Stan Beer
Tuesday, 16 May 2006 20:12
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Just one week after Toshiba released its high priced Qosmio HD DVD notebook in the US, Sony has unveiled an even higher priced Blu-ray laptop.
The new VAIO AR comes with a 17-inch screen, comes installed with
Windows Media Center, with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 and enables
viewing of HD video on the small laptop screen or on an external high
definition display.
Like the Toshiba Qosmio, the VAIO AR is powered by an Intel dual-core
processor and has a huge 200G hard disk to provide adequate HD video
storage.
The bad news is that even with a built in digital TV tuner and blue ray
technology consumers are going to find the $3500 a big mouthful to
swallow.
It's strange how there always seems to about a $500 gap between HD DVD
and Blu-ray players. Perhaps at $599, including a Blu-ray player with
HD connectivity, video watching consumers may want to rethink whether
the PS3 is such a bad deal after all.