Sony answers Toshiba with Blu-ray laptop

Stan Beer
Tuesday, 16 May 2006 21:12

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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.