The new ZX1 model, part of the firm’s popular Bravia series, is just 9.9 millimetres (0.39 inches) thick at its slimmest section. <\/p>\n
Weighing 12.2 kilograms (26.9 pounds), it can be hung on a wall like a framed painting.<\/p>\n
Equipped with a fast wireless connection, the screen display is separated from the tuner so it does not need signal cables.<\/p>\n
The ZX1 series will be put on the market on November 10 with an estimated price tag of about 490,000 yen (4,500 dollars) in Japan.<\/p>\n
Sony also announced three other new series of Bravia LCD televisions with screen sizes ranging from 40 to 55 inches. They will be sold in Japan from October 10.<\/p>\n
Of them, the W1 series can project images moving four times faster than conventional models.<\/p>\n
"We will expand our line-up of products with displays at 40 inches or larger as demand for them is on the rise," Takao Yoshikawa, Sony’s director of flat TV business division, said.<\/p>\n
Sony is "on its track" to meet its global TV sales target of 17 million units for the year to March 2009, he said.<\/p>\n