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Features

• 512MB of PC2700 DDR333 SDRAM
• 13.3 WXGA Widescreen LCD with a native resolution of 1280 x 800
• DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive
• 80 GB HDD
• Graphics - ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 32MB of memory

Reviews (14)

Th Good, The Bad, and The Ugly...
The good:
Really disapointed
I was really disapointed with this computer. 3 months after buying the notebook. My hard drive crashed and i had to spend like 200 dollars to get it fixed. Its also very bulky and compared to the modern age computers, it is also slow.

Product worth the price by 90%
Sony has all the good features with this model with high processor speed in its class and the 1 gb RAM with which you can do lot of high volume processing with applications. The Screen clarity is very good. Power backup is at the max 60 mins with the min resolution setting. Not recommended for the people on move, then you may need additional power backup and weight you need to carry back(8 lbs).
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A replacement lamp for Sony's VPL-PX20, PX30, and VW10HT projectors, the LMP-200 is a 200 W lamp which puts out a high 1,400 ANSI lumens of brightness. Designed specifically for your existing projector, the LMP-200 conforms to the same high Sony standards as the original lamp. The LMP-200 package weighs 2 pounds and comes backed with a 90-day limited warranty. ... Read more

Features

• 200 W replacement lamp
• Compatible with Sony PX20/30 and VW10 projectors
• Easy to install
• 90-day warranty
• Genuine Sony quality

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The Sony Vaio VGN-A690 Digital Studio multimedia/TV notebook PC is designed to provide the cutting edge technology and incomparable style you expect from Sony. The AV entertainment dock plugs you into a powerful TV tuner and personal video recorder, letting you watch and record your favorite shows, or save them to DVD via the dual-layer, multiformat DVD+/-RW drive. The 17-inch widescreen LCD display with XBRITE technology lets you enjoy crisp images and vivid colors. Convert VHS and 8mm videos into professional-quality DVDs, and capture and edit high-definition camcorder video. The VGN-A690 also features a fast Intel Centrino processor, spacious 100 GB hard drive, 1 GB of installed RAM, integrated 54g wireless connectivity, and a wide selection of preinstalled Sony multimedia software. Read more

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U b the judge
My son bought this computerin July 05. had the motherboard and hard drive replaced this past April 06. Now the Display has gone out (out of warrenty) and the tech told him it can not take the heat. Otherwise okI guess.

Great laptop if you're willing to spend the money.
I was planning on picking up a laptop at the end of 2004 or early in 2005, but learned about Intel's new mobile chips that feature more cache. So I waited and picked this up from Sony, which has the Intel M 750 at 1.86 Ghz and 2MB of cache. It also has Intel's 915PM chipset, which is Intel's better chipset for mobile applications. It has a great screen and plenty of power and memory.
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Delivering powerful performance for your everyday computing needs, the Sony Vaio VGN-FS570 notebook PC is also ready to grow with your multimedia demands. You'll be able to easily create high-quality DVDs in one click and display it on the 15.4-inch crisp, XBRITE LCD. Slim and lightweight (at just over 6 pounds), the VGN-FS570 also offers a battery life of up to 5.5 hours thanks to the battery-sipping Intel Pentium M Processor 740. It also features an 100 GB hard drive, 1 GB of installed RAM, multiformat, dual-layer DVD+/-RW drive, 54g wireless connectivity, a Memory Stick slot for easy transfer of your photos from your Sony digital camera, and Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2).Read more

