BRAVIA’s Internet Video Link seamlessly streams Internet video content directly to your compatible Sony HDTV. No additional charges and no PC required. Just thousands of news clips, movie trailers, TV shows and more, straight from your existing Internet connection.
Full-screen viewing, simple integration. The BRAVIA Internet Video Link’s small module mounts directly behind your BRAVIA TV and connects to the TV via one HDMI™ cable and USB cable. By streaming content directly though your existing broadband Internet service, there is no need for a PC to view online content. Plus, BRAVIA Internet Video Link has the ability to upscale videos to the full size of the TV screen, creating a true TV viewing experience. .
Sony’s Emmy award-winning Xross Media Bar™ (XMB) lets you easily browse Internet video with your TV’s remote. This navigation system organizes Internet content into categories and sub-categories so you have more control over what you want to watch. And by bookmarking your favorite videos, you can share your top picks with family and friends at the click of a button. Finding what you want, when you want it has never been easier.
1. What does the Bravia Internet Video Link do?
It delivers streaming video and entertainment content to the TV, creating a TV viewing experience using content from the Internet.
2. Do I need to connect it to a PC?
No. It connects directly to the Internet to provide a TV experience. No PC is required.
3. What kind of content can I expect with this product?
You will see video content that includes user generated content, movies, music videos, movie trailers, RSS video, and other TV like content.
4. What partnerships do you have to provide content?
Currently we have many partnerships being developed for this including AOL, Yahoo, Sony Pictures, Sony BMG, Grouper, and others to yet be announced.
5. How do I connect it to the Internet?
Bravia Internet Video Link uses your existing broadband internet service and supports a direct wireless router connection, a direct home Ethernet connection, a gaming adapter connection, a powerline adapter connection.
6. Does this product have a hard drive?
This product does not have a hard drive. All content will be streamed sent directly to the Bravia Internet Video Link.
7. Will you be able to stream High Definition content?
Yes, you can stream HD content assuming you have sufficient broadband connection speed to support it.
8. Will wireless home networking allow for fast enough streaming of HDTV content?
The new 802.11n standard, available on select wireless routers, will allow greater than 50 mbps of transfer speed, which is more than enough to stream HDTV.
9. Will there be HDTV content available?
The Sony service will offer some HD content. We expect to expand the selection in future.
10. What about the quality of Internet video content?
There will be a variety of video content with different levels of quality available to view. The quality of the internet video will depend on the source material, the content providers, and your broadband connection speed.
11. Does Bravia Internet Video Link work on any TV?
No, this product works only with select 2007 Sony Bravia TVs.
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