- Hey, Jenna.
- Hey, Sidney.
- Knock, knock.
- Who's there?
- The brand-new Bravia XR lineup.
- Here on The Lowdown.
- Welcome to The Lowdown.
We couldn't make it to Vegas for CES,
but we're gonna have a fun watch party,
where we get to talk about the brand-new BRAVIA XR lineup,
which was just announced.
My name is Sidney Diongzon.
- And I am Jen Ezarik.
And like Sidney said, we are so excited
to cover the recent BRAVIA XR announcements.
We are going to have a fun watch party, discuss the new TVs,
and get competitive throughout the show,
including my personal favorite, the Retro Challenge,
which is towards the end, so stay tuned.
- It's only your favorite because you're winning.
- Well, maybe you should try harder.
- Every time.
- We are so excited to watch the BRAVIA XR announcement,
and in the spirit of The Lowdown,
we are going to have a little fun and friendly competition
with this announcement.
We're going to have a few guessing games
and we're actually going
to write down our guesses on some paper
and reveal them later.
- Now, the first question is,
"How many models will be announced today?"
I have a number in mind and I think I'm going to be right.
I know I'm going to be right,
so we're going to write that down right now. Don't-
- Well, I'm going to write it faster.
- I haven't even taken the lid off. Come on, man. All right.
- Be faster.
- You're making me nervous, Jenna. Right.
- Locked in. - Okay.
- And our second question is,
"How many times will BRAVIA be mentioned?"
- Well, that's a little tougher. Hold on.
- Oh, I know.
Hm, I'm trying to do math. It goes...
- You just got to pick a number. You can't just do math.
- And then finally, we have the third question,
which is a wild card question thrown at us by our producers,
which will be revealed at the end of the watch party.
They have given us a hint, and it's this:
pay attention to the model names.
Not going to lie, a little bit nervous,
but I'm ready to watch this. You ready?
- I'm ready. Let's go.
- All right, let's go.
Digging this already.
- [Female Animated Presenter] 8K mini LED equipped Z9K.
- 8K! - Ooh.
- [Female Animated Presenter] And 4K mini LED X95K
- Mini LED?
- [Presenter] From the 2022 BRAVIA XR lineup.
- Oh yeah, I'm ready for that.
- The new lineup offers greater integration
across Sony's range of audio equipment.
- Hey, I got the neck speakers.
- Whether in a whole room surround sound set up-
- Oh, I don't have one. I got to get it.
- ...Headphones or wearable speakers.
- Oh man.
- [Male Presenter] In addition to voice control,
there is the new camera BRAVIA Cam.
- That's a camera. - A camera?!
- [Male Presenter] Which enables you
to effortlessly control your television
with simple gestures.
- No! - Oh, yes!
- No way!
- [Male Presenter] If you move around
or change position while playing-
- No!
- [Male Presenter] The BRAVIA CAM...
- What!
- [Male Animated Presenter] Detects your new position
and reconfigures the sound on the fly.
- That is sick!
- [Male Presenter] Keeping you in the zone.
The PS5 is designed to render game worlds
in stunning 4K HDR.
- Oh, it looks so good.
- Oh dude, that looks so good.
- [Female Animated Presenter] Thank you
for being a part of this exciting new chapter...
- That is exciting.
- [Female Animated Presenter] ...For BRAVIA.
- Okay. - Hot dog. Hot dog!
I want it. I want it.
I can see the TV over here,
over here.
Probably over here. when I edit my videos.
- Oh my goodness, the 8K.
- Oh my gosh, I am seriously so excited.
The 8K, like for gaming, just for watching TV,
they were all very, very nice.
There's a lot to choose from.
I feel like I need to go back and rewatch it
because that was a lot.
- [Sidney] Totally. And the camera,
just kind of sensing where you're positioned at
when you're playing a game,
like the audio will be directed at you.
Like that is really cool. That's nuts.
- Yeah, and you can use the gestures.
Ah, oh my god! I want it now.
- So now that we had a chance
to watch that awesome announcement from Sony,
let's go ahead and take a closer look at these TVs
and their awesome features.
But don't forget,
we're going to reveal the winner of the guessing game
later in the episode, so stay tuned for that.
- These TVs are going to be great for enhancing
how you game and how you stream content.
And what am I into? Gaming and streaming.
And this is all possible with the cognitive processor XR.
This actually mimics how us as humans see and hear
to provide us with a better experience.
- It's crazy cool tech.
And we also got to check out
the new XR Back Light Master Drive,
which is composed of thousands
of these super dense mini LEDs
and are controlled by a local dimming algorithm.
And so whatever is bright on your image on the TV,
it looks bright without being overblown
and the colors just look super vibrant.
It just makes for an overall awesome,
incredible viewing experience.
- And could we talk about the BRAVIA CAM for a second?
This is so cool. So it's actually a camera.
- [Sidney] Love the CAM.
- It's so cool. It's a camera that recognizes
where people are sitting in the room
and will adjust the sound and picture settings accordingly.
