{"id":291160,"date":"2019-01-08T09:01:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T07:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=291160"},"modified":"2019-01-08T09:04:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T07:04:12","slug":"sony-launches-two-super-large-8k-tvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/291160-sony-launches-two-super-large-8k-tvs.html","title":{"rendered":"Sony launches two &#8220;super-large&#8221; 8K TVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has unveiled two <a href=\"https:\/\/presscentre.sony.eu\/pressreleases\/sony-adds-super-large-sized-8k-hdr-full-array-led-tvs-and-4k-hdr-oled-tvs-to-the-master-series-lineup-2821244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>new 8K TVs<\/strong><\/a> that form part of its ZG9 range.<\/p>\n<p>These TVs come in 98-inch and 85-inch versions, and use the optimised Picture Processor X1 Ultimate to manage the 33 million pixels that form part of their 8K resolution.<\/p>\n<p>The ZG9 series incorporates various new technologies including Backlight Master Drive with full-array local dimming and 8K X-tended Dynamic Range Pro, said Sony.<\/p>\n<p>The TVs also include HDR10 support, making them Sony&#8217;s first consumer 8K HDR televisions.<\/p>\n<p>The ZG9 range all have four front-facing speakers &#8211; two on the bottom, and two on the top &#8211; to deliver sound with Dolby Atmos support &#8211; although Dolby Atmos will only be available in a software update in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the sound quality of the ZG9 range is the new Sound-from-Picture technology, which &#8220;reproduces the position of the sound on the screen so when actors are speaking, the sound appears to be coming directly from their mouths&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Sony has not released any pricing or release dates for the ZG9 range.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Sony-8K-TV.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291166\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Sony-8K-TV.png\" alt=\"Sony 8K Z9G TV\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Sony-8K-TV.png 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Sony-8K-TV-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Sony-8K-TV-594x400.png 594w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Sony-8K-TV-639x430.png 639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hjuVxJGmgx4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/291134-lg-unveils-incredible-65-inch-roll-away-4k-tv.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">LG unveils incredible 65-inch \u201croll-away\u201d 4K TV<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has revealed two new 8K TVs that will form part of the ZG9 range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341039,"featured_media":291166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[32882,42742,193,56504],"class_list":["post-291160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-8k-tv","tag-hdr10","tag-sony","tag-sony-zg9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291160"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291182,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291160\/revisions\/291182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}