A Dutch Retailer, Expert Nederland, has stolen a march on the tech TV reviewers and shocked the TV review world by releasing technical details of the new-for-2024 Sony Bravia TV models.
It looks like there has been some controversy around this decision however, with their video getting taken down a few hours later in mysterious circumstances.
You can check out the High Def News Twitter (X) post for details.
https://twitter.com/High_Def_News/status/1772746545537994801
I created a short video summarising the main technical features and including (credited) footage of the feature-explainer graphics, with screenshots of the High Def News post, however almost immediately got served with this notice by YouTube:
In my book, my video fell under the doctrine of fair use and YouTube provides some guidelines:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9783148
1) the content in the materials employed in the video was substantially transformed with educational / review / news commentary
2) the video is nonprofit
3) the video uses material from factual works and is akin to news reporting
4) the video gives credit for the materials used in the video with redirection to the original content in the video description
5) the video used no sound from the original video or footage of the actors. In fact, ironically enough, the original video itself included footage from a Scarlett Johansson movie – presumably to illustrate the “filmmaker intent” and “includes Sony Pictures expertise” message.
Regardless of arguments about whether it was or wasn’t fair use, I’d have happily had a conversation with the original content creator about what they objected to.
The strike came before any such discussion could be had. My video was up for all of 8 hours before being taken down.
Typically, content like mine is good for the original content creator with redirection to their video and good for the manufacturer – there’s no such thing as bad publicity right? And, of course, good for us consumers – informing the very people spending their hard-earned dosh!
So, what follows is the original script for my taken down video:
A Dutch Retailer Expert Nederland has stolen a march on the tech TV reviewers and shocked the TV review world by releasing technical details of the new–for-2024 Sony Bravia TV models.
Here’s what they’ve said, together with some speculation from High Def News (my video included screenshots of the High Def News X post referred to above).
The Sony bravia 7 will be a mini led with much smaller leds for precise image control in 65, 75 and 85 inch sizes.
The XR back-light master drive minimises blooming effects and Zoom 3 audio improves voice intelligibility in scenes with background noise.
The Bravia 8 uses OLED technology, like last year’s flagship A95L and comes in 55, 65 and 77 inch sizes with a contrast booster and panel temperature monitor to reduce the risk of screen burn. With acoustic surface plus audio, sound is created by vibrating the screen for more accurate sound positioning plus a sub and tweeters provide for a more natural response.
Sony’s top TV model for 2024 is the Bravia 9 which abandons oled and uses mini led with even more dimming zones. It’s a claimed 50% brighter, coming in 75 and 85 inch sizes. X-wide-angle and X-anti-reflection technologies improve viewing angles off centre while acoustic multi audio plus upgrades sound and surround effects further.
All 2024 Sony Bravia models have the XR processor at their heart, now in its 4th generation and use Sony Pictures Entertainment expertise to focus on the things us humans perceive, so prioritising the main characters on screen over the background, for example. There’s also a new “Calibrated” mode which removes image processing so you see closer to what the filmmaker intended.
So, do any of these features convince you to get a new Sony Bravia in 2024?
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Update 23/4 Expert.NL kindly removed the copyright strike against my channnel and asked that I remove the video from live.
GI Chow 