Sony Leaps Ahead On Secure DTV Displays With New DVI-HDTV Interface-Enabled Products

Sony Electronics announced its support of Digital Visual Interface (DVI) with high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) by unveiling 13 new Hi-Scan 1080iô television sets and a prototype of a second-generation high-definition receiver. The new DVI/HDCP-compliant products deliver uncompressed, copy-protected, high-definition video content through its digital DVI-HDTV interface. The television sets range in size from a 34-inch 16:9 flat-screen direct-view model in the FD TrinitronÆ WEGAÆ series to 51- to 65-inch rear-projection widescreen models. ""We are pleased to be at the forefront of this new secure format, providing a total HDTV solution through our new compliant products,"" said Tim Alessi, Director of Marketing for Sony Electronics' Visual Network Products Company. ""With cross-industry support of the DVI/HDCP interface, we hope it will bring more high quality, high-definition content that consumers have been waiting for."" DVI/HDCP has garnered cross-industry acceptance and is supported by satellite service providers like DIRECTVÆ, as well as major motion picture studios and other content providers. Sony's 2002 line-up of DVI/HDCP-enabled products include 13 new Hi-Scan 1080i television sets and a next-generation HD receiver. The award-winning FD Trinitron WEGA flat-screen direct-view television sets incorporating the new DVI-HDTV interface along with such innovative performance technologies as Digital Reality Creationô MultiFunction, HD Detailerô, ClearEdge VMô, and a new Memory StickÆ media slot include: - FD Trinitron WEGA KV-40XBR800 (40-inch, about $3,500), KV-36XBR800 (36-inch, about $2,500), and KV-34XBR800 (34-inch, 16:9 widescreen, about $3,000), available this fall - FD Trinitron WEGA KV-32HV600 (32-inch, about $2,000), KV-36HS500 (36-inch, about $2,300), and KV-32HS500 (32-inch, about $1,800), available this summer DVI-HDTV interface-incorporated new Hi-Scan 1080i rear-projection television sets featuring DRCô MultiFunction circuitry, HD Microfocusô CRT, HD Microfocus lens system and HD Detailer wideband video amp include: - KP-57WV700 (57-inch, 16:9 widescreen, about $4,200), KP-65WV700 (65-inch, 16:9 widescreen, about $4,700), both with the new Uniform Brightness Screenô technology and Memory Stick media slot, available this summer - KP-57WV600 (57-inch, 16:9 widescreen, about $3,700), KP-65WV600 (65-inch, 16:9 widescreen, about $4,200), both with Memory Stick media slot, available this summer - KP-51WS500 (51-inch, 16:9 widescreen, about $2,700), KP-57WS500 (57-inch, 16:9 widescreen, about $3,200), KP-65WS500 (65-inch, 16:9 widescreen, about $3,700), available later this fall The prototype HD receiver will feature built-in DIRECTV standard-definition, DIRECTV HD, all-format ATSC, and NTSC tuners housed in a unique silver chassis to complement Sony's latest line of television sets. Product availability and pricing will be announced this fall. 

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