Blu-Ray Anyone? - Sony VAIOAR190G

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Anyone old enough to remember the VHS - Betamax fiasco of the early 80s? It seems like history is repeating itself in the high-def Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD race of the 21st century. The VAIO AR190G is the first multimedia laptop to boast Blu-Ray, a technology able to store 5 times more data than the humble DVD.

Tired of skinny ultraportables? Sony has released the first multimedia notebook ever to feature Blu-ray technology. But the new VAIO VGN-AR190G offers more than just the latest instorage-medium tech. It's one of the slickest desktop replacement laptopsaround, and I want one. Sony spares practically nothing in the8.4 pound, 16.4-inch wide VAIO frame. First andforemost, there's a Blu-ray drive whose discs can store fivetimes as much data as a DVD.
Asingle-layer Blu-ray can store 25GB, with twice that much roomavailable on a double-layer. For recordable DVDs and CDs, thedrive is also compatible, so no worries about your newly outdatedmedia. The beauty of Blu-rayis that it's great for high-def videos and anything else thatrequires masses of data. You can already find a limited supply of Hollywood flicks on Blu-ray discs. Pop one of these in the newVAIO VGN AR190G, attach the laptop to your HDTV with the includedHDMI cable, and arguably you have the most vivid, most 21st-centuryviewing technology available outside of militaryintelligence.

What would HD quality video be without the proper display toappreciate it? The VAIO has a 17-inch widescreen with WUXGA+quality resolution (1,290 x 1,200), which comes with Sony'santi-glare, illuminating XBrite HiColor coating technology.

And you'll need the right video processor, too, to get the mostout of this AR190G multimedia marvel. Enter the Nvidia GeForce Go7600 GT graphics card with 256 MB of dedicated memory. Thatshould do it for high-def viewing, as well as any gaming you havein the cards.

The backbone of the VAIO is the 2 GHzIntel Core Duo T2500 microprocessor and 1 GB of DDR2 memory. Andin case you want to store something on the laptop and noton a Blu-ray disc, there are two 100GB hard drives, configured inRAID 0 for maximum room.

With the new VAIOVGN AR190G, you get all of that and a bag of chips-figurativelyspeaking, for two integrated speakers, built-in camera andmicrophone, FireWire port, S-Video port, Memory card slots,coaxial cable, remote control, and DVI adapter.

So you have three grand plus to spare? I'll pay you back nextTuesday for a Sony VAIO today.

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