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Sony launches 3D Blu-ray Home Theatre System: BDV-N990W
Sony India today introduced the BDV-N990W 3D Blu-ray Home Theatre System.

BDV-N990W features Sony’s S-Master Full Digital Amplifier. It is also capable of reproducing a wide dynamic range and frequency response, the S-Master efficiently delivers higher quality sound. With Sony’s unique ‘3D Surround‘ technology, this system delivers an ever-realistic 3D sound experience with incredible depth and presence for Blu-ray or broadcast content by creating an optimized virtual sound field.

With Wi-Fi built into BDV-N990W, users can easily access, enjoy and share a wider range of online entertainment.

The new Home Theatre System is DLNA certified, allowing convenient content transfer with compatible devices. Users can enjoy music and photos stored on their Smartphone or Tablet on a grander scale, by simply using the throw function to transfer content to the Home Theatre Systems quickly and easily. The same applies for music or photos stored on PC, where users can simply access them via home network and play them back on the big screen. For more convenience; users can set up their mobile devices as remote control for the entertainment system. With Media Remote and Remote Keyboard application, Sony Tablet or Smartphone can be used to adjust the settings or can be used as a keyboard for typing. Users can also dock their compatible iPhone® or iPod® and charge it via USB while listening to playback music.

BDV-N990W is priced at Rs. 39,990 and is available at all Sony Center and major electronic stores across India.

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Sony launches 3D Blu-ray Home Theatre System: BDV-N990W

Powerful audio and sharper picture combined with Wi-Fi connectivity
- High Definition Audio and Video
- Wireless surround amplifiers make positioning equipment hassle-free
- Wi-Fi connectivity for convenient access to Internet and online content
- Stylish design and feather touch buttons
- Multiple format playability (MKV,MP4 and AVC)
New Delhi, 12^th July, 2012: Sony India introduced BDV-N990W, the latest 3D Blu-ray Home Theatre System. It defines the next generation of home entertainment with richer & powerful sound, sharper & clearer picture and wireless connectivity to a wide range of online entertainment content. BDV-N990W enhances video content immensely, thereby creating an ultimate 3D viewing experience in Full HD.

Setting new standards in sound with 3D Blu-ray Home Theatre System

BDV-N990W features Sony’s S-Master Full Digital Amplifier. It is also capable of reproducing a wide dynamic range and frequency response, the S-Master efficiently delivers higher quality sound. With Sony’s unique ‘3D Surround‘ technology, this system delivers an ever-realistic 3D sound experience with incredible depth and presence for Blu-ray or broadcast content by creating an optimized virtual sound field.

The newly launched 3D Blu-ray Home Theatre System has curved lines and slender satellite speakers, inspired by Sony’s distinctive Monolithic design concept. The speakers’ two-way setting layout provides the flexibility needed for various home-décor arrangements by allowing users to position the speakers vertically or horizontally.

BDV-N990W is equipped with innovative, compact and energy-efficient Magnetic Fluid Speakers that use ferrofluid (ferromagnetic fluid) instead of dampers to delivers virtually flawless, distortion-free sound. BDV-N990W features four streamlined and elegant floor stand speakers that deliver powerful total output of 1,000W.

Convenient connectivity

With Wi-Fi built into BDV-N990W, users can easily access, enjoy and share a wider range of online entertainment.

The new Home Theatre System is DLNA certified, allowing convenient content transfer with compatible devices. Users can enjoy music and photos stored on their Smartphone or Tablet on a grander scale, by simply using the throw function to transfer content to the Home Theatre Systems quickly and easily. The same applies for music or photos stored on PC, where users can simply access them via home network and play them back on the big screen. For more convenience; users can set up their mobile devices as remote control for the entertainment system. With Media Remote and Remote Keyboard application, Sony Tablet or Smartphone can be used to adjust the settings or can be used as a keyboard for typing. Users can also dock their compatible iPhone® or iPod® and charge it via USB while listening to playback music.

Streamlined design with a touch of elegance

BDV-N990W feature a stylishly slim, sculptural design inherited from Sony’s Monolithic Design concept that fits well into the modern home décor. The black piano-finish surface is fingerprint-proof and the slot-in disc drive gracefully integrates into the streamlined player. BDV-N990W features a flexible layout where 2-way setting is made possible as the player can be placed flat or 30 degrees tilted. Thanks to the specially designed dot pattern, the control board surface remains clean and free of fingerprints even after repeated usage.

