Sony Pictures Core (stylised in all caps, formerly known as Bravia Core) is a

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service made by

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for its televisions and smartphones, launched in April 2021 and available for devices including Sony Bravia, PlayStation and Xperia. The service offers the streaming of movies at up to 4K resolution provided by

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. CORE stands for ''Centre of Real Entertainment''. It initially came built into

Bravia Bravia (stylized as BRAVIA) is a brand of Sony Visual Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony, and is used for its television products. Its name is a backronym for "Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture". All Sony high-defin ...

XR television sets made in 2021 and has since also been expanded to Sony's Mini LED, OLED and QD-OLED ranges. In May 2022, Bravia Core was released for the Sony Xperia 1 III and 1 IV smartphones and has since also been preloaded on the Xperia 5 IV line. Sony claims that the service has one of the largest libraries of

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Enhanced format film content. Streaming, which is marketed as ''Pure Stream'', is claimed to be available at speeds of up to 80 Mbit/s. Depending on the TV model, the amount of redeem codes and the unlimited streaming period may vary. * A80J, X95J, X90J have 5 redeem codes. * Z9J, A90J have 10 redeem codes. * A80J, X95J, X90 have 12 months * Z9J, A90J have 24 months. * Xperia 1 IV, Xperia 1 V, Xperia 5 IV and Xperia 5 V have 12 months and 5 redeem codes. * PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 have no redeem codes. The streaming period cannot be renewed. When you buy a movie using the codes, you can watch said movie for an unlimited amount of time. More movies can be bought or rented on the application. * PlayStation users do not get free redeem codes or an unlimited streaming period, and using the software on PlayStation does not require a PlayStation Subscription. However, active PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe members have access to exclusive benefits. * Some Redeem Codes expire after a set amount of time and movies bought with Redeem Codes can expire, depending on device. On October 5, 2023, Bravia Core was renamed Sony Pictures Core, and was officially launched on

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and

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consoles. New features included early access to select films from Sony's studios, with '' Gran Turismo'' (2023) being the first early access film in select markets. Other content on Sony Pictures Core include television shows by

Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production company, production and broadcast syndication, distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California, it is a division o ...

and select

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provided by

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* {{VOD services Subscription video on demand services Video on demand services