It’s well-worn ground — a new premium Android smartphone is basically the same as all the others, so the company behind it throws in some unexpected, off-the-wall feature to shake things up. This week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony took that literally, introducing a new premium smartphone that rumbles along with audio, whether that’s […]
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is usually where we look to start putting our tech wish lists for the year together — and usually, that list is reasonably attainable! But, part of the fun of CES is gawking at the ludicrously expensive and fancy gadgets on display, and while we love the Scrabble-playing […]
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Sony has been doing some terrific work with their mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras, but they haven’t forgotten about their fixed-lens lineup. The RX10 is getting a refresh today with the announcement of the RX10 IV, which adds some pretty impressive autofocus and continuous shooting features to what was already a pretty impressive handheld camera. With […]
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We have to give Sony credit — it’s hard to surprise us with a camera, but they managed it! They’ve expanded their RX line of cameras with the RX0, a very expensive fixed-lens camera in a tiny box. It’s got the usual Sony quality to it, but from what we can tell, it might be the […]
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Video game consoles aren’t what they used to be. As the generation that grew up with video games now starts to have kids of their own, the video game consoles of today are becoming family entertainment hubs. Now that these consoles are virtually always connected to the internet, that poses challenges for parents who want […]
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What started as a niche retro movement has gained an unexpected amount of steam — interest in turntables and vinyl records has shot up so much that one of the major players in music is going to start producing them again. Sony has announced that they will produce and sell vinyl records again after a 28-year […]
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Sometimes, Sony announces a somewhat affordable camera that allows previously premium features to trickle down to the rest of us. This is not one of those times. Sony announced the a9 today, and make no mistake — this is meant for pros, even if it’s more of a convenience for them than anything. Why is it […]
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As is tradition come time for Mobile World Congress, a new speed king is being crowned in the kingdom of SD cards. Last year, SanDisk impressed with a microSD card boasting 275 MB/s transfer speeds, but they’re being topped this year by Sony. Sony’s new SF-G series SD cards are capable of up to 300 […]
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Ever since Samsung and Sony popped in and out of the United States OLED market a few years ago, LG has gone unchallenged in the world of OLED TVs. That’s changing at CES 2017, as Sony has announced their new line of Bravia OLED TVs. Combining the superior color contrast and spectrum of OLED with […]
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To celebrate an old video game franchise, you need an old audio product. The Final Fantasy series of video games got its start in 1987, with the release of the first game on the NES. Over the years, the series has become more associated with Sony’s video game consoles, with the fifteenth installment in the main series […]
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Sony’s been doing some impressive things in photography for ages now, but we’ve really been impressed with what they’ve released in the last few years. That continues this week — today, Sony announced the RX100 V and a6500, both of which take jumps forward in shutter speed, enabling some pretty incredible continuous shooting options. The a6500 […]
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Gaming in 4k resolution is finally coming to consoles. At a press conference today, Sony confirmed the much-rumored PlayStation Neo, which is now called the PlayStation 4 Pro. With a new CPU and GPU, the PS4 Pro can now handle 4k resolution and HDR, but it’s not quite a dream console. The PS4 Pro looks […]
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The Android smartphone turf war has one major front now — camera quality. It’s still the one smartphone feature that has the potential to improve by leaps and bounds in the near future, and it’s become one of the main reasons consumers pick one phone over another (or another, or another). It seems like Sony would […]
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Sony’s newest camera lens has its focus on the everyday user. The SEL50M28 is a full-frame 50 mm f/2.8 macro lens that works with any of their E-mount cameras. It promises to be a solid everyday lens, but it sounds like it will really shine when taking up-close shots with a narrow focus. That means […]
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It’s a good time to be a PC gamer. More and more Xbox One games will be released for both the console and Windows 10, an increasing number of third party games are getting PC ports (the quality of which admittedly varies), and now just about the whole PlayStation 3 library is becoming available. Yesterday, Sony […]
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Looks like 2016 will be the year the traditional giants of gaming stop ignoring the allure of the mobile market. After the launch of Nintendo’s long-talked about foray into smartphone games last week, Sony is following suit with the brief announcement of a new in-house studio that will be dedicated to smartphones. Sony Corporate Entertainment […]
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Sony had a fairly quiet CES this year, but one interesting thing they had on display was their new Life Space UX products. Intended to put a designer touch on home electronics, the trio of elegant devices were cool showpieces, but we were left uncertain if they would ever go on sale in the United […]
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A new kind of console war is about to break out this year, with the big three virtual reality headsets — PlayStation VR, the HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift — all scheduled for release sometime this year. With the Oculus Rift shipping out on March 28 and the Vive just a week later on April […]
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While we hesitate to use the word ‘affordable’ for a $1,000 camera, we have to admit that Sony is competing on price pretty well with the a6300, which they unveiled today in New York. The new mirrorless interchangeable lens camera improves on the cheaper a6000 model, adding a better sensor, more auto-focus and contrast detection […]
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This week at CES 2016, Sony added a reference quality turntable, the PS-HX500, to their line-up of hi-res audio products. This turntable accommodates audiophiles who love their LPs and want the best sound possible to come from them while letting you create high-quality rips of vinyl records. The PS-HX500 uses Sony’s state-of-the-art digital tech resulting […]
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Sony has been actively promoting the idea of hi-res audio since the re-release of the Walkman as a high-end audiophile product last year. Sony’s concept of hi-res audio includes high bitrate playback of uncompressed music files, along with more powerful amplifiers and digital-to-analog converters. They’ve made a couple players with that have earned the hi-res […]
