Editorial Review:Product Description:Includes: remote control, wireless keyboard, wireless optical mouse, IR Blaster, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2, Photoshop Elements, Works 8.0, Quicken 2005 New User Edition, Roxio DigitalMedia SE,&more.Sony VAIO(R) VA Series Desktop PC - Over the past few years there have been computers designed to integrate with your TV. Sony has gone a step further by combining the two, so now your PC is your TV! Or is it, your TV is your PC? Either way, you get a full-featured desktop computer built into a stunning 20' widescreen LCD TV. So you can watch, record and pause live TV on your computer using the easy-to-use interface that's provided by Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system. You can even capture, edit, and burn hi-definition video with the included Double Layer DVD Writer and bundled software. Integrated 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Wireless Network Adapter 1GB of PC2-4200 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM 2 RAM Slots - (0 available) 320GB (160 x 2) 7200RPM SATA Hard Drives ATI Mobility Radeon X700 graphics with 256MB of memory (128MB are dynamically shared from the main system's RAM) AGP 8x Graphics Interface Giga Pocket MPEG2 Realtime Encoder board with TV Tuner Double Layer DVD Writer - (write speeds) 2.4x Double Layer DVD+R, 8x DVD-R, 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD-RW, 4x DVD+RW, 24x CD-R,&10x CD-RW Double Layer DVD Writer - (read speeds) 8x DVD-ROM&24x CD-ROM 5 Integrated Speakers for 2.1 channel playback 56k v.90 Fax Modem Multimedia Card Reader - Memory Stick, Memory Stick(R) PRO, Memory Stick(R) Duo, Smart Media, xD Picture Card, Secure Digital (SD),&Compact Flash PCMCIA Type I/II Card Slot with CardBus support Slots - 1 PCI (available) Ports - 10/100 Ethernet, 4 USB 2.0, 1 4-pin Firewire, 1 Composite S-Video&Audio In, 1 S/PDIF Out (supports 5.1 surround), 1 Mini Microphone Jack, 1 Stereo Headphone Unit Dimensions - 22.5 (w) x 17.5 (h)
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Nice, Inexpensive, Beautiful Screen
I am always a bit reluctant to purchase an all-in-one model computer because of the lack of ability to upgrade it. But I'm very pleased with this vaio. It plays games such as Morrowind Oblivian, and records my Sci-fi and soaps with ease. It arrived quickly from the sony store and had no product defaults.
Out of the box it set up right away. It has a beautiful screen and runs like a dream. It has a decent videocard, and I'll be able to play games such as NWN 2 with ease.
Downside:
1. It gets a bit hot. Keep it away from the wall or other items, and set the screen to turn off if you are using it.
2. Making your own copy of the OS, was annoying, and took several hours. This is par for the course for Sony, but still irritating. When you just buy a brand new computer, the last thing you want to do is burn dvd's of its operating system. Thank god I had some on hand, or I'd be seriously annoyed.
3. Make sure to dust it frequently, there are a number of vents and fans on the back which can be easily dirty or filed with dust and make the pc noisy.
Overall, a good machine, recommend.
