Sony Bravia TVs 2012 Range

How good can a TV picture get? Can our TVs make people’s lives easier? Can we do all this and keep them looking good? These are apparently the questions Sony ask every time they create a new TV. In their latest range, Sony have promised they've improved their picture enhancement technology, X-Reality PRO, so that it enhances lower quality signals, taking them closer to HD quality, as well as making 2D & 3D images clearer.



The smart technology in Sony's picture enhancement technology – X-Reality PRO and X-Reality, is now reputedly even smarter. The X-Reality PRO in your TV knows what you’re watching even before you do. It can recognise when there’s a face on screen, or a background scene needing more detail and adjusts the picture accordingly which sounds a bit iffy to us. It also knows what type of content you’re watching – digital TV, an online video, a photo, or a DVD or Blu-ray Disc – and adjusts the picture accordingly. Hopefully it will know when not to adjust a picture accordingly too! Sony have also brought the X-Reality PRO and X-Reality picture processing to 3D content. Sony say Super Resolution now also upgrades 3D content to High Definition but we've no idea what they're talking about with that! Connectivity is at the heart of their latest TVs - isn't that the case across the board - and they all have Wi-Fi built-in

Have you ever seen a floating TV? No, not literally, but if I stay up much longer it might just happen. Sony have taken their design ethos even further giving their LED TVs a stand that makes them appear to rest on a cushion of air. They've also created new stands with integrated speakers for a higher quality sound and easel stand that’s ideal for low furniture. Even the 3D glasses have had an (overdue) makeover – so they’re now lighter in stylish sports-designs and with titanium frames

By the looks of the press release the 9 series is no more meaning no more backlit, only edge, so we're left with the following:

HX850

· X-Reality PRO
· Motionflow XR800Hz
· Dynamic Edge LED with Local Dimming
· Full HD 1080
· Sony Entertainment Network
· 4X High speed 3D panels
· Built-in Wi-Fi
· Monolithic design
· Integrated speakers
· Energy Efficiency Class A for 55” and 46” and B for 40”

HX750

· X-Reality
· Motionflow XR400Hz
· Dynamic Edge LED with Frame Dimming
· Full HD 1080
· Sony Entertainment Network
· 4X High speed 3D panels
· Built-in Wi-Fi
· Easel stand (* for 32”, 40” and 46”)
· Energy Efficiency Class A+ for 55”, A for 46” and 40” and B for 32”

EX650

· X-Reality
· Motionflow XR100Hz
· Full HD 1080
· Sony Entertainment Network
· Built-in Wi-Fi
· Easel stand
· Energy Efficiency Class A+ for 46” and A for 40” and 32”

EX550

· X-Reality
· HD Ready
· Sony Entertainment Network
· Built-in Wi-Fi
· Easel stand
· Energy Efficiency Class B

After having one of the backlit sets in the house for a while (HX923) we're very sorry to see them go, if it is the case. Here's hoping they can crack the uniformity issues!