Well, I seem to recall that received inductive power decreases as the square of the distance, so if the thing receives 75% (60 W) of the original 80-W input at 50 cm, you'll get only 4 W at 100 cm and 1 W at 200 cm--about 6.5 ft. This assumes an isotropic signal, which may not be the case, but it's still a valid rule-of-thumb calculation. The bottom line is that either Sony engineers are a bunch of morons or someone in their PR department is playing with the media to get free publicity.
And for you all who are worried about harmful effects, I regret having to tell you this, but any electricity moving through wires generates radiation, so it's all over you all the time. That's why your blender causes static on the TV. My recommendation is that you wrap yourself in aluminum foil and keep your head in a metallic mesh bag. Better safe than sorry.
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Well, I seem to recall that received inductive power decreases as the square of the distance, so if the thing receives 75% (60 W) of the original 80-W input at 50 cm, you'll get only 4 W at 100 cm and 1 W at 200 cm--about 6.5 ft. This assumes an isotropic signal, which may not be the case, but it's still a valid rule-of-thumb calculation. The bottom line is that either Sony engineers are a bunch of morons or someone in their PR department is playing with the media to get free publicity.
And for you all who are worried about harmful effects, I regret having to tell you this, but any electricity moving through wires generates radiation, so it's all over you all the time. That's why your blender causes static on the TV. My recommendation is that you wrap yourself in aluminum foil and keep your head in a metallic mesh bag. Better safe than sorry.
Oops. Make that 15 W at 100 cm and 3.75 at 200.