Sony VAIO AR Premium Notebook (with Blu-Ray) Reviewed

Posted Jun 19, 2006 at 1:35AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Tags: Blu-ray, nVidia, review, Sony, VAIO

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Well, recently we announced that Sony's VAIO AR Premium Notebook would be released this week, and there is already a review up on it over at BusinessWeek. The results in short? 3/5 stars, and more specifically:

• The Good - Gorgeous video. Blu-Ray Burner. Huge hard drive.
• The Bad - High price. Feeble battery.
• The Bottom Line - Great for those willing to pay through the nose
  

The AR Premium is the first notebook featuring the much hailed Blu-Ray DVD player and a Blu-Ray-capable burner allowing you to play the HD content and enjoy movies in full1080p HD resolution. Blu-Ray discs are able to hold up to 50gb of data, and the reviewer stated on a copy of Hitch that "the video looked great, with lots of detail within the shot. The movie has several overhead shots of New York City that looked almost cinematic, even on the 17-inch notebook screen".

The AR Premium Notebook also comes standard with an 17-inch WUXGA widescreen display, Intel Core Duo 2ghz processor, 1GB memory, Nvidia GeForce 7600GT, 200gb HDD, internal TV tuner, and a HDMI connector and included cable.

In conclusion, is it worth the steep US$3,500? The reviewer said "it is a fine computer. But there are lots of fine computers on the market in the same size range, though none with the Blu-Ray capability". So if you really, really, really, really want to jump in quickly and grab the first Blu-Ray drive (and can afford it), then that's great. If you can't, then it is recommended that you hold out that little longer until the high price drops a little...

Via BusinessWeek

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# hmm... Blu-Ray — Guest 2006-06-19 02:42

remove the Blu-ray burner and you can probably get the system for $1500 or less. Why buy a player that can currently only play less than half-a-dozen (old) movies

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