Sony HT-X8500 Soundbar Review: Sony bucks the trend with key features

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With a 'binge-watch' culture at its peak and people hooked to high-definition TVs, laptops, even smartphones, the need for immersive audio is only obvious — sub-par sound quality mars the experience of watching your favourite series or movie.
If you are a binge-watcher looking your kind of audio device, the Sony HT-X8500 soundbar with Dolby Atmos, launched in May this year, might help clear the morass. With a slew of worthy features, this soundbar easily outdoes the others in its price segment.
Sony HT-X8500 Soundbar Priced at Rs 29,990, the 2.1-channel soundbar has a built-in subwoofer in the middle centre with two wide-range drivers at both ends. What’s more, it also offers Dolby Atmos, DTS X, and virtual 7.1.2-channel surround sound. This lightweight but sturdy soundbar has a metal covering on its front and can be easily mounted on a wall.
Built with design intricacies in mind, the soundbar also sports touch-based controls and indicator lights on top for Bluetooth, TV, HDMI, Vertical Surround, Atmos, and DTS X. These complement the overall structure and lift the looks.
Sony HT-X8500 Soundbar But what amazes you the most are Dolby Atmos sound and Vertical Surround Engine, which help deliver an immersive sound experience. I was happy to have drawn the attention of several people at a boring get-together at home by just playing a recent Netflix original on this device. With dim lights and high volume, it felt like a mini theatre.

 I liked the clean set-up as I could finally avoid the clutter of wires and simply connect the soundbar to my TV, phone or tablet using Bluetooth. There also are other connectivity options, such as an optical input, HDMI input and also the HDMI pass-through...Read More

Sony launches RX0 II, the 'world's smallest and lightest' premium camera

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Sony has launched RX0 II, the "world's smallest and lightest premium compact camera" with a slew of features for vloggers and travellers, said the company on Monday.
RX0 II is the successor to the Sony RX0 Action Camera that was launched in February, 2018.The 132-gram camera is waterproof, dustproof, shockproof, and crushproof and it measures 59mm x 40.5mm x 35mm. It has sports a 180-degree tiltable screen.
Launched globally in March 2019, the Sony RX0 II is priced at Rs. 57,990 in India and will be available from July 15, 2019.
RX0 II features a 1.0-type stacked 15.3-megapixel Exmor RS CMOS image sensor and an advanced BIONZ X image processing engine. With ISO ranging from 80-12,800, the camera has a fixed wide-angle ZEISS Tessar T 24mm lens with f/4.0 aperture for minimum focusing distance of 20cm.
The RX0 II offers 4K 30p internal movie recording and introduces in-body electronic stabilisation for steady footage. Additional movie features of the RX0 II include Super Slow-Motion recording at up to 1000 fps, uncompressed 4K HDMI output and simultaneous proxy movie recording.
The RX0 II is up to 180-degree and down to 90-degree tiltable LCD screen that even works underwater and new image stabilization solutions for video recording. It is waterproof up to 10 meters deep, dustproof, shockproof up to 2 metres and crushproof up to 200KG force.

 The camera boasts an anti-distortion Shutter of up to 1/32000 sec. and can shoot at up to 16 fps. The RX0 II is also compatible with the Camera Control Box CCB-WD1 which enables up to 100 cameras to be connected and controlled in a wired multi-camera setup...Read More