BDV-N990W is priced at Rs. 39,990 and is available at all Sony Center and major electronic stores across India.

About Sony India Pvt. Ltd.

Sony India is one of the most recognized consumer electronics brand in the country, with a reputation for new age technology, digital concepts and excellent after sales service. In India, Sony has its footprint across all major towns and cities in the country through a distribution network comprising of over 10,400 dealers and distributors, 270 exclusive Sony outlets and 23 direct branch locations. Sony India also has a strong service presence across the country with 255 service outlets. Manned by customer friendly and informed sales persons, Sony’s exclusive stores ‘Sony Center’ are fast becoming the most visible face of the company in India. A distinctive feature of Sony’s service is their highly motivated and well-trained staff that provides the kind of attentive and sensitive service that is rare today.

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July 16, 2012
The Parrot Asteroid – The Next Generation of In Car Entertainment

From the makers of the much acclaimed Parrot AR Drone, a quadricopter for the iPhone, comes a new product for your car. They have designed an Android powered in car entertainment system supporting maps and attractions, voice calling, weather, and other applications in addition to providing radio and music playback.

The device fits into the head-unit of a standard 1-DIN car, and features a 3.2 inch LCD as well as tactile buttons and a jog dial to control the various features of the device. Many of the Asteroid’s features can also be controlled via voice input. It is able to connect to the Internet via your smart phone or a separate 3G dongle, and the device can also connect to an external GPS to provide its location based services. With the help of the Fuel for Less app, the Asteroid can display the nearest petrol pump, and can also display the prices of the various fuels offered. The device has another app called iCoyote which can warn users of upcoming speed and red light cameras as well as traffic jams and accidents.

For music playback, the device integrates with iPod, iPhone, USB or SD card sources, analog players, bluetooth stereo, and FM and Internet radio and is equipped with a built-in amplifier and sub-woofer. For digital sources, all music can be accessed by voice with the ‘vocal music search’ that responds to the names of artist or albums in users’ music libraries.

The Asteroid will be available from October 2011 and will retail for around $200.

August 31, 2011
The Wind Cube – A Modular Green Power System

The Wind Cube is a modular green energy power system that has been designed by Chen Liao Hsun for urban household use. “The concept,”he says, “is to use three-dimensional wind fields to make up for the insufficiency of two-dimensional ones.” Each individual unit can produce around 100 W of electricity which translates into an estimated 21.6 KWh a month. For an average family of 4 members, a total of 15 Wind Cube units would be enough to take them off the grid.

This concept provides many advantages over traditional windmills. Each unit is designed to fit into adjacent units to form a hexagonal honey-comb structure which is very sturdy. Each unit is also designed with telescopic blades which can be pulled out when a gentle breeze is blowing and can be retracted during rough and stormy weather. In terms of installation, the units have been designed so that they plug into each other to automatically form a circuit and they have a three step installation process.

While the real life efficiency of these devices is yet to be tested, it just might turn out that the honey-comb structure would be strong enough to set these up as a fence. This would perhaps increase the efficiency of these devices by providing them with an advantage in terms of wind speeds as compared to units that are installed against a wall.

August 30, 2011
Outrun – The Only Racing Game That Drives As You Play

Game maker SEGA has come up with a very interesting concept video game. The game is called Outrun and it is basically a prototype video-game car that has been designed by artist-scientist Garnet Hertz. It combines a car shaped arcade cabinet with an electric golf cart and some custom software. It all comes together in a video game system that you can actually drive! Creator Garnet Hertz had this to say:

‘Outrun [is designed] to de-simulate the driving component of a video game: where game simulations strive to be increasingly realistic (usually focused on graphics), this system pursues ‘real’ driving through the game. Additionally, playing off the game-like experience one can have driving with an automobile navigation system, Outrun explores the consequences of using only a computer model of the world as a navigation tool for driving.‘

The windshield of the Outrun vehicle has some custom software which can convert the drivers movements in the video game into movement of the car in real life. It also converts the scenes from real life into an 8-bit style race course in which the driver drives the car.