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SONY VAIO VGN-FS- garbage - garbage
I BOUGHT ONE NOTeBOOK, WHICH WORKED FOR BARELY 20 DAYS, LCD BLACKED OUT, THE BACK ILLUMINATING DEVICE FAILED AND NOW CANNOT SEE OR READ ANYTHING.BASICALLY BACK ILLUMINATING LCD NOTEBOOKS ARE BIG FLOPS. TRYING SONY SUPPORT TEAMFROM LAST 4 DAYS. I HEAR NOTHING EXCEPT RECORDING MESSAGES,PUSHING ME FROM ONE LOOPING PHONE TO ANOTHER WITH NO RESULT. ALREADY WASTED FEW CALLS EACH LASTING 40 TO 60 MINUTES. SOLUTION SUGGESTED BY SOME JERKS AT SONY:" PUSHING ON OFF BUTTON", "IF I HAVE CONNECTED BATTERY OR CABLE".THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN CHINA AND NOTHING BUT GARBAGE FOR WHICH I PAID 1725 $. THERE IS NOTHING CALLED ON SITE WARRNTY THOUGH IT IS INCLUDED FOR A YEAR ON DOCUMENTS. THEIR DEALER "BEST BUY" ARE ANOTHER BUNCH OF JOKERS WHO DO NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS I PAY 89 $ PLUSI NEED TO BUY SERVICE PLAN OR EXTENDED WARRANTY PLAN.
Garbage
Want a sony? Please, please for your own good take the time to read these following links. Thank you. My goal is to protect consumers from the problems that I and others have faced.
Not a computer nerd
I know nothing about mhz, ram or balh balh burning time. When I was looking for a lap top I told the sales person I just want a computer I can use to get online and check my emails and not get knock off.
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Features

• Intel Pentium 4 Processor 640 (3.2 GHz) with Hyper-Threading Technology
• 2MB L2 Cache
• FSB - 800MHz
• 512MB of PC-3200 400MHz DDR SDRAM (upgradeable to 2GB)
• 250GB 7200RPM Serial ATA(TM) HDD

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Great home computer
The VGC-RB50 has the ability to handle photoshop and the other programs I use for illustration.I wish it had two DVD/CD drives, but I can always add one later on.

Buyer Beware
I bought this computer 10 days ago. When I opened the box I found there was just one piece of paper for computer specs..and they didn't say much. I wanted to upgrade RAM 512 just doesn't go far these days. I went to Sony support and they had 2 documents...one was the paper included in the box and the other is a .chm file. I have yet to find anything that works to open it and make it readable. I called sony and that wasn't much help, emailed them no response yet, started a chat session with tech support and was told detailed motherboard specs are not published. Emachines and Compaq are both much better in allowing you to access infomation about your computer. If you work on your own computer beware there is no motherboard support...even intel doesn't list this board even though they manufactured it. For the money you can buy a better system from companies much more customer friendly. I gave it a 1 because so far it does run and 1 is the lowest rating. I expected more and got so much less. ... Read more

Features

• Compact Hi8 Handycam camcorder with 320,000-pixel CCD
• 20x optical zoom lens (digital zoom to 990x) with manual focus
• 2.5-inch rotating LCD and black-and-white viewfinder
• Low-light recording settings and built-in white LED light
• NP-FM30 InfoLithium Rechargeable Battery

Reviews (8)

No Manual White Balance
This Camcorder is useless. Has alot of extras but when working on a video for my AV class I when to set up the white balance and found that it's auto. When compared to one with manual WB this camera sucks. Pictures are all different colors from blue to yellow. Manual WB is a basic standard on all camera and camcorder so why was it left off this one? I would give or suggest this camcorder to any one, I'd look for another, just in case you plan on editing your color don't change from shot to shot. This is a worthless camcorder.

Very Impressive
I have had this camcorder since October of '04, and I have only complained about one thing: not being able to hook it up to a computer through USB. Other than that, this is a very cool li'l camera that shoots good quality images.I shot video at a party for a music video with it once, and am currently using it to make a film I wrote.This is a very handy camcoreder indded, and I would recommend it to just anyone who wants to capture some fun times.I only recommend that you buy lots of tapes--it's just fun to waste tape on recording random crap sometimes!

