Are all Sony TVs now BRAVIAs?

[darkprime]

I remember a couple years ago when Sony released their first bravia tvs. These were their top of the line sets and truely were very nice. Now it seems like every tv I can find by Sony is a Bravia. So, did sony name all of their TVs bravia?

[Blu-Style]

All Sony TV´s are called BRAVIA... aren´t they ?

Never saw one without the word...

[darkprime]

The sony tv in my living room is not a bravia. It's a 60" SXRD (A6000 series I think) that I bought just after Chirstmast last year).

[lch]

bravia is the general name for sony lcd tv line.
whether sxrd, w, x, ... is all call bravia.
just like previously all their crt is call trinitron, cassette/cd/md/mp3 is call walkman.

[Robmx]

My 27" CRT Sony is a WEGA..... Bravia's are the Sony LCD line.

[Brandon B]

darkprime -

Are they not now calling the SXRD units WEGAs now?

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[me_inside]

Originally Posted by darkprime

I remember a couple years ago when Sony released their first bravia tvs. These were their top of the line sets and truely were very nice. Now it seems like every tv I can find by Sony is a Bravia. So, did sony name all of their TVs bravia?

Yes, all Sony LCDs are Bravias. However, they have about 3-4 different lines (M series,V series, XBR etc) with XBR being the top.

[gand41f]

Originally Posted by lch

bravia is the general name for sony lcd tv line.
whether sxrd, w, x, ... is all call bravia.
just like previously all their crt is call trinitron, cassette/cd/md/mp3 is call walkman.

Not sure what you mean by that comment about SXRD, that's rear projection. But yes, at least all the U.S. TVs are called Bravia, including SXRD and LCD rear projection TVs.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...categoryId=559

By the way, "Trinitron" actually referred to a specific CRT technology with a specific patent. Sony may have at one point only be manufacturing Trinitron TVs, but it's not correct to infer that they just branded all their TVs "Trinitron" -- it wasn't just a marketing name.

enjoy
gandalf

[jd213]

My Sony LCoS (SXRD) projector is also labeled as a Bravia, but it's a Japanese model so it's possible they might not be labeled as such in the US.

Edit: looks like it is labeled as a Bravia in the US according to a quick google search.

[darkprime]

I don't think SXRD's are called WEGAs now. I think they just say the model number for those.

So it does seem like the LCDs are all bravia now afterall.

[Kirsty_Mc]

Originally Posted by Robmx

My 27" CRT Sony is a WEGA..... Bravia's are the Sony LCD line.

From what I gather, Bravias are the LCD panels which are fully specced for HD (ie with HDMI) I have an old Sony HD LCD in the bedroom with only component connections and it's a WEGA. Their later flat CRTs were also labelled as WEGAs.

Originally Posted by gand41f

...By the way, "Trinitron" actually referred to a specific CRT technology with a specific patent. Sony may have at one point only be manufacturing Trinitron TVs, but it's not correct to infer that they just branded all their TVs "Trinitron" -- it wasn't just a marketing name.

enjoy
gandalf

Correct... The Trinitron tube used an aperture grille rather than a shadow mask. It also curved in one direction only as opposed to other tubes which curved in both directions. Many other manufacturers started making clones when the patents expired, dumping their own designs

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by Blu-Style

All Sony TV´s are called BRAVIA... aren´t they ?

Never saw one without the word...

previous generation i believe is called wega (I own 2 of them), and another previous generation is trinitron (own 1 of them)

[lch]

yes, i know trinitron is name due to the way their crt is made differently from others which make it references standard (until now i think many filmmaker still like to use them for on-site playback) and they are flat vertically which at that period of time almost all crt are slightly cone.
but they also use it as a marketing name.

wega are those flat screen crt series and those earlier lcd tv.

[BTBuck1]

B-R-A-V-I-A stands for "Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture"


BRAVIA is a Sony brand used to market its high-definition LCD televisions as well as front and rear projection TVs. All new Sony high-definition flat-panel LCD televisions in North America now carry the BRAVIA logo. The BRAVIA brand is also used on mobile phones, including the FOMA SO903iTV, developed by Sony Ericsson for NTT DoCoMo.[1][2]
The name BRAVIA replaces the "LCD WEGA" brand name which Sony LCD TVs used up until Summer 2005 (early promotional photos exist of the first BRAVIA TVs still bearing the WEGA name).