Sony Australia Catapults PS3 Into BRAVIA LCD TV

Sony Australia has officially announced the return of its sell-out bonus PlayStation 3 (PS3) promotion with the purchase of select BRAVIA LCD TV models. The countdown begins at 12.01am on Thursday 22 October with only 25,000 PS3 slim-line consoles available. To promote this venture, Sony has literally put to the test what happens when you bring BRAVIA and PlayStation 3 together. In the first-ever, controlled conditions test of its kind, the new PS3 slim-line console has been catapulted into a BRAVIA LCD TV. Here’s the video:

Fast facts on the crash test:

• PS3 Trajectory: Parabolic
• Impact Speed: 80km/hr = 22m/sec
• Mass of PS3: 3.2kg
• Kinetic energy of PS3 at point of impact: 774.4 joules
• PS3 deceleration: 246.9g = 2420 m/sec squared
• Force of PS3 on BRAVIA TV screen: 7744.0 newtons = 790.2kg force
• Sled deceleration: 40.0g = 392m/sec squared
• Force on sled: 470400.0newtons, 48000kg force = 48 tonnes force
• One 25kg metal bar stops the sled at the end of the track. A new bar is needed for every test
• Track speed: 80km
• Launch angle: 5 degrees
• Sled weight: 1.2 tonnes
• Track length: 60 meters, speed reaches 80km at 1 metre before impact
• Length PS3 travels when released: 3.19metres
• BRAVIA TV is mounted 2 meters from wall