True to rumours, Sony revealed a new OLED TV yesterday at CES. The display itself appears to be just as thin as LG’s new 2.5mm-thick OLED W7, but where the LG OLED puts the speakers in a giant soundbar you can position anywhere near the TV, the Sony set uses the display itself as the speaker.
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While the idea of making the display itself a speaker is a cool one, it also means you’re going to have some issues mounting Sony’s new Bravia XBR-A1E OLED on a wall. In order to make the display a speaker, Sony mounted two actuators to the back of the display. They vibrate the display (Sony claims you’ll see no vibration, even during extremely loud playback) to produce the sound.
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The rest of the guts of the TV, including all the inputs, have been offloaded to an enormous rear-facing subwoofer that doubles as the TV’s stand. This design choice is in line with what we’ve seen from LG and Samsung at CES — moving all the guts away from the super thin display.
And it’s a gorgeous display, rendering images as complex as heated glass realistically. Sony says that it will also support all three of the current HDR formats: HDR10, Dolby Vision and the new Hybrid Log Gamma.
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Sony’s new OLED will be available later this year in 55-inch, 65-inch and 75-inch models. And as flagship televisions, you can expect to spend all of your money on them. Previous Sony flagships have started at well over $US6000 ($8,170).
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