posted by: Hiral Bhatt Jun 18 2009 @ 12:11 pm

Come July, Sony will launch their latest BRAVIA series in India known as the ZX1. This is another LED TV like the Samsung we reviewed the other day except for one ’small’ change. This new BRAVIA is completely wireless, which means no messy cable attachments to your TV but instead everything is hooked up to a receiver, which then streams the audio/video content to the TV.

This is the first of its kind to hit our shores giving you the complete freedom of placing all your devices like you DVD player, consoles, set-top box, etc., in one corner of the room out of sight while the TV remains clutter free.

The TV uses the BRAVIA Engine 2 that boasts of better color reproduction with Edge LED backlighting, which means the LED’s are mounted on the side rather the traditional LCD backlight array. This is how the BRAVIA is able to achieve its slimness. The screen is full HD of course with Sony’s Motionflow technology for smoother videos and a 10-bit panel for a wider color gamut. There’s no mention of the contrast ratio or max brightness levels but it’s safe to say they are at more than reasonable levels.

Bundle :

2x IR Blaster
Remote
Instruction manuals
Demo CD
Wireless Receiver

TV Viewing

Benchmarks are one way of judging a TV but the true test is watching regular cable TV, which is what you’ll be doing most of the time. Unlike the Samsung, the Sony looked a tad better mostly due to the smaller size of the TV. The programs were displayed well with no visible fringing anywhere. The quality also depends on the reception of the channels so some may look better but overall it’s good provided you’re at a suitable distance of around 9ft or more.

BluRay Streaming

This is every geeks and movie buffs dream come true, streaming 1080p content wirelessly. We played a couple of BluRay’s like The Dark Knight and Pirates of the Caribbean which looked great. Before the movie starts there is a very minute delay of a second before the video starts but after that it’s fine. The video and sound are always in synch even if you skip ahead.

One thing I should point out is that every now and then there are slight distortions that appear in the movie mainly in the borders of the image. They don’t stay for long but still its distracting if you around six-seven ft from the TV. This only happens when data is streamed wirelessly because when I wired the PS3 to the TV, I didn’t get it.

USB Mode

The Media Receiver houses a USB port but with very limited functionality as it only supports photos. It can read NTFS file system so you can plug in a bigger hard drive. There is photo frame option which displays a still image for a set amount of time. Due to the design of the TV it can easily pass for one very expensive painting.

Sourced from: www.techtree.com