So this camera also includes gesture controls,
video chat, and so many other
that are probably going to be added to this experience.
- And, got to say, I love the new gesture control feature.
Like the fact that you can use your hands to play
and pause your favorite movies and TV shows.
It's such a cool feature, right?
- I mean, I don't know about you,
but I'm usually snacking when I'm watching movies
and my hands are usually covered in whatever I'm eating.
So being able to not touch the remote and just use gestures,
it's going to be a game-changer.
- And with the Google TV integration,
you can organize all your favorite content,
from movies, TV shows, live TV and apps,
add that all to your watch list
straight from Google storage from your phone or your laptop.
Just awesome, awesome features.
- I love that.
Now, when I'm gaming,
I want to get them the out of my PlayStation 5 experience,
and with the BRAVIA XR TVs, it automatically adjusts
and optimizes the picture for the best settings
for your PlayStation 5.
- And all of the 2022 BRAVIA XR televisions
are designated perfect for PlayStation 5.
What that means is
that they include two of PS5's exclusive features,
Auto HDR, Tone Mapping, and Auto Genre Picture Mode,
which makes for an awesome, awesome gaming experience.
- I love this
and I love that it's automatically going to adjust
and optimize. It is going to be so immersive.
I am going to feel like I am in the game.
Now, if you're able to peel the gamers away from the TV,
this is also perfect for you movie lovers out there.
The Acoustic Surface Audio+ for the OLED models
and the Acoustic Multi-Audio for the LED models are going
to take your movie watching experience to the next level.
This innovation matches the position of the sound
to what is actually happening in the images on screen
to create a truly immersive audio experience.
And together with Netflix,
Sony has released the Netflix Adaptive Calibrated Mode.
This means it automatically adjusts image processing
based on ambient light so that your favorite shows
and films always look the way they were intended to,
no matter what type of lighting condition you have
in your room.
And you can watch the latest movie releases
and hundreds of titles on demand,
included with the BRAVIA CORE app
and BRAVIA CORE Calibrated Mode,
exclusive only to Sony BRAVIA XR TVs.
Only the BRAVIA CORE app features pure stream technology,
so you can watch your favorite movies
in the highest streaming picture quality,
exactly the way the filmmakers intended,
which I absolutely love.
- I love it too, but we should have taken a guess
on how many times you just said BRAVIA,
because it was a lot.
- Oh, cool.
Does it count, really? Oh, well, either way,
I'm going to win.
- Dude, no, this feature is really cool.
It's really one of my favorites
and I'm excited to try it out in real life, hopefully soon.
And when it comes to the future,
sustainability is very important.
So I love that Sony is using a new SORPLAS,
which is a 99% recycled material.
They are also using less packaging.
And with the BRAVIA Cam,
you're actually able to conserve energy
with the automatic dimming.
- All right, so enough of the televisions.
Let's get to what's really important,
and that's who's the winner of our guessing game.
We're going to start off with the wildcard question,
thanks to our producers,
and let's go ahead and check out that question.
- Ooh, okay. Wildcard question.
"Which of these is not a model name?" Oh no.
- Oh man. - Come on.
- Okay. All right. All right.
- What?
- They're all right to me.
Oh, I'm writing it down. Oh, shoot. Okay.
- Oh my.
All right, Jenna. You ready?
- No, I'm not. I didn't write it down yet.
- Okay. Here we go. On the count of three. One, two, three.
A!
I mean C!
- Yeah!
- We got it right. Woo! Okay.
- It's a tie.
Okay. Hot dog. We're off to a good start.
Well, I guess we're tied, but yeah.
- We're tied. That's okay.
- Okay. So wildcard question, we are tied.
- I'm sweating.
- Now let's go back to,
"How many models were revealed in today's announcement?"
Okay, here we go. On the count of three.
"How many models were announced in the announcement?"
Oh gosh, what's the answer?
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
- Oh!
That might have been it.
- Yes.
- I knew, I was going to write down six,
but then I divided by two and I wrote three.
- Why would you?
- I'm not good at math in my head.
- You never divide by two.
- I cannot lose today!
All right, here we go. Question number two,
"How many times was BRAVIA mentioned in the announcement?
Oh boy. Oh, this may break it for me.
- I feel like I should add a couple zeros.
- Okay, ready?
- I don't feel-
- No, no cheating.
- I'm not going to.
- No cheating. Children are watching.
- I feel like I should have added a couple of zeros. Okay?
Okay. - Okay. You ready?
- Yes.
- Okay. Here we go.
One, two, three.
- Oh man, you're definitely closer.
- Okay. We'll see, let's see.
Let's find out. Let's find out.
- I'm sweating.
- Come on, I got to ... We have to do this.
- BRAVIA, BRAVIA, BRAVIA, BRAVIA.
- This is for the children. This is for the children.
- Wait, we're going to have to do math.
No, stop!
Stop
No!
- Yes! - No!
- Yes, yes!
Woo! Hot dog! Yes. Oh yeah. Oh, great, you guys.
