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other intensive multimedia tasks, TTM Summer 06, start at $2,300.
May 06
Sony Electronics introduced the Blu-ray enabled VAIO AR190G, 17-inch screen,
HDMI, BD writer, $3,500, FireWire connection, you get a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo
processor, a midrange Nvidia GeForce Go 7600GT GPU with 256MB of VRAM, a
200GB 5400 RPM SATA hard drive, TV tuner.
CES 2007
VGN-AR390E VAIO AR Notebook with Blu-ray Disc Technology, read/write HD Bluray
discs, watch/edit/burn full 1080 to 25GB or 50 GB discs. 17” screen, watch and
record ATSC and NTSC TV with dual tuners.
Sony also introduced a high-definition living room PC (VAIO XL3) with an integrated
Blu-ray Disc drive, a Digital Living System to
watch HD movies and record, store and playback
personal content on high-capacity BD media.
Features built-in NTSC/ATSC tuners,
unidirectional CableCARD, wireless remote and
keyboard, stylish, horizontal form factor for
entertainment rack installation, connects to a
television via an HDMI cable, camcorder video
applications to capture, edit and burn to Blu-ray
Disc HD media in full 1080 resolution.
Additionally, it features Intel® Core 2 Duo processor, NVIDIA® GeForce® 7600
GTL graphics, 2GB of RAM memory, 500GB hard drive, CPU with liquid cooling
technology, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium operating system with Media
Center, Sound Reality technology to boost audio performance, support for Direct
Steam Digital, TTM March 07, $3,300, crimson black.
Computer Drives
(CES 2007 and late 2006 equipment introductions follow the group below).
BenQ
The company demonstrated in June 05 at Computex 2005 a Blu-ray DVD burner
expected to become available in the 1-2Q06; the model BW1000 can write at 2x for
Blu-ray single and dual layer, 12x for DVD+R/-R, 4x for DVD+R/-R dual layer, and
4x for DVD+RW/-RW. It reads at 2x for Blu-ray, 12x for DVD and 32x for CD.
Jul 06
Although not introduced as part of an US line the company unveiled a Blu-Ray
recorder, the BW1000, $1000, TTM Aug 06, burns CD, DVD, single and double layer
Blu-ray BD-R/-RE media, 25GB or 50GB discs.
Writing speeds of 2x for BD-R/-RE single-layer and DL (single-sided double-layer)
discs, 12x for DVD+R/-R, 4x for DVD+R/-R DL, 8x for DVD+RW/-RW, 32x for CD-R
and 24x for CD-RW.
Reading speeds of 2x for Blu-ray, 12x for DVD and 32x for CD-R.
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