Sony has announced that its new lineup of 4K Ultra HD televisions, all of which will use Google's Android TV, will begin shipments in May, with pre-orders starting now.
The new models all have Sony's X1 processor engine inside, which should make the Android TV user interface look even cooler. Here's what Sony has to say about that processor.
While Sony TVs have had expanded color, brightness range and upscaling for years, the X1 processor takes another step forward in improving these features. Thanks to X-Reality PRO Picture Engine, developed from over ten years of experience in upscaling, all existing HD content is upscaled to super clear 4K quality.
We got a chance to check out the Sony X900C TV model at CES 2015, which Sony claims is the thinnest LEC TV in the world at just 4.7mm. The X900C will actually ship later this summer in 55-inch and 65-inch versions, while its X910C version will come in a 75-inch model. No prices have been revealed yet for those devices.
However, you can get the X830C 43-inch and 49-inch models in May for $1,299.99 and $1,599.99 respectively. The X850C comes in 55-inches for $2,199.99, 65-inches for $3,499.99, and 75-inches for $4,999.99. The X930C model is 65-inches for $4,499.99, while the X940C is 75-inches for $7,999.99.
Sony is also selling the W800C and W850C televisions, which also support Android TV, starting in May. The W800C is sold in 50-inch and 55-inch models for $999.99 and $1,299.99, respectively. The W850C comes in 65-inches for $1,899.99 or 75-inches for $2,999.99.
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Sony's new 4K Ultra HD televisions with Android TV to start shipping in May
It's such a process to dig through what features get taken away as you go down the line of TVs. But I do want one of these. I'll be waiting for the 55 inch X900C . . . I want the thinness!
And this, Ladies and Gentlemen, is why Sony's TV business is in trouble. As awesome as their TVs are, they take ages to put them on the market and then the prices just can't compete with the prices of equally great TVs from LG and even Samsung.
I was going to buy one when I saw them announced. Then they took this long to give even an arrival date. Well, LG stepped forward and once again I bought a beautiful 4K LG smart TV. And I have absolutely no problems with webOS in it. Actually, as it supports Miracast, it works better with my Windows PCs than an Android TV probably would. It also works well with the ChromeCast so I'm covered.
This isn't unique to Sony AT ALL. Samsung just announced availability a couple weeks ago after Announcing in January. This is just how the TV market works. And the pricing matches up all around. All OEMs have high end high priced TVs at launched between 5 and 10 grand... then they have the lower, cheaper models.
Except Sony TV is particularly good in delaying stuff AND overpricing it.
Sony does Tend to overprice everything because they still think it's the 90s. But TVs are generally just overpriced.
So next we will have mega ultra hd and then mega ultra hyper hd and so on...
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You can say that again brother.
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thats what im saying at a point the human eye cant see the difference. cuz these are the same eyes people had 100 years ago. i cannot tell the difference between today's flagship phones. only thing i can see is blacker blacks and whiter whites. but people still comparing screens. i think they secretly only know a dif between the numbers the manufacturer tells you. "this phone is 799 ppi this one is 800, omg its so much nicer".
tuh
actually I believe we have to wait for this to happen to tvs.
In phones their parameter was 'let's reach what humans can see'. Once they got there it went bersek.
But tv's parameter is not 4k, its 8k (the suposed 'film resolution'). 4k is actually just a intermediate format, as UHD is about 4k + 8k.
Plus no1 is going bersek yet, full hd is a nice res. for tv up to 4X", but when u got biger and get near 60" 4k starts to become a need. Probably with 8k we will get a bunch of 100" displays, and then stuff will finally go bersek for tvs too :D
i hear ya but i think we are already there with 4k. and even besides that, theres are 4k tvs but wheres the 4k content?!
That's the breaking point right now! Yes, 4K is awesome on big screens, but as long as there is not a lot of content: why should you buy these damn expensive screens? Even the new PlayStation is not able to do 4K, am i right?
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Love the Busey
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Do you know which SoC's are in these puppies? Mediatek?
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What is LEC
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LEC = Light-emitting electrochemical cell
Very similar technology to OLED.
Lets come out with holograph imaging in front of you (like the Jetsons)...
Lets keep those prices UP boys
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I thought that the X1 processor was from nvidia, not Sony?
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Wow! This is amazing!! I would love to have one of these. But they seem to be too expensive for me, as a student ;)
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