Accessories
Sony Has Sold More Than 40 Million PlayStation4 Consoles
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that sales of the PlayStation4 (PS4) game consoles have topped 40 million units. The PS4 is the fastest-selling console in...
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Audio
High-Res, Wireless Key To Sony Home-Audio Launch
Wireless multiroom audio, high-resolution audio, and high dynamic range (HDR)-capable HDMI 2.0a connections are the anchors in Sony’s 2016 home-audio lineup. New products include...
news
Sony Adds HDR To VPL-VW365ES Projector
Sony Electronics is bringing high dynamic range (HDR) capability to its 4K VPL-VW365ES home-theater projector. Current owners will be able to add the feature...
news
People Will Buy More Smartphone VR Headsets, But The Dollars Are Going Elsewhere
Smartphone-based virtual reality headsets will account for 87 percent of 2016’s global VR-headset shipments of 13.1 million but only 23 percent of the $895...
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LG, Sony Offering 4K TVs Meeting New Netflix Recommended Criteria
LG and Sony are the first TV makers to announce that select 2016 TVs have been certified under Netflix’s more stringent 2016 certification criteria...
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Sony’s Ultra 4K Movie Service Will Debut Monday
Sony said its new 4K movie-streaming service, Ultra, will debut next week exclusively on its 4K Ultra HD TVs with Android TV. Ultra, which...
Audio
Sony Puts Premium Prices On Lifespace UX Projector, LED Bulb & Glass Sound Speakers
Sony put premium price tags on its first Lifespace UX products, unveiled at 2016 CES and promoted as integrating technology products with interior design....
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Sony PlayStation VR Gets Price, Delayed Launch
Sony priced its planned PlayStation VR headset at $399, well below that of some rival VR headsets, but postponed its global launch to October...
Audio
Sony On The Go With New Walkman Players, H.ear Headphones, Speakers
Sony went heavy on portability in its debut of nine new audio products, including what it called the industry’s smallest high-resolution portable Wi-Fi speaker....
IP Set-Top Boxes
Sony PlayStation Vue OTT Service Goes Nationwide
Sony expanded the availability of its PlayStation Vue over-the-top (OTT) video-streaming service to the entire U.S. following its March 2015 launch in seven metropolitan...
Keeping Current
Sony shows off weird and wild Future Labs prototypes at SXSW
How about a projector that projects video and audio on the wall, making it sound as if the audio is coming from the projecting...
Industry
Tech Companies Ready For SXSW Festival
Tens of thousands of music, film and tech enthusiasts will mingle next week during the city-wide SXSW 2016 festival and trade show in Austin,...
news
MWC16: Sony Marks Spot With X Series Xperia Phones
Sony is stepping up its camera and battery technologies in the first Xperia X series of smartphones, which were unveiled at the Mobile World...
Blu-ray/DVD
Sony Pictures Readies First New Film For 4K Blu-ray Release
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) will launch its first new feature film on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc with the March 29 launch of...
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Sony: We’re Chasing Quality, Not Specs In 4K HDR TV
Sony revealed the pricing and ship dates of its latest 4K Ultra HD TVs but wouldn’t divulge specifications such as brightness levels or color...
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Smart TVs Turn Into The Hub Of A Smart House
Three major TV companies – LG, Samsung and Sony – are launching TVs that serve as home-automation hubs or connect to a hub to...
Another View
Sony Gets Emotional For Profitability
A CEO lauding the love of his brand, discussing the responsibilities of how products “reach … and enrich everyone’s lives,” and speaking to how...
Digital Cameras
New Sony α6300 Mirrorless Camera Claims “World’s Fastest Autofocus”
Sony Electronics added a new model to its α mirrorless camera line that is said to have the world’s fastest autofocus function on a...
Blu-ray/DVD
Sony To Get On Board With 4K Blu-ray Players
Sony is waiting for a large number of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs to hit the market before launching a 4K Blu-ray player in...
Financial
Sony Posts Broad-Based Profit Gains
Total net income in Sony’s fiscal third quarter rose 33.5 percent to $1 billion on a 0.5 percent revenue gain to $21.5 billion, with...
