Sony’s VAIO TP2G shaped Living Room PC " box Hat PC "

The Sony Vaio VGX-TP2G features an Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 processor, a 500GB hard disc drive, and a Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive that will stream HD movies via HDMI. It will also come with a wireless keyboard with touchpad and remote control for easy access, says Sony.

Sony’s ‘box hat’ shaped Living Room PC has arrived in Australia, giving consumers a stylish desktop computer that comes with HDMI, a Blu-ray reader (and DVD/CD burner) and Vista Home Premium (with Media Center) to challenge the stand-alone Blu-ray player and Sony’s own PS3. Should the Living Room PC live in your living room?

VAIO TP2G

 

Sony is a company with many paths to the nirvana of digital home entertainment, offering Blu-ray players shaped like a DVD player, the PS3 games and entertainment console, the new ‘Living Room PC’ that plays Blu-ray discs (but can’t record them) and a internal 5.25-inch Blu-ray burner that can be used with any existing desktop computer.

Pricing And Availability

The Sony Vaio VGX-TP2G is now available with an RRP of $2,399.

Product specifications:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.10GHz), 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 500GB HDD, Windows Vista Home Premium, NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT GPU with 256MB dedicated video memory; Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive

See: www.sony.com.au

Sony is also a company famed for  interesting technologies and designs, with the new Living Room PC, previewed at CES 2008,  now making its way to Australian retail stores, and sporting a round, box-hat shaped design that’s striking and, similar to one of Sony’s marketing slogans, ‘unlike any other’.
To create theVaio-branded Living Room PCC, model number TP2, Sony had to use notebook parts, known for their small size, giving Sony the ability to create a round design that would be much harder to create using standard desktop components.
Sony has also included an HDMI connector and a playback-only Blu-ray drive, although the drive is capable of reading and burning CDs and DVDs. There is also an HD TV tuner built-in, and when plugged into any TV or display device with HDMI, the Living Room PC is a great ‘digital entertainment hub’ for any home.
So why would a consumer want Sony’s Living Room PC – priced at AUD $2399 – instead of the AUD $699 PS3 which can also browse the web, play games and play Blu-ray movies?

 

Home entertainment comes full circle with the VAIO TP2G. It is a totally new concept in home computers that fits both your modern lifestyle and diverse computing needs. It's a perfect fit for your home, artfully blending superb styling with great features for any home computing task.

Including a Blu-ray Disc™ Combo Drive, you can connect to your Full High Definition BRAVIA, via HDMI and sit back to enjoy your favourite Blu-ray movie. The latest accelerated Intel® Core™2 Duo processor also provides great power for nearly any application and the 500GB HDD gives you ample room for photos, videos and music.

There is also a colour-coded remote commander specially designed for a unique software developed specifically for the TP series - "VAIO Living Browser" and you can also sit back and use the TP from the ease of your couch with the supplied wireless keyboard with integrated mouse pad.

 

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