Sony Japan announced that they had delayed the date of launch for  the 40″ (KDL-40NX800) and 46″ (KDL-46NX800) NX series HDTV models from the due date of April 30th to May 20th for the former model and to June 10th for the latter. They state the reason as the demand exceeded the original anticipated supply of key components
were due to be released in Sony’s home country on April 30th, but has now been pushed back. The 40″ will be released now on , and the 46″ will be released there on.

Sony Japan explains the reason for the delay as “the demand exceeded the original anticipated the supply of key components.”

P.S. If you would like to read about the new NX800 series HDTVs and the rest of the new Sony 3D HDTV lines, you can refer to our news ” [Hands-on]　Sony announces slew of new 3D HDTVs with stunning Monolithic design”.