Sony Unveils PCs Equipped for TV Video Recording
VAIOs, due in June, feature a range of video recording, management functions.
Anush Yegyazarian, PCWorld.com
Thursday, May 17, 2001
Sony is expanding its VAIO Digital Studio and PC lines, shipping in June new desktops that range from entry-level systems to a high-end, fully-decked video-recording PC.
Sony claims the high-end unit, the PCV-RX490TV, "is the industry's first PC with integrated video recording," according to Rich Black, director of desktop PC marketing for Sony Electronics' Information Technology Product Division.
Sony offers a $100 rebate on the $2599 unit (monitor not included). It's powered by a 1.7-GHz Pentium 4 and comes with 128MB of RDRAM (expandable to 512MB), an 80GB hard drive, both a 56-kbps modem and 10/100 Ethernet support, Windows Millennium Edition, and Microsoft Word 2002. A Pioneer DVD-RW drive, which supports DVD-R, CD-Rewritable, and CD-Recordable, is bundled.
The lower-level PCV-RX480DS, priced at $2100, has the same basic hardware specifications as the 490TV but lacks a few of the high-end unit's tools and supports only DVD-ROM and CD-RW. If you want to spend less and you need slightly less power, try the $1700 PCV-RX470DS, with a 1.5-GHz Pentium 4 and a 60GB hard drive. Both offer a $100 mail-in rebate.
Sony is introducing two other units into its VAIO PC line, both with AMD processors. The higher-end unit, the $1100 PCV-RX450, uses a 1-GHz Athlon CPU and comes with both DVD-ROM and CD-RW drives; a $100 rebate is available for it as well. At the entry level, Sony offers the $850 Duron 900-based PCV-J200, which also bundles a combination DVD/CD-RW drive. Both units come with 128MB of SDRAM, a 40GB hard drive, a 56-kbps modem, and 10/100 Ethernet support. Sony offers a $50 rebate with the unit.
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