each end that are normally hidden by dish-like covers. The device has just one button, an on-off switch. Everthing else is controlled b y a pair of rings that circle the player’s body. One ring is used [...]

The music industry has introduced a new music format that’s a twist on the singles of the past – the ringle. The ringle, the brainchild of Sony BMG, combines three tracks – a new track, a remix and a old track – on a slip-sleeved CD. The CD also comes with a code that can [...]