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Sony's designer Esprit HDTV
It's a briefcase, it's a TV,
it's a briefcase. No, it's a radical new concept TV from Sony which was
showcased this month in Japan. Dubbed the Esprit TAV-L1, this TV Transformer is
designed for those people that want speaker cabinets that turn into TVs at the
flick of a switch. It is quite clever though, behind all that gimmickry. The
front grille slides down to reveal a 32in Bravia LCD high-defintion TV (HDTV) with in-built DVD player.
There’s a 100W subwoofer built into the unit that will significantly beef up
the sound from the 2.1 stereo speakers, each of which is capable of firing out
50W. Sony’s S4 processing is used to provide virtual surround. A 40in unit is
expected next even though this one won’t ship until May. It will cost about
£4,000. More here.
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