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hi I'm ty Pendlebury from cnet.com and I'm here with the Sony hmz t1 a little over 30 years ago a device known simply as the Walkman revolutionized personal entertainment and now its inventors Sony are attempting to do the same thing again but this time with video sony's new device is officially known as a hmz t1 but its original nickname the head man died a quick and ignominious death remember the virtual reality pods of the 90s well this is one step back from that a little less heavy on the pterodactyls and a bit more emphasis on 3d the Sony t1 headset features two OLED screens which give an image the company says is equivalent to a 150 inch display the screens are independent of each other but do rely on this slider switch to help focus your eyes the screens can also display images in 3d with a 720p resolution the headset also features onboard sound and a virtual 5.1 channel sound stage the headset comes with an AC powered breakout box that features HDMI in for connecting your video player or console and a haich-d on my out to connect to a TV unfortunately the t1 is designed to be only used in the home but we can see a day when these visors are used in the wild but you'll probably still look like an idiot there were rumors that this product would come with a wireless version but given these things already weigh one point three pounds the extra weight would have been a killer when watching a movie the existing weight becomes a little tiresome and it's hard to get a comfortable fit with these on the best thing about the t ones is that 3d is fantastic there is ZERO crosstalk and movies and games are much more involving than when any TV we've seen to date black levels are also superb on the negative side we've found it quite difficult to get the entire screen at focus at once and the corners tended to blur this may be fine for movies but terrible for games and PC use is this device a taste of the future or a harbinger of our impending doom the Sony hmm said t1 is a fun toy but it can't replace a TV just yet it's available now for a quite significant seven hundred and ninety-nine dollars this spent I Pendlebury for cnet.com