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Sony line show 2002: home theater II

Model name: Sony FS Series
Product type: Flat-screen CRT TVs (13-, 20-, 24-, 27-, 32-, and 36-inch models)
Availability: April 2002
Cost: $250 to $1,500
What's cool about it: "Value" line; side speaker design; component-video input; three-line digital comb filter; improved audio power
 
Model name: Sony FV Series
Product type: Flat-screen CRT TVs (20-, 24-, 27-, 32-, and 36-inch models)
Availability: April 2002
Cost: $400 to $1,700
What's cool about it: Unique arc-shaped design; fully loaded value line (a step up from the FS Series); ClearEdge VM wideband scanning (for crisp image enhancement); DynaBlack video technology; two-tuner picture-in-picture; three-line digital comb filter; automatic 16:9 enhanced mode; SRS TruSurround
 
Model name: Sony DAV-C450
Product type: Home theater in a box
Availability: May 2002
Cost: $1,000
What's cool about it: Five-disc DVD/SACD/CD changer; 500-watt digital amplifier
 
Model name: Sony XBR WEGA Series
Product type: Flat-screen CRT HDTVs (34-, 36-, and 40-inch models)
Availability: Summer 2002
Cost: $2,500 to $3,500
What's cool about it: Memory Stick slot for viewing JPEGs (can up-convert images onscreen to 1080i); DVI-HDTV interface; complete control over picture quality; HD Detailer amplifies HD signal clarity; 3:2 pull-down circuitry; two-tuner picture-in-picture; SRS TruSurround sound; two HD component-video inputs
 
Model name: Sony DAV-C990
Product type: Home theater in a box
Availability: July 2002
Cost: $1,000
What's cool about it: Progressive scan; SACD and MP3 support; 600-watt digital amplifier; slim-line tower speakers
 
Model name: Sony DVP-F25
Product type: DVD player
Availability: July 2002
Cost: $200
What's cool about it: The next generation of sleek DVD players, following up the DVP-F21 with component video output and MP3 CD-R/RW playback
 
Model name: Sony DVP-CX875P
Product type: DVD player
Availability: August 2002
Cost: $200
What's cool about it: 301-disc changer; MP3 CD-R/RW playback; DVD-R/RW support, 40-disc Resume Memory function (if you stop or take out a disc, it remembers where you left off); onscreen graphical Disc Explorer
 
Model name: Sony WV Series
Product type: Wide-screen projection HDTVs (57- and 65-inch models)
Availability: August 2002
Cost: $3,700 to $4,700
What's cool about it: Trim design; Memory Stick slot for viewing JPEGs (can up-convert images onscreen to 1080i); DVI-HDTV interface; complete control over picture quality; HD MicroFocus technology for brighter and sharper pictures regardless of video source; 3:2 pull-down circuitry; two-tuner picture-in-picture; SRS TruSurround; two HD component-video inputs; will incorporate an antireflective Uniform Brightness Screen technology for better pictures at divergent viewing angles
 
Model name: Sony DVP-F41MS
Product type: DVD player
Availability: Fall 2002
Cost: $170
What's cool about it: Slick-looking player with MP3 CD-R/RW playback and Memory Stick slot; plays MP3 and ATRAC files; use it to view JPEGs on TV
 
Model name: Sony WS Series
Product type: Wide-screen projection HDTVs (51-, 57-, and 65-inch models)
Availability: October 2002
Cost: $2,700 to $3,700
What's cool about it: Trim design; Memory Stick slot for viewing JPEGs (can up-convert images onscreen to 1080i); DVI-HDTV interface; complete control over picture quality; HD MicroFocus technology for brighter and sharper pictures regardless of video source; HD Detailer video signal amplifier; TruSurround sound
 



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