Sony introduces BRAVIA V4500 LCD HDTVs in Europe

Look out world, er, Europe, as Sony is debuting a new trio of LCD HDTVs in your neck of the woods. The BRAVIA V4500 line consists of a 26-, 32- and 37-inch model, each of which posses a WXGA (1,360 x 768) panel and the company's own BRAVIA ENGINE 2 technology. You'll also find a 33,000:1 contrast ratio on the smaller two, and the whole lot packs 178-degree viewing angles, BRAVIA Sync and a built-in HD tuner for snagging DVB-T / DVB-C signals where available. There's also the Picture Frame Mode for turning your set into a digital art canvas (USB port included for image viewing), and the three HDMI inputs ensure that your PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and hacked up Atari Jaguar won't be fighting for sockets. Unfortunately, mum's the word on a price / release date.

Gallery: Sony introduces BRAVIA V4500 LCD HDTVs in Europe

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[Silas Miller @ May 5th 2008 11:26AM]

Why WXGA? Am I missing something?

[Joe @ May 5th 2008 11:50AM]

Yes, very strange. I think it's about time all HDTVs were 1080p... These TVs are not future proof. What's the point?

[giantenemycrab @ May 5th 2008 11:54AM]

Honestly, 42" TVs and under don't benefit from 1080p. They are too small for the added pixels to make any noticeable difference.. So, really, all 1080p adds to these TVs are increased price.

[Popstand @ May 5th 2008 11:52AM]

I wish they would retire the piano black bezel. I hate the mirror effect these things create, and you can barely find a TV without one anymore.

[kingofwale @ May 5th 2008 12:17PM]

Those are 26, 32 and 37 inch models, there's no sense for them to be 1080P, you won't see a difference at that screen size.

I do like the design, how much does it cost?

Too bad I just got a KDL32M3000

[Notung @ May 5th 2008 12:39PM]

Sony in Europe has many series, and we are starting to get really annoyed.

We have de S, P, D, M, V, W, X.... 3000, 3500, 4000, stock in small and department stores is ridiculously high.
They upgrade them every 6 to 12 months, prices are cheaper with every new one with better specs, and retail channel does not change prices of old sets because they really bought them at that price. So there is no way a small store is going to lose money on Sony for free. And people gets confused at the store, and will be probably buying an old set for a high price.
They should ditch some letters.

There is huge ovelap in specs between series and quite frankly, how much is going to be this V? 37" 1.200 EURO?
You get a 40" W for 1.500 with the frackin' Full HD or even a Samsung M 40" for less than 1.000 EURO

Furthermore, this V is exactly the same external design that the W without the silver?

This guys are starting to look like Apple...

The commercial team of LCD TV at Sony should be fired or executed in a public square, they are annoying their own sales with absurd millimetric segmentation and making their own marketing/production costs higher.

[Wouter @ May 5th 2008 2:00PM]

Actually, the two bigger models feature a 1920*1080p panel. Only the smallest model has 1360*768

[Silas Miller @ May 5th 2008 2:21PM]

that sounds more reasonable.

[LondonConsultant @ May 5th 2008 4:53PM]

@Wouter: You're talking rubbish! Provide a link...

[BobTurbo @ May 5th 2008 10:04PM]

Sony, thanks for screwing up a good lcd with visual accents (that glass bit) and glossy crap.

[BobTurbo @ May 5th 2008 10:08PM]

I would prefer even 32" were 1080p because for one it takes the scaler and associated problems that could cause out of the equation for a lot of new content, and secondly it makes it more suitable as a computer monitor.

[Robstero @ May 6th 2008 8:07AM]

Those roadmaps leaked a while back (http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/14/sony-bravia-xbr-2008-roadmap-leaked/) apparently give us some release dates.