Finally I won. I won.
- No, no, we're tied.
- I won.
- Well, the only way to settle this
and to see who will eventually be crowned the retro king
or queen is with the Retro Challenge.
Now it's time for another game of the Retro Challenge,
where we are going to be shown a product
from some timeline of the past 75 years of Sony history
and we have to guess three things.
What year did it come out?
How much did it cost?
And a secret wildcard question.
So let's see the product.
- Oh! Oh my gosh. It actually looks really cool,
- It's cute. - Not going to lie.
Okay. - It's really cute.
- Oh, I remember that name. The Trinitron TV.
I remember that. Okay, so I guess now we have to figure out
what year did it come out?
Okay, let's let's write it down, shall we? Oh man.
- Oh dude, I have no idea. - I don't know.
So we have been given some hints for this question.
Hint number one is, it's,
"The year that it came out,"
"the number one song this year was Hey Jude by The Beatles."
An ever so classic.
- Does that help you though?
- It does not help me one bit. All right.
- Okay, good, me either.
- Okay, so hint number two,
"The top two grossing movies this year were Funny Girl"
"and 2001: A Space Odyssey." Another classic.
Okay, wait. I think I might know. Yep. I think I know.
- You know? - I think I do, yes.
- I have absolutely no idea.
- Okay, I'm ready? You ready?
- No. I'm like...
Okay, so I'm writing down the wrong answer.
- I think that's the year.
All right, so now we have question number two.
"In that year, how much did that television cost?"
Hmm?
- Oh my gosh.
- That's where I struggle the most.
I guessed really wrong the first try.
Okay, I'm going to write down. I got my two answers.
- Okay.
Locked it in?
- All right. Well, hold on,
we got another question. Question number three.
- Oh no.
- "How many total Trinitron televisions"
"and computer monitors were sold"
"through its final year of production, which was 2008?"
Oh, that's hard.
- What?
How many total were sold?
- I'm going to have to think about this
and stand up and walk around.
My thinking couch. Oh, I got it. Got it, got it.
- Okay.
- All right. - Okay.
I don't feel confident at any of this.
- I don't either.
- This was a very hard Retro Challenge.
- This is really difficult, but I guess we'll see.
- This is hard, I don't ... Okay. We're going to see.
- All right, so now we're going to reveal the answers.
All right, here we go.
Starting with question number one.
"What year did it come out?"
- I'm ready. - One, two, three.
Oh, what did you put?
- I put '79.
- 79? '76. Yes, baby!
- No! - Okay, off to a good start.
- No!
- Team Sidney off to a good start.
- No!
- Okay. All right. All right. Let's keep going.
- All right.
- Let's keep going.
So it came out in 1968? I wasn't even here,
that is not fair.
- You weren't here at all. Isn't that crazy?
All right. So question number two.
"How much did it cost in that year?"
Oh boy. One, two, three.
- What does yours say?
- $49. - What?!
- Yes! Woo! Yes! Oh my goodness. Yes!
- They're...Hold on, hold on a second. $300?
- Wow. That is-
- I could have bought a lot of them. And I-
- And it's $2,450 today. Isn't that nuts?
- So that's what I was closest to with my $1,900 guess.
- Wow.
- So look, I was thinking back to like
how the boombox was so expensive, so I'm like,
"Well, a television...Like"
- Yeah. Well, you got it wrong. So very close.
- Yikes. Are you cheating?
- No, not at all. Not at all. $449.99.
That was like, I just felt it in my heart.
Question number three, the answer.
So again, "How many total Trinitron televisions"
"and computer monitors were sold"
"through its final year of production, which was 2008?"
Wow. Okay. Where is it?
- That's a long time. That's what, 40 years of production?
- Yeah, that is crazy.
One, two, three.
- What does yours say? - 150 million.
Yes! - What?
280 million?
2.5!
- This is the greatest birthday ever.
Oh my goodness. Happy birthday to me.
Wow, this is, Jenna.
- Is it your birthday?
- No, it's not. But oh, Jenna,
you've been such a great sport.
- No, look, I said 250, 250.
- Such a great sport. Oh, my goodness.
- Wait. I mean,
I'm not going to gloat. - Dude.
- But it's so good to win sometimes, you know?
It may be the only time that I win in the Retro Challenge,
so I'm just going to bask it all in.
- I've made this easy for everybody.
- No!
Well, I'll tell you what, the upcoming episode, well,
we'll keep playing the Retro Challenge
and I'm sure you'll win the next one.
It's going to be a pretty competitive competition
throughout this series.
- I will have to study up on my knowledge.
Clearly, I did not get this one right. And congratulations.
- Thank you.
- You are officially ahead,
but we do have more episodes, so no one is safe.
- No one is safe.
Well, that was a very fun episode of The Lowdown.
It was so fun seeing that announcement,
seeing the brand new BRAVIA XR television lineup.
I'm really, really excited about these televisions,
and we'll be checking them out in-person
in a future episode.
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