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BRAVIA is an in house brand owned by Sony which produces high-definition LCD televisions, projection TVs and front projectors, home cinemas and the "BRAVIA Home Theatre" range for its parent company Sony KK. The name is an acronym of "Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture".

All Sony high-definition flat-panel LCD televisions in North America have carried the logo for BRAVIA since 2005.

BRAVIA replaces the "LCD WEGA" which Sony used for their LCD TVs until Summer 2005 (early promotional photos exist of the first BRAVIA TVs still bearing the WEGA moniker).

Bravia televisions and their components are manufactured in Sony's plants in Japan, Mexico, and Slovakia for their respective regions and are also assembled from imported parts in Brazil, Spain, China and Malaysia. Principal design work for BRAVIA products is performed at Sony's research facilities in Japan, at the research and development department at the Sony de Mexico facility in Baja California, Mexico and at the Sony Europe facility in Nitra, Slovakia.

The brand is also used on mobile phones in North American, Japanese and European markets.

Bravia's Flagship X series as of October 2008

List of Sony BRAVIA televisions

BRAVIA KDL-46X2000 LCD.

Sony's BRAVIA series HDTV

Accessories

In April 2007, Sony launched the BRAVIA TDM-IP1, a docking cradle to permit playback of audio and video hosted on an Apple iPod on a BRAVIA model television.
Current accessories available include a Skype Camera (CMUBR100) and WiFi adapter (UWABR100).

Sony Bravia Internet TV and Video

Sony Bravia Internet Video first became available in late 2009 on Internet enabled Bravia TV's, later becoming available on Sony Blu-ray and home theatre systems. The original Bravia Internet Video was built around Sony's XMB interface and had several streaming media partners including: Amazon Video On Demand, YouTube, Yahoo!, Netflix and Sony Video (Qriocity).[4] 2011 saw a revamp of Bravia Internet Video, with a rework of the interface and an added Skype capability.

Sony Bravia Internet TV is the first TV to incorporate Google TV, currently only available in the US it plans to revolutionise IPTV.

They were released into the US marketplace starting in September 2008.

The 46- and 55-inch models of the XBR8 series features an RGB LED backlight system which Sony calls Triluminos. The new backlight system is claimed to provide a truer and higher color spectrum and allows this series of televisions to rival plasma displays in terms of dark blacks. This model also marked the debut of Sony's new video processor, the BRAVIA Engine 2 Pro. The display panel uses ten-bit processing and offers the 120 Hz MotionFlow technology.

The XBR8 line offers two screen sizes; the 46" (KDL-46XBR8) was released on September 29, 2008. The second model, the 55" (KDL-55XBR8) became available for order in October.


Green TV

For sale in Japan on July 30, Sony's green product, a new flat-panel 32-inch TV for 150,000 yen (US$ 1,400; € 900) BRAVIA KDL-32JE1 offers ecological consumers the advantage of 70% less energy consumption than regular models with same image quality. For consumers who rely on electricity generated from carbon dioxide emitting sources, it reduces carbon dioxide emissions totaling 79 kilograms (174 pounds) a year.[8][9]

Mobile phones

BRAVIA brand phones produced by Sony Ericsson Japan. BRAVIA brand phones are able to watch 1seg terrestrial television.
For NTT DoCoMo
FOMA SO903iTV (Released in June 2007)
FOMA SO906i (Released in June 2008)
For au by KDDI
U1 (Released in December 2009)
S004 (Relaesed in May 2010)
S005 (Released in November 2010, successor of S004)

Internals

The LCD panels within BRAVIA TVs are manufactured by S-LCD, a 50/50 joint venture between Sony and South Korean rival Samsung.[10] Since 2010, high end Bravia LX, HX and selected NX series use 10th gen Sharp ASV panel.[citation needed] The 8th gen SPVA panel from SLCD continue to serve other midrange and budget Bravia models.

Many Sony televisions with USB connectivity run Linux.

Upgrading and maintenance
The software can be upgraded via a USB type A interface labeled "DMEx / service only".
2006–2007 models may be updated using an MS -Memory Stick, or USB. Depending upon the country and TV standard the Tuner may need a Service Device to update it.
It appears that units manufactured through November 2005 for sale in Asia and North America contained a software bug that prevented the device from powering up/down after 1200 hours (2^32 milliseconds).[12] A free upgrade is available.