Sony VAIO VGX-TP1 Living Room PC

The presence of high-def TV screens capable of displaying 1080p HDTV resolutions (1920x1080, typically), the home desktop PC is no longer restricted to, well, the desk. It can be connected to a your living room widescreen TV if it has an HDMI port. Imagine browsing the web on a 40 to 60 inch TV screen, and also streaming (and downloading) audio and video files straight from the web. That's the concept of the Sony VGX-TP1 VAIO(R) Living Room PC, Windows Vista Home Premium. Easy to use and setup, the TP1 PC is packed with the latest hardware technology including an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Windows Vista Home Premium operating system and a massive 300GB hard drive.

Enjoy your favorite live and recorded TV and movies or surf the web from your couch with the immersive Windows Media Center experience that lets you navigate your content on screen, all controlled by a matching keyboard and remote control. The (approximate) 10.6" diameter chassis is designed to fit most home-theater component cabinets so it's a sure fit for your lifestyle. It even has a built-in High Definition digital cable tuner with ATSC and NTSC support. It's the future of PC ready for today. HDMI out (High Definition Multimedia Interface), DVI-D (through HDMI to DVI-D adapter), VGA out 802.11b/g wifi compatible RJ45 Ethernet port / Modem with RJ11 port 4 USB and 1 iLink port Memory Stick Media Slot.

Processor: The Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 processor has a 1.83 GHz processor speed, super-fast 667 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and large 2 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.) The Intel Core 2 Duo processor has two computational execution cores in a single processor, providing greater system response when running multi-threaded applications simultaneously with no significant increase in power consumption. It's optimized for multitasking and is ready to support the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. It can simultaneously run multiple demanding applications--such as graphics-intensive games or serious number-crunching business productivity applications--while downloading music or running virus-scanning security programs in the background. Some of the advanced Intel innovations of the Core 2 Duo processor include:

Hard Drive: The huge 300 GB Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive (7200 RPM) offers a wealth of storage space--enough for storing up to 180 hours of television programming, a vast multimedia collection, or for editing digital video. This SATA hard drive also quickens the pace with a higher speed transfer of data--akin to FireWire and USB 2.0.

Memory: The 2 GB of built-in memory (PC5300, DDR2 SDRAM, 2 x 1 GB) maximizes the capacity for this machine, enabling you to effortlessly handle a wide variety of multimedia tasks right out of the box. It also offers a top-of-class 667 MHz speed.