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Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
Big news tonight from the Sony Store at 550 Madison Ave, New York City. Sony and Microsoft teamed up to release the Sony VAIO XL1, a living room Media Center PC and 1394 200 disc DVD changer/jukebox.
PR News Wire, Sony's Digital Living System Re-Defines the Digital Living Room:
Two sleek components comprise Sony's Digital Living System: a high-end
multimedia PC and a 200-disc media changer/recorder. Both are designed to fit
into a home entertainment rack and the elegant silver and black casings are
sure to complement the rest of your home entertainment system.
Sony living room PC + 200 disc DVD changer for $2300.
PC Mag Review, 4 out of 5 stars, Sony VAIO XL1 Digital Living System:
Sony VAIO XL1 Digital Living System won't replace your notebook or desktop PC, but it fast approaches Media Center nirvana.
I was just at the launch party and am now on my way out to celebrate. A lot of work went into this collaborative effort between Sony and Microsoft and I think the result is amazing. Not only do they have a living room PC and a changer, they also wrote plugins to view all your music CDs in the changer (and rip them all), archive content to blank DVDs in the changer, and surf the Internet with your remote control.
I took lots of photos and will post them soon.
In the meantime, you can find out more at Sony.com, The VAIO XL1, Digital Living System. And also there's a Q&A on Microsoft.com, Microsoft and Sony Team on Digital Entertainment Content Management System.
7:43:06 PM []
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