Industry
Sony Forms New Interactive Entertainment Unit Around PlayStation
Sony is merging its Sony Computer Entertainment unit and Sony Network Entertainment International unit into a new company, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). This will...
news
Unlocked Phones Try To Lock Up Market
Unlocked smartphones dominated the recent spate of cellphone introductions as sales of unlocked phones continue to grow. New brands entering the U.S. market with...
news
High-Res Audio Comes To More Sony Xperia Smartphones
Sony Mobile is bringing high-resolution audio playback to more Xperia smartphones in the U.S. with the launch of the $599 Xperia Z5 and $499...
news
CES 2016: Sony Makes Hit With 4,000-Nit Display
A prototype 4K LCD-TV technology demonstrated by Sony at CES, known as Master Drive,combines the deep blacks of OLED panels with 4,000 nits of...
news
Sony’s Fasulo On Retail, 4K, High-Res Audio
Mike Fasulo, president/COO of Sony Electronics, was in New York for several days in November for the annual Anti-Defamation League industry dinner and events...
CES-2016
Sony Brings High-Res Listening Stations To Best Buy
Sony Electronics and Best Buy have launched new high-res audio listening stations, available now in nearly 80 Best Buy Magnolia Design Center stores nationwide....
CES-2016
Cord-Cutting PlayStation Vue Can Be Viewed In More Places
Cord cutters will be able to access the PlayStation Vue streaming service directly on a TV without connecting a PlayStation game console now that...
CES-2016
Sony (Finally) Halting Production Of Betamax Tapes
One of the first format wars is officially over, and Sony is waving the white flag. Sony announced through its Japan press center that...
CES-2016
Video & Audio Center Readies Launch Of ‘All-Digital, All-Touch’ Superstore
Udpated!Video & Audio Center will open its fourth location, a new flagship store in Woodland Hills, Calif., this week, described as “the first all-digital,...
CES-2016
CEDIA Expo: Sony Debuts 4K Laser Projector
Three new long-throw 4K home cinema projectors launched by Sony at the CEDIA Expo include the $59,999-suggested VPL-W5000ES laser projector said to deliver multiple...
CES-2016
Sony Adds RX1R II, A 42.2MP Model, To Cyber-shot RX Compact Line
Sony has added an upgraded model to its RX line of palm-sized, compact Cyber-shot cameras. The new RX1R II boasts a high-resolution 42.4-megapixel full-frame...
CES-2016
Sony Launches 4K Channel on YouTube
Sony has launched its own 4K channel on YouTube in an effort to promote the 4K format and more importantly, sales of its 4K...
Car Electronics
Sony Brings High-Resolution Audio To The Dash
Sony will bring high-resolution audio to the car with the December availability of the first in-dash aftermarket head unit announced to date with high-resolution...
CES-2016
Global TV Shipments See Biggest Decline Since 2009
Global TV shipments saw their steepest decline in a quarter since Q2 2009, when worldwide demand slumped amid the global recession, according to research...
CES-2016
Sony Adds HDR To Three More 4K TVs
Sony Electronics announced it is bringing High Dynamic Range (HDR) support to three more of its 4K Ultra HD television models. In addition to...
Buying Groups
HTSA Salutes Vendors, Members At Fall Fete
Updated! The Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA) bestowed its 2015 Awards during the buying group’s annual Fall Conference in Chicago this week. Vendor...
CES-2016
Sony’s New α7S II Camera Pushes Limits Of Sensitivity
Sony Electronics added a new top-end model to its α7 lineup of full-frame mirrorless cameras, the α7S II. Offering ultra-high sensitivity to ISO 409,600...
CES-2016
Digital Smackdown: Siri Vs. Cortana Vs. M
San Francisco last month was playing the big game of “Who is it?” as everyone tried to figure out who had taken over the...
Accessories
These Are The 5 Newest Headphones To Take On Beats & Bose
Combining the IFA 2015 show in Berlin with the usual Strum und Drang of the headphones industry has the result of an overwhelming number...
CES-2016
Sony Brings 4K To Smartphones With Xperia Z5 Premium
Sony is bringing its 4K Ultra HD expertise from flat-screen TVs to smartphones. On the eve of the IFA 2015 show in Berlin, the...
CES-2016
Best Buy Tightens Apple Relationship, Expanding Apple Watch, Adding AppleCare
Best Buy is tightening its relationship with Apple. The national appliance/electronics retailer confirmed plans to roll out AppleCare extended-warranty plans in the current quarter...
CES-2016
Sony To Close (Next To) Last Store
Sony is pulling the plug on its next-to-last remaining company store. It’s Costa Mesa, Calif., showroom, located in the ginormous South Coast Plaza mall,...