Sony BRAVIA Z5500 Preview

Bravia z5500 with Motionflow 200Hz technology

Sony Bravia Z5500 is the latest TV in their BRavia range. The Bravia Z5500 features the latest in cutting edge TV technology with features such as Sony’s pioneering Motionflow 200Hz and Image Blur Reduction technology, the Z5500 produces smooth motion, sharp fast-moving images and powerful sound when combined with the new HT-CT500 Home Theatre system.

The HT-CT500 was specifically designed to complement the BRAVIA Z5500.

So what is Motionflow?
Motionflow 200Hz calculates three additional frames for every original frame, upping the frame rate from 50 to 200 per second. Picture is also further enhanced by Image Blur Reduction, which cleans the original frames before new frame insertion for sharper images with reduced motion blur.

The BRAVIA Z5500 frame is very minimalistic and it has only the essential lines of the frame, furthermore the BRAVIA Z5500 features BRAVIA Engine 3, which is the latest generation of this unique Sony HD picture enhancement technology.

The BRAVIA Z5500 TV is available in 40-inch, 46-inch and 52-inch sizes and one of the cooles features is that it has a built-in ethernet port so you can network it with other devices in your home such as your notebooks or music servers. The Z5500 series apparently consumes 25 to 35 percent less energy on average when compared with 2008 BRAVIA models.

The Z5500 also comes equipped with CI Plus interface and there’s also an integrated MPEG 4 AVC HD tuner.

Other BRAVIA z5500 features
- Auto shut-off function
- Integrated light sensor, which adjusts backlight brightness depending on the ambient room light to reduce power consumption
- Power saving mode that reduces backlight illumination levels
- Idle TV mode, which functions like a PC screensaver
- The PC Power Management mode switches automatically to standby if no signal is received from a connected computer for 30 seconds
- Energy Saving Switch

In effort to save the planet your new BRAVIA z5500 won't have any printed manuals because the manual is built-in and you can view it on-screen.