Perfect choice for something easy to use
After toying with the idead of getting a camcorder, I recently bought this Sony camcorder about a week ago.Out of all the ones I've researched this one seemed to be the easiest to use.I've never used a camcorder before and I was able to use this without looking through the manual.Every feature on the camcorder is clear as day to use.If you are just looking for something simply to use that has features that ANYONE can operate, this is the camera for you. ... Read more

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If you are a professional in CAD or other graphics, you need to get the most out of your monitor: the best image quality, reliability, and all the extras you can ask for. With the GDM-FW900 24-inch CRT (cathode-ray tube) monitor for Mac and PC, Sony has gone all out to bring you everything that you need. A 160 Hz refresh rate and 2,304 x 1,440 maximum resolution will satisfy any professional, while the 24-inch screen (20.5-inch viewable) provides 21 percent more display area than 21-inch monitors.Read more

Features

• 22.5-inch viewable screen
• 2,304 x 1,440 maximum resolution
• 0.27-millimeter dot pitch
• PC and Macintosh compatible
• Virtually flat viewing surface

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Expensive but worth the price
I have been happily using my FW900 12-24 hrs a day for over 3 years now. If I had to go back to using a 19 inch monitor, I would probably lose my mind. I previously owned a Viewsonic 21" monitor. This Sony GDM-FW900 is superior. Even a 21" monitor seems small now.
It's got the most OOOOOOHh factor.....
I have been using Sun's near flat 21" monitor, but when we finally started to have image problems with them (actually, they were getting really old..:o() I knew the time had come to pony up some bucks again for monitors. So after some research into what's out there today new and used, we found some 3 year old 24" tru-flat Trinitron's, off lease. I decided to give it a shot and picked up a handful of them.
Paradise Lost
At the risk of being that guy who comes in and pulls down the rating of a product that everyone else loves and gives "This suxors!" as a reason, I must relate my tale of woe. I will go into more detail than the normal dimwitted party pooper.
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Subjects:  1. Digital Imaging    2. Printers    3. UPDP10, UPDP, 10   

Features

• LocationFree Player for PC
• For Windows XP and Windows 2000 (SP4)
• NetAV Function on your PC
• Stream video from your TV, DVD-Player or other video source over your home network
• Watch your home TV over a broadband connection on your PC -- from virtually anywhere in the world via NetAV1

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The Sony Vaio VGC-RB51P desktop entertainment PC comes loaded with the all tools you need to easily create, manage, share, and enjoy your digital photos, home videos, movies, and music. You can store hundreds of hours of your music collection on the extra-large 250 GB Serial ATA hard drive. And you can easily burn your home video productions to DVD for friends and family with the dual-layer, multi-format DVD/CD burner, which enables you to store up to 8.5 GB of data on a DL disc. It features a hyper-threading 3.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 Processor 640 as well as 512 MB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), a multi-format memory card reader compatible with the most popular digital camera formats, Microsoft XP Home Edition, and a wide assortment of pre-loaded software titles. Read more

Features

• Monitor Not Included
• Intel Pentium 4 Processor 640 (3.2 GHz) with Hyper-Threading Technology
• 2MB L2 Cache
• FSB - 800MHz
• 512MB of PC-3200 400MHz DDR SDRAM (upgradeable to 2GB)

Features

• 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium D 920 CPU, 800 MHz front side bus, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 graphics controller (224 MB shared memory)
• 1 GB PC2-4200 533 MHz RAM, 250 GB hard drive, double layer CD-RW/DVD-RW optical drive, DVD-ROM/CD-ROM drive
• 6 USB 2.0, 2 FireWire, S-Video, composite audio/video, 9-in-1 memory card reader, composite audio-video
• 10/100/1000 gigabit network interface, 56K modem
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005, Microsoft Works 8.5, Intuit Quicken 2005 New User Edition, Microsoft Money Standard 2004

