Sony’s Smallest BRAVIA Is Ready

When it comes to LCD TVs, it seems today the battle between the industry's giants is reduced to screen size, digital image enhancement chips, connectivity, and as many features as possible, with each new model. Anyway, while some like it big, others like their TV to be easy to carry around, and some would go as far as to carry their TV in the pocket. Exactly for them, Sony created the smallest BRAVIA model so far, XDV-G500, as well as the XDV-G200, which is just a bit different...

First, we have "the little brother", namely Sony XDV-G200, with the looks of a regular MP3 player, but incorporating a TV tuner, as well as a FM/AM radio tuner. The XDV-G200 also has a 2-inchd QVGA screen, and has an autonomy of 8h for watching TV and 18h for only listening to your favorite radio stations. It has only 87g, and 58 X 92 X 14mm in size.

Next, we have the smallest BRAVIA so far, the XDV-G500. The "BRAVIA Pocket TV", as Sony calls it, has the same TV and radio tuners as the smaller XDV-G200, but features 2GB of internal memory which can be used to record video footage from TV stations, a larger 3-inch WQVGA TFT screen, and enhanced autonomy when operating in radio mode, up to 27h. This model is 20g heavier than its "little brother", and has 98 x 59 x 14.3mm in size.

Currently, there is no information about when these devices are going to be available in Europe or US, and not even its pricing in Japan is available, but be sure we'll give you all the info you need to grab one, as soon as we find out!