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Sony's superthin TV reminds us that what's on it is more important

By Rain Noe - January 28, 2009

in Object Culture

Display manufacturers seem hellbent on making a TV that can cut an atom in half, and it looks like Sony's winning this particular thinning contest. Their new Bravia ZX1 comes in at 9.9mm thick (and you just know getting that last 0.1mm off was a b*tch).

Interestingly enough, as part of the product launch Sony commissioned a survey asking 3,000 people what the most memorable thing they'd ever seen on a TV was. The top answer was unsurprising: Moon landing. Answer #3 was also to be expected, news of JFK's assassination. But the #2 answer was a good deal more recent, the inauguration of Barack Obama. Nice to see that in a manufacturing downturn, one thing we're still making is history.

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