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Fast PC, runs Windows XP well...
The VGC-RB60G is our fourth purchase of a Sony VAIO desktop computer, and replaces my wife's PCV-RZ32G. I currently have a VGC-RA940G, and my wife started out with a PCV-LX920.
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Mean Machine
My order was quickly processed and shipped. I had trouble installing the sbc dsl installation disc so I called sonys help line and quickly spoke with someone who helped trouble-shoot the problem.They told me that the problem was the disc version of sbc and that I should contact them.After that I was further instructed on how to download the correct version from their website.After doing this the computer was supreme.With 1 GB RAM everything happens in a flash, it's 200 GB Hard Drive is more than enough which is an understatment.I purchased this computer from tigerdirect.com through amazon and paid 800 dollars which after doing my research and comparing prices is a great deal.It comes with a keyboard, a really cool mouse, and a set of speakers.I choose to purchase a 19 inch sony flat panel monitor from amazon.com of which I paid 310 US dollars after 150 Mail in Rebate to Sony.I didn't purchase the XtraBrite because it cost more and the only difference seemed to be the glossy screen and the colors were exagerated (the grass was unrealistacly green).So all in all I paid $1100 + s/h which, compared to this setup as a total package, saved a couple hundred dollars depending on where you look.I am blown away at this computer, surfing the internet is a whole new experience now that I don't have to wait for page loads or freezing.Taking on 30 tasks at once is not a problem for this computer, not that I would ever need to but just knowing that you could.It's like driving a porsche, you probably won't need to go 200 mph but just knowing you could is really cool.A 200 GB hard drive larger than you'll need but it's nice to have.I recommend this computer to Multi Media users and suggest the 19 inch flat panel sony monitor to go with it, 19 inches is the way to go.I've had a 17 flat screen monitor for 6 years and I was just blown away with this new one.I love it.Also, the whole package looks so cool on a desk.I think that the way a computer appears is also important and sony is top of the line when it comes to that.This computer is a mean machine and I am just so glad that there was nothing wrong with it and am looking forward to spending many years playing with it.

Love it
I bought this machine at Comp USA on sale for cheap. Tossed in a Geforce 4 card and I was ready to rock. Like the user said above.... it doesn't come with system disks. What you are supposed to do is burn them when u use the computer. I guess it's a little cheap on Sony's part making the consumer burn his/her own system disks, but hey, blank CDs and DVDs are cheap and I'd rather save a few hundred bucks.

Arrived with defective modem, no system disks or documentation
The system is very attractively priced, especially with the rebates from both Sony and Amazon.
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The Sony VAIO VGC-RA842G Digital Studio PC provides the multimedia muscle for your next-generation A/V entertainment demands. Edit high-definition camcorder video, master your own music recordings, and turn your home movies into high-quality DVDs. The Intel Pentium D dual-core processor delivers robust performance for running multiple, demanding applications simultaneously. You can also watch and record all of your favorite shows with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, enhanced by Sony's Giga Pocket engine. The VGC-RA842G features massive 500 GB hard drive, 1 GB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum),a multiformat, dual-layer DVD/CD burner, multimedia memory card reader, and a wealth of preinstalled Sony multimedia software. Read more

Features

• 3.0 GHz Intel Pentium D 820 dual-core processor with 800 MHz front-side bus and 2 MB L2 cache
• 500 GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM (4 GB maximum), dual-layer DVD+/-RW burner
• Seven USB 2.0, two Firewire, one VGA, one headphone, one microphone, one PCMCIA, multiformat memory card reader, composite video, S-Video
• Built-in 10/100 Ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

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Awesome PC, just takes some time to iron out wrinkles
I got this PC after trying the RA-834G, which Sony doesn't make anymore. The only difference is that this machine has the 3.0 Ghz Dual-Core Pentium D, compared to the 3.6 Ghz Pentium on the 834G, and this one has 100 GB bigger hard drive.
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Features

• 1.73 GHz Intel Pentium M 740 CPU, 533 MHz front side bus, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 graphics controller (128 MB shared memory)
• 512 MB PC2-4200 533 MHz RAM, 100 GB hard drive, double layer CD-RW/DVD-RW optical drive
• 3 USB 2.0, 1 FireWire, Memory Stick media slot
• 802.11b/g wireless, 10/100 Mbps network interface, 56K modem
• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Works 8.5, Intuit Quicken 2005 New User Edition, Sony VAIO Zone

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Get a free Sony VAIO FJ instead!
Why settle for less, when you can get a brand new original colorful ultra-cool Sony VAIO FJ series laptop with 1GB RAM, 100GB disk, DVD writer, built-in webcam, etc. and all for Free! I got mine from this web site:nocostnow.info/laptop

VERY NICE LAPTOP / NOTEBOOK
At first I was also dubious of the purchase.However, once I installed a few software and deleted the many useless softwares that it came with I was very much satisfied.