New Sony LCDs with Hi-Vision

[Filip Norrgard]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sony.jp%2FCorporateCruise%2FPress%2F200501%2F05-0120%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8' target='_blank'>http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sony.jp%2FCorporateCruise%2FPress%2F200501%2F05-0120%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8</a><br /><br /></div>Sony has announced a new LCD flat screen TV series with built-in digital terrestrial tuner for the Japanese market. The Vega KDL-S series will support a "hi-vision" resolution that, in reality, corresponds to a PC monitor with XGA resolution. The new Sony LCDs will furthermore feature a VGA connector and a LAN connector according to the press release. The press release in original language is <a href="http://www.sony.jp/CorporateCruise/Press/200501/05-0120/">here</a> (the other link leads to the machine translated page).<br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/SonyHiTech.jpg" /><br /><br />The usefulness of a LAN connector is a slight mystery to me though. The linked page points out that the TV is fan-less, which I thought most TVs were. Also, what is up with the "hi-vision" renaming of XGA resolution? Is Sony trying to pull off a memory stick or an Atrac on the world market? :?