Sony Announce 7 New XBR Series Bravia Flat Panel LCD HDTV Displays [New Sony XBR8, XBR7 & XBR6 HDTV LCD Premium Bravia Models]

Hot on the heels of announcing their up and coming HT-IS100 Bravia Theatre Micro System, Sony have also announced no less than seven new XBR Series Bravia flat panel HDTV LCD displays comprising of two new XBR8 Series LCD displays, the 55” KDL-55XBR8 and 46” KDL-46XBR8, two XBR7 Series displays, the 70” KDL-70XBR7 and 40” KDL-40XBR7, and three new XBR6 Series models, namely the 52” KDL-52XBR6, 46” KDL-46XBR6 and the 40” KDL-40XBR6.

New Sony Bravia XBR8 Series 1080p LCD HDTV Models

Powered by the Bravia 2 Pro Engine and featuring Sony’s Triluminos three-color LED backlight technology, the new 1080p KDL-55XBR8 and KDL-46XBR8, which offer 55” and 56” sized screens respectively, sport 10-bit processing, Advanced Contrast Enhancer PRO (ACE PRO) and Sony’s 120Hz Motionflow technology, the latter serving to remove ‘judder’ to improve picture clarity whilst working to double existing frame rates from 60 to 120 – thus improving picture quality when viewing fact paced action scenes such as sports – and x.v.Color compatibility which, according to Sony, ‘expands the potential color data range of video by about 1.8 times, resulting in the display of more natural and vivid colors similar to what the human eye can actually see.’

Additionally, Sony’s Digital Media Extender (DMeX) is also on offer allowing for ease of expandability and the addition of new features by offering compatibility with RAVIA DVD Link, the BRAVIA Wireless link, the BRAVIA Input Link (due to ship later this year) and the currently available BRAVIA Internet Video Link. Sony’s Digital Media Port (DMP) compatibility also puts in an appearance – allowing ease of connectivity with portable media devices, such as iPods and Sony’s Walkmans, as well as USB flash memory drives.

The new XBR8 models come with four 1080/60 24p HDMI connections (HDCP), two 1080/60p HD component inputs, a 1080/60p-capable PC input, Ethernet (RJ-45) port and a RS-232C connection.
Bravia XBR8 Series Key Features:

New Sony Bravia XBR7 Series 1080p LCD HDTV Models

Comprising of the 70” KDL-70XBR7 and 40” KDL-40XBR7, which are powered by the Bravia 2 Pro Engine and Bravia 2 EX Engine respectively, each of the new XBR7 models comes with the aforementioned Motionflow and and x.v.Color technology (as detailed above), 3D Favorite Multi-plane graphics, XMB graphic interface with TV Guide, BRAVIA Sync, DMeX and DMP compatibility.

Both the KDL-70XBR7 and KDL-40XBR7 come with four 1080/60 24p HDMI connections (HDCP), two 1080/60p component inputs, a 1080/60p PC input, Ethernet (RJ-45) port and a RS-232C connection.

Bravia XBR7 Series Key Features:

New Sony Bravia XBR6 Series 1080p LCD HDTV Models

The two new XBR6 Series models announced comprise of the 32” KDL-32XBR6 and 37” KDL-37XBR6 offering ‘space-saving’ bottom mounted speakers and, according to Sony’s press release, sport all the same features as the above detailed KDL-40XBR7 model except for their use of the Bravia 2 EX Engine and the lack of an RS-232C connection.

Bravia XBR6 Series Key Features:

Unfortunately, at the time of writing, Sony have not offered either any specific release dates or pricing details concerning their seven new XBR Series Bravia Flat Panel LCD HDTV Displays expect to say that they will become available sometime in fall ‘08 – but we will, of course, endeavour to update this post the moment more specific details are made available to us.

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