Eyes-on: Sony's XBR10 LCD and its wireless video streaming box

We know, it's easy to be distracted by the sexy, slim BRAVIA LCD HDTV in front of you, but refocus your eyes for a moment on that unassuming box to the lower right. Given a distinct lack of (read: none) media inputs on the screen itself, that little devices is where all your HDMI, coax and other video sources will be going. With it's $5,000 pricetag the ability to hide DVR's, game consoles and whatever else well away from the television itself is a major selling point so feel free to peruse these pictures (no iPhone comparisons, we promise) and get familiar before this set hits shelves in October.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:27PM]

$5000? you could get a maybe 70" led tv?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:28PM]

but im rich B..ITCH so i can get both

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:30PM]

Whats an LED TV? Do you mean an LED back-lit LCD TV? sorry had to ha ha

Also wonder what size you get for the 5K

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:30PM]

I wanna have one of these in my big room in the front of the beach at the Black Sea!;)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 8:04PM]

Yeah. $5000. Kinda confusing, I thought it was 22" OLED for 2x price of 11" model.
But LCD... no, thanks but no.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 9:25PM]

Wow, all that money and they still can't fix a comment system?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 2:19AM]

@Daniel
$165,000. a day??
Are you high on crack??? (it seems another was earlier today so it would not be a surprise)
How do 1.5 million unique readers only make up like 300 comments for some of the biggest articles. I am sorry but if something like the PS3 slim could only get just under 300 comments, i doubt there is one commenter per 500 'unique visitors'.

Why am i arguing this? i do not even know.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:28PM]

To bad its not a Samsung....
Wonder whats the wireless distance of the box is. Hopefully at least 10 Feet

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 11:41PM]

samung's have no feeling inside

[Meekermoloko Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:28PM]

Nice.

Gonna have to wait a while for this, though.

Hopefully, competition will bring this down to a reasonable price before too long.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:32PM]

You couldn't not mention iphone could you?


j/k :p

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:33PM]

The reflection of that guy is REALLY creepy!

[MJGAMER 1991 XBL Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:42PM]

Is it just me or is the chick starring at his ass?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 10:22PM]

That guy is a chick? O.o

[Bud92 Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:37PM]

Wow , the tv is so thin.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:38PM]

I love it but, it's too much coin. This year especially, i mean c'mon Sony.Bank on Sammy selling more LED's..

[Meekermoloko Posted Sep 9th 2009 7:42PM]

You do have to still plug it in though, right?

They need to push that wireless electricity already.
http://www.witricity.com/

[petepete Posted Sep 9th 2009 8:14PM]

do you guys take photos from your lg chocolate or something?? what is this?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 8:26PM]

Damn I picked up a XBR9 back in May when they first came out, too bad i promised wifey I was going to keep this one for more than a year this time, hopefully she will like the idea of hiding our equipment.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 9:43PM]

Doesn't the PS3 stream? Why get anything else from Sony?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 12:30AM]

why they don't sell just wireless component seperately?
I desperately need one, but I can't find it.

yoda at http://onioning.com/yoda

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 2:24AM]

You could just buy an HDMI cable and string it through the wall for like $50, not $5,000

[Darren Pillans Posted Sep 10th 2009 3:02AM]

Wait a minute, something is not right here.

XBR10?

It appears to be exactly the same as the ZX5.

What's the difference?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 10:36AM]

Hi Darren - USA models are XBR - UK is ZX

[Nathan Woller Posted Sep 10th 2009 11:35AM]

The real questions is whether or not the boxes are interchangeable for new audio/video connections technologies. Quite impressive nonetheless.