August 8, 2011
New Software Allows Unlimited Detail In Games

Computer games have come a long way since the days of Pacman and Mario. In today’s day, all the cool 3D graphics that you see are made up of polygons. Polygons are nothing but flat images that are joined together to create an object in 3D. The higher the number of polygons, the greater the viewing detail.

Game developers have been trying very hard for a number of years to increase the polygon count in the games they make. However, computers face a problem when it comes to increased polygon counts. The higher the number of polygons, the greater processing power it takes to render all those polygons. Its because of this limitation that you will find games that have superb detail on one side of an object, while the other side is just a plain texturized image. Putting a cap on the number of polygons leads to a lot of compromises: You want a super detailed character? No problem, but then your world will look bland.

An Australian company called Euclideon has developed a game engine that does away with polygons and instead replaces them with point clouds that are made up of individual ‘atoms’. So doesn’t increasing the number of objects on screen slow down everything? Well you’d think so but the company says that it has made it work and your computer will make it work too. The company has developed a 1 sq km island using their game engine and each speck of dirt on that island is made up of millions of these ‘atoms’ per cubic inch.

The plus side to this is that the graphics are amazing. Simply put, polygons just cant cope with the kind of quality that the Euclideon ‘atoms’ can create. The curves that are generated with the ‘atoms’ are amazingly smooth and the level of detail is through the roof. You can quite literally see each individual grain of sand. In the next few years, computer games are going to make a huge leap forward in terms of graphics and we’re very exited about this technology and can’t wait for the company to deliver this game engine into the hands of game developers. Watch the video below for a demo of the engine in action:

August 3, 2011
Android 3.2 All Set For Release On A Tablet Near You
Google’s latest update to its Android Platform is all set to come to a tablet near you. The new version is an incremental release which adds several new updates for developers as well as users. The new version includes many changes to the Android API.

A few highlights for the new version:
- Support for multiple screen sizes which allows developers to create apps for various screen sizes, not just 10.1 inch.
- A new compatibility mode which renders applications in a smaller screen area and then stretches the rendered image to fill the screen.
- Media files can be directly loaded from the SD Card in apps that use them and a new module that allows applications to use the system media library.
- An extended screen support API that allows developers to have precise control over the user interface across the range of Android powered devices. It also allows developers to target specific screens based on their dimensions.
Motorola has already begun to roll out the 3.2 update to its Xoom tablet. Other tablet candidates for the 3.2 update include Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, Acer’s Iconia Tab 500 and Toshiba’s Thrive. Huawei made an announcement last month for what it claims to be the worlds first 7 inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb Tablet which has a dual-core processor.
July 20, 2011
iOS Is Still Bigger Than Android

Over 15,000,000,000 apps have been downloaded by some 200,000,000 users from the Apple App Store. In total, the App Store has around 425,000 applications available for sale. Last Thursday, Google announced that over 6,000,000,000 app downloads had been made by some 135,000,000 users form the Google Marketplace, which has around 250,000 applications available for sale.

The growth of Android is spurred on by the release of new Android smart phones and tablets in the market. While the tablets might not be able to dislodge the iPad from the top spot, the smart phones are giving the iPhone a run for its money. Google CEO Larry Page said that new Android devices are activated at a rate of around 50,000 per day. Despite the number of activations, the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch still lead the pack.

At present, Apple’s iOS remains the number one mobile operating system but speculation is ripe that its just a matter of time before Android overtakes iOS to become the leading mobile operating system.

July 18, 2011
Convert 2D display to a 3D display with the Pic3D Film

Japanese company Global Wave, has come up with a technology that can convert a 2D display into a 3D display. They have developed a film that can be stuck onto any display, which allows you to enjoy 3D content. The film works on all devices including smartphones, Monitors and even the iPhone and iPad.

The film is called the Pic3D and is based on a lenticular lens system which basically creates 2 serperate images, one for the left eye and one for the right, at slightly different perspectives, which creates the illusion of depth. The film was designed to be used with stereoscopic content. In case you have regular 2D content, you can download the software from the company’s website and it allows you to view the regular 2D content in 3D.

The film allows 90% of the screens brightness through with viewing angles as wide as 120^o. The film will be available from the Global Wave website in August with prices ranging from $25 for the iPhone and iPod Touch to $189 for a 23″ display film.

July 6, 2011