Comments on: Sony desktop doubles as flat-screen TV

Vaio VGC-LS1 computer lets people watch programs, record them and burn them onto DVDs.
Photo: Sony's latest Vaio

[bommai]

iMac + eyeTV Hybrid is better

That is too expensive. You can get a 2.0 GHz Core Duo based machine with 20" widescreen monitor and a good graphics card, built-in iSight camera, 802.11g, bluetooth, frontrow and Apple Remote control and all other hardware niceties + Mac OS X and all the built-in software. All this for under $1700 from Amazon.com. All that was lacking was a HD tuner. Now, Elgato has the USB 2.0 plugin tuner that does both analog and HD TV. The nice eyeTV 2.0 software works with apple remote and has a nice full screen interface. This add-on is $150.00. So for $1850 you get better hardware and software.

[bommai]

URLs

I figured I will include the URLs.

http://www.apple.com/imac/

Remember, if you like Windows XP Media Center edition you can buy it for like $110 through an OEM purchase and install it on this machine with bootcamp.

Elgato eyeTV Hybrid.

http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetvhybridna&PHPSESSID=feab959f291b652c583b0eec9b5ed57a

[Mergatroid Mania]

Big Deal...my PC has been doing this for years

It's amazing how companies keep regurgitating old ideas and claiming they're new.

Anyone can buy a PC and a TV tuner card, or an ATI All-in-Wonder card for under $1000 and do exactly the same thing. Like I have to buy a Sony or Apple product to do what my PC has been capable of doing for years.

Now, just maybe, if it was a laptop.....

[Razzl]

World's longest running case of sticker shock

When Sony first came out with the Vaio concept a few years back it was cutting edge and fresh and worth the $2 grand for early adopters. Today you would have to be out of your mind to spend this for what Sony is offering, especially since the quality of the pc innerds and the integral case concept is nowhere near as sleek and top-shelf as the original Vaio's. Greed has been Sony's downfall through the years and it's a shame, because they ought to be dominating consumer electronics but they lack the savvy to turn those concepts into cash. Being too greedy with licensing fees and too stubborn on price points is their recipe for hara-kiri...