techradar.com Updated: 2016-11-14 23:19:47
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Like the mysterious monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey, this glossy black slab from Sony marks a new chapter in the development of mankind. Overdramatic? Perhaps, but the advent of Blu-ray is a significant step-up in consumer data storage - think goin...
Product Summary VAIO VGN-AR11 S Price at launch £1999 Key specs HDD Capacity (GB) 200 | Processor Speed (GHz) 2 | Full spec For...
Like the mysterious monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey, this glossy black slab from Sony marks a new chapter in the development of mankind. Overdramatic? Perhaps, but the advent of Blu-ray is a significant step-up in consumer data storage - think goin...
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An awesome all purpose notebook which has great gaming performance, and Blu-ray support complete with HDMI. For the early adopter, it doesnt get much better than this.
Blu-ray playback, Blu-ray burning, Great games performance, Big screen...
Not much Blu-ray content, No TV-Tuner The Final Word An awesome all purpose notebook which has great gaming performance, and Blu-ray support complete with HDMI. For the early adopter, it doesnt get much better than this. Notes # This product is no lon...
An awesome all purpose notebook which has great gaming performance, and Blu-ray support complete with HDMI. For the early adopter, it doesnt get much better than this. Notes # This product is no longer available directly from the manufacturer. It may...
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T3.com Updated: 2016-11-14 23:19:47
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If the future is all about Hi-Def, then this laptop is more than ready for it. Not only does it have a 17-inch screen with a full 1080 resolution, but its also the first VAIO with a built-in Blu-ray recording drive. Theres even an HDMI port so you...
Crisp, full 1080 HD screen, Built-in Blu-ray drive, Digital TV tuner...
Screen is a little dark, Expensive...
This is a laptop with truly stunning High Definition features. The only downer is the steep price.
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It’s big, its powerful and its impressively specified and the inclusion of Blu-Ray makes it a must-have purchase...
Blu-Ray drive, powerful...
Not the cheapest notebook...
It’s big, its powerful and its impressively specified and the inclusion of Blu-Ray makes it a must-have purchase...
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An impressive showcase for the first Blu-ray drive in a notebook, but the price is very high With HD DVD finally making its debut last month in Toshibas Qosmio G30, we didnt have to wait too long to see Blu-ray hit back. This month sees Sony introdu...
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Without any doubt, the Sony Vaio VGN-AR11S is a piece of jewelry according form and organization. The occurrence impressed. Also the equipment, owing to Geforce Go 7600GT and Sonys Blu Ray drive assembly work convincingly. read more...
The Sony Vaio VGN-AR11S is quite successful. Owing to Geforce 7600GT this notebook also offers good performance for games. This is not a feature of most Sony notebooks, which are rather weakly equipped concerning graphics.Particularly well is the design o...
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xbitlabs.com Updated: 2016-11-14 23:19:47
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With the cinema industry developing at a tremendous pace in the last years, it is no wonder there’s so much talk about the battle of optical disc formats which even concerns people outside the computer world. The CD once seemed so capacious and unri...
Bluray drive, Superb design, Excellent performance, Large widescreen 17” display, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition with a remote control, TVtuner, HDMI connector, Portreplicator connector...
Poorly designed touchpad, Short battery life, No Recovery CDs, Scanty accessories, Very high price...
Sony’s designers and engineers keep on turning out top-notch products. Having packed a high-performance hardware stuffing and a 17” display into the VAIO VGN-AR11SR, they also managed to keep the notebook small. So, the only thing that may dis...
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pcworld.com_techhive.com Updated: 2016-11-14 23:19:47
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Marc SimonAs for the optical drives, the Sony model has more features: Its the first mobile optical drive to write to high-capacity Blu-ray write-once and rewritable media (albeit at just 1X). By contrast, the drive in the Toshiba portable is merely...
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For a long time Toshiba has had its own way when it comes to fully featured Media Center notebooks, with its Qosmio range pretty much dominating the market, but it looks like that's all about to change. Sony has finally decided to embrace Media Center, pl...
It would be easy to think of the AR11S solely as the first notebook available with a Blu-ray drive, but that really would be selling it short. What you've actually got here is a superb Media Center PC, with all the components to allow it to be the centre...
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Laptopmag.com Updated: 2016-11-14 23:19:47
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Not only is Sonys new VAIO VGN-AR190G Digital Studio the first notebook to feature Blu-ray technology, its also one of the best equipped multimedia notebooks around. Of course, treating yourself to the latest technology comes at a cost; in this case...
Blu-ray optical drive, Brilliant high-resolution widescreen display, Sleek design, Built-in TV tuner, Powerful graphics...
Very expensive, Average productivity performance, Slow Blu-ray burning, Short battery life, Small touchpad buttons...
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The high-definition media struggles are heating up with Sonys launch of its VAIO VGN-AR190G ($3,499.99 direct) laptop. The worlds first Blu-ray–equipped laptop, the new VAIO is Sonys answer to Toshibas HD DVD laptop, the Qosmio G35-AV650. Both la...
Blu-ray recordable drive. Gorgeous piano-black finish. Includes HDMI cable and converter. Internal analog-TV tuner.
Buggy InterVideo software. Burning a 22GB image took forever (3 hours). Poor battery life. Expensive.
If youre an early adopter or need to create HD content on the go, the Sony VAIO VGN-AR190G notebook with Blu-ray drive is your best bet, but like Toshibas Qosmio G35-AV650, it has a few glitches...
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