If your living room is spacious and you plan to add the best HDTV to enjoy action movies and sports with your family and friends, Sony’s models are a good choice as the manufacturer takes care not only of the quality of the image reproduced but also of the design line and price.

One example of HDTV from Sony is the Bravia W series of flat panel LCDs with full 1080p native image resolution, over 2 million pixels and a wide view. This way you can enjoy cool content with multi-channel digital audio directly from a HD Blu-ray disc player.
Bravia W series is characterized also by the advanced image processing engines such as the BRAVIA Engine EX, 10-bit display panel and processing, x.v.Color for more colors, Deep Color, 1080/24p input cable to match the Blu-ray’s content frame rate, PhotoTV HD and other technologies.

All these are encased in a 4.8-inch thin panel with a brushed metal frame design.
Sony’s HD TV not only supports the 10-bit processing but it delivers it via the specially developed 10-bit display panel, while the Bravia Engine EX full digital video processing system upgrades 480i standard definition signals from DVDs and TV broadcasts into images with 4 times the density of the original for higher detail, using the Digital Reality Creation Multi Function v1.0 technology. On the other hand, the colors are enhanced by the Live Color Creation System with WCG-CCFL backlight, which works based on advanced chroma signal processing algorithms, resulting in more natural images with deeper reds, greens and blues.

To reach 1,800:1 contrast ratio and 16,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, Sony’s HD TV counts on another high-end technology called the Advanced Contrast Enhancer, which uses real-time image processing to match the contrast with the appropriate backlight levels.
Now let’s take a look at the sound system built-in. The Sony Bravia W series comes with the S-Front Surround technology to make sounds more realistic as they are generated through the 2 speakers. This enhancement allows you to hear the same sound quality with the same volume level from any position. The TV does not require having free sides.

As we are talking about a large and impressive HD TV in your living room, we should consider the 46-inch Sony KDL-46W3000 model one possible solution. It measures 12 x 30.6 x 44.7 inches at 71.1 lbs with the pedestal, and in addition to all the technologies mentioned previously, it features Dolby Digital sound, Sound Booster, Voice Zoom, less than 0.4W power consumption in standby mode, 178 degree viewing angle, Game Mode, noise reduction, one-button Home Theater Control, LightSensor technology, Parental Control, picture freeze, power save mode, remote control with backlit, 3 HDMI connections, Component Video, Composite Video Input, Digital Audio Output, headphone out, PC Audio input, PC Video Input, and S-Video input.
It has a price of $2,499.99 and it started shipping today.

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NEC NP41 and NEC NP61 are the latest digital projectors launched by NEC Display Solutions of America on August 4. Both are mobile projectors with powerful features, destined to the corporate and educational sectors, featuring 1600:1 contrast ratio, XGA 1024 x 768 resolution, 3.5 lbs weight, 15-pin RGB, RCA, S-Video input connectors and audio input, High definition support, and 32Db operation noise.
NP41 provides 2300 lumens brightness and the NP61 features 3000 lumens, both NEC DLP projectors delivering rich colors and sharp images. They measure 246×177x72 mm.
The user can benefit from a quick start, quick cooling and automatic focus.

“The NP41 and NP61 projectors provide the powerful features required by mobile users while remaining lightweight and cost-effective,” said Rich McPherson, Product Manager at NEC Display Solutions. “Their automatic features deliver the technological innovation expected of NEC products, delivering bright and brilliant images.”

The BrilliantColor technology has 6-segment color wheel and increases the brightness and color saturation significantly, while the AutoSense synchronizes the projectors with the computer signals intuitively, featuring one-touch optimization.
With the ECO Mode technology the lamp life increases up to 40% reaching 3500 hours of operation.

The Digital Light Processing technology used by NEC DLP projectors is a technology using reflective surface made up of thousands of tiny mirrors representing pixels, instead of the 3 LCD glass panels for red, green and blue image components used by LCD projectors. Benefits of DLP projector technology include small construction for mobile use, higher contrast video with deeper black levels, higher contrast ratio, reduced pixels visibility from a specific distance.

NEC NP61 and NEC NP41 will come out next month and in September respectively, with a 2-year warranty, and will be available at $1,399 and $999.