Sony has launched a unique television set for the UK market, which comes embedded with Sony’s 10-year old PS2 console. It’s a smart move by Sony and though I would love to see a similar offering being brought to India, Sony currently has no plans to sell this 22-incher anywhere outside UK.

The Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300 is being sold by Richer Sounds for about $300 and features 4 HDMI ports, 3 USB ports (disappointingly, 2 are USB 1.1) and two Ethernet ports. The TV does not support full HD which is understandable if you want to use it only for PS2 gaming.

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Mitsubishi’s latest tech will help you to make the full HD content look more in-depth and detailed. This unnamed technology helps to upscale 1080p content to higher resolution of 4K x 2K. However, despite it being able to churn a larger than the current 1080 resolution, the technology does not support Blu-ray upscaling. It only supports HDMI 1.4.

Mitsubishi is planning to integrate this technology in future 4K x 2K TVs to attract buyers to go for these sets instead of full HD ones.

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In the bustle of 3D TVs and e-book readers, Haier was showing an interesting product on the CES show floor. Haier introduced a prototype of a wireless HD television that was powered from the energy created by a nearby magnetic field.

Haier’s TV was using MIT’s WiTricity technology that converts the AC power to a higher frequency which is fed to a coil (power source). The current fed to the source then creates an oscillating magnetic field and the device to be powered captures it with the help of an integrated power capture coil, which then converts to AC or DC current as per the device’s specifications.

No word on the expected availability but if we were to make a wild guess, it should be sometime in late 2010 or early next year.

Samsung has announced the 8500 Series LED TV, its new flagship model of the HDTV lineup. Coming in sizes of 46- and 55-inches, the Touch of Color (ToC) painted TVs pack a lot of features, better picture quality and connectivity options.

The feature set boasts a full HD playback, 7,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 2ms response time, 240Hz refresh rate to reduce motion blur, DLNA certified, 2GB internal memory, Internet@TV, widgets, local dimming and MPEG4/DivX/MP3/JPEG decoders.

The TV has abundant A/V connectivity options that includes 4 HDMI inputs, 2 USB 2.0, Component, Ethernet, Optical Audio output and a PC input.

The TVs will hit the retail shelves in September at a price of $3,600 (46-inch) and $4,500 (55-inch).

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Sharp released DX Series of LCD TVs in Japan that boast to be the world’s first TV with integrated Blu-ray players. This means a user can insert a BD disc into the TV and enjoy the movie right away without the need to own an additional Blu-ray player for it. It sure is nifty but one thing that can damp your expectations is that this one’s HD ready, capable of playing at 1366×768 resolution. But if that’s not your concern, the TV could be a good buy when it comes out on June 20 in Black or White for 150,000 Yen (almost $1600).

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The IFA exhibition in Berlin is buzzing with new and exciting products. This time it’s Toshiba with their HDTV able to upscale standard video content to almost 1080p. The Regza ZF series is the most advanced TV line from them and it is rightly so. The Regza ZF TVs integrate Resolution+ technology which is nothing but cell processor algorithms for calculating waveforms of different images and combining the pixels to add more depth and vividness in the picture.

On the audio front, it has a discreet Onkyo speaker system coupled with SRS WOW and bass boost. It has 3 HDMI inputs, Component, Composite, S-Video and Side AV inputs. The video upscaler TVs will come in options of 40-inch or 46-inch. 40-inch will cost around $2400. No word on pricing of the latter.

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