New VAIO Desktops Give the Gift of Lasting Memories
Sony PCs With One-Click DVD Burning Software Easily Convert Home Video to DVD
PRNewswire
SAN DIEGO
10/01/2002
You can share your favorite memories this holiday season without the hassle of cables, tapes or a slideshow carousel by sending a gift-wrapped personal DVD to friends and family. New VAIO® desktop PCs with Sony's original Click to DVD™ software allows you to easily take analog or digital content, as well as digital photos, and burn them directly to a DVD.
The new PCV-RZ16G, PCV-RZ14G and PCV-RX860 desktop models all feature high-powered processors, rewritable DVD drives and the Click to DVD software -- a one-click DVD burning application.
"One out of every four American households have a DVD player connected to their TV and even more have camcorders," said Mark Hanson, vice president and general manager of VAIO PC marketing for Sony Electronics. "With Click to DVD, we've bridged the gap between these devices, making it very easy to create your own professional looking DVD."
RZ Digital Studio PC
Marking Sony's most powerful line of desktop PCs ever offered is the VAIO Digital Studio™ RZ series, the first two models, the PCV-RZ16G and PCV-RZ14G, don a sophisticated look with curved speakers. These two models have the most processing power of any VAIO computer with Intel® Pentium® 4 processors and include 120 GB hard drives that can house loads of music, video and photo content.
Also on the new VAIO desktops is Sony's Giga Pocket™ personal video recording application, which lets you watch live TV, record shows onto the hard drive for viewing at a later time, and plan future recording with an Internet TV programming guide. This feature also enables simultaneous live television viewing and video recording on the PC.
Another feature of the Giga Pocket application is the ability to use the built-in analog video input, which makes the transfer of tape to DVD from 8mm or VHS camcorders easy. Stacks of VHS tapes can now be compressed and cataloged, preserving memories for years while using only a fraction of the storage space.
The PCV-RZ16G model, priced at about $2,000, includes a rewritable DVD drive and a DVD-ROM drive, and is packed with 1GB of PC-2100 DDR RAM (expandable to 1.5 GB). Its sister PCV-RZ14G model, priced at about $1,700, includes a DVD-RW and a CD-ROM drive, and 512 MB PC-2100 DDR RAM (expandable to 1.5 GB). Both models have nVidia® GeForce4™ MX 440 64 MB graphics cards for terrific gaming and superb color output.
Classic RX Digital Studio PC -- Specifications
The PCV-RX860 model is a practical entry into the world of DVD burning. Priced at about $1,300, this model includes an Intel Pentium 4 processor, a rewritable DVD drive and a CD-ROM drive. An 80GB hard drive and 512MB of PC-2100 DDR RAM (expandable to 1.5GB) provide all the power necessary to store images, music and video content.
Across the Board Functionality
All of the new desktop models have six USB 2.0 ports and two i.LINK® IEEE 1394 digital interface ports to make connecting printers, music players, displays and handheld computers a snap. They also all have a Memory Stick® media slot for sharing pictures, music, documents and other digital data with more than 300 compatible electronic devices from various manufacturers.
The PCV-RZ14G, PCV-RZ16G and PCV-RX860 VAIO desktop PCs will all be available this month.
Key Specifications, VAIO Desktop Series Fall 2002:
PCV-RX860 PCV-RZ14G PCV-RZ16G
Processor Intel® Intel® Intel®
Pentium® 4 Pentium® 4 Pentium® 4
Processor Processor Processor
2.40B GHz(i) 2.53GHz 2.66 GHz
Cache
Memory 512 KB(ii) 512KB 512 KB
Integrated Integrated Integrated
On-Die On-Die On-Die
Level 2 Level 2 Level 2
Operating
System Microsoft® Microsoft® Microsoft®
Windows® XP Windows® XP Windows® XP
Home Edition Home Edition Home Edition
Sony
Original
Software Click to DVD™ Click to DVD™ Click to DVD™
PictureGear PictureGear PictureGear
Studio™ Studio™ Studio™
DVgate™ Dvgate™ Dvgate™
SonicStage™ SonicStage™ SonicStage™
for VAIO® PC for VAIO® PC for VAIO® PC
MovieShaker™ MovieShaker™ MovieShaker™
Network Smart Network Smart Network Smart
Capture Capture Capture
VAIO Media™ VAIO Media™ VAIO Media™
Other
Software
Applications Adobe® Adobe® Adobe®
Premiere® LE Premiere® LE Premiere® LE
Corel Corel Corel
WordPerfect® WordPerfect® WordPerfect®
Office 2002 Office 2002 Office 2002
Wordperfect® Wordperfect® Wordperfect®
Quattro Pro® Quattro Pro® Quattro Pro®
Corel® Corel® Corel®
Presentations™ Presentations™ Presentations™
CorelCENTRAL™ CorelCENTRAL™ CorelCENTRAL™
Intuit Intuit Intuit
Quicken® Quicken® Quicken®
2002(iii) 2002 2002
Adobe® Adobe® Adobe®
Photoshop® Photoshop® Photoshop®
Elements Elements Elements
Veritas® Veritas® Veritas®
RecordNow™ DX RecordNow™ DX RecordNow™DX
Adobe® Adobe® Adobe®
Acrobat® Acrobat® Acrobat®
Reader® Reader® Reader®
Apple Apple Apple
QuickTime® QuickTime® QuickTime®
Microsoft® Microsoft® Microsoft®
Outlook® Outlook® Outlook®
Express Express Express
RealNetworks® RealNetworks® RealNetworks®
RealOne™ RealOne™ RealOne™
Player Player Player
Standard
RAM 512MB PC-2100 DDR 512MB PC-2100 DDR 1GB PC-2100 DDR
(expandable to (expandable to (expandable to
1.5GB) 1.5 GB) 1.5GB)
Hard Drive 80GB Ultra ATA/ 120GB 7200rpm 120GB 7200rpm
100 Hard Drive Ultra ATA/100 Ultra ATA/100
Hard Drive Hard Drive
Floppy Disk
Drive 3.5" 1.44 MB 3.5" 1.44MB 3.5" 1.44 MB
PCV-RX860 PCV-RZ14G PCV-RZ16G
Drives DVD-RW (2X1X4X) DVD-RW (2X1X4X) DVD-RW (2X1X4X)
CD-RW (8X4X24X) CD-RW (8X4X24X) CD-RW (8X4X24X)
CD-ROM 40X max. CD-ROM 40X max. DVD-ROM 16X max.
Read/40X max.
CD-ROM Read
Video &
Graphics SIS651 Integrated 4X AGP 3D 4X AGP 3D
Graphics with Graphics Graphics
Real256™ Hardware Hardware
2D/3D Graphics Acceleration Acceleration
Accelerator (nVIDIA® (nVIDIA®
32MB Shared GeForce4™ GeForce4™
Graphics Memory MX 440) MX 440)
(64MB Max.) 64MB Video 64MB Video
Memory Memory
(128-bit DDR) (128-bit DDR)
MPEG2 Realtime MPEG2 Realtime
Encoder/Decoder Encoder/Decoder
board with board with
TV Tuner TV Tuner
Modem V.90 compatible V.90 compatible V.90 compatible
data/fax modem data/fax modem data/fax modem
Ethernet 10Base-T/ 10Base-T/ 10Base-T/
100Base-TX 100Base-TX 100Base-TX
Fast Ethernet Fast Ethernet Fast Ethernet
Ports Six USB 2.0 Six USB 2.0 Six USB 2.0
i.LINK® i.LINK® i.LINK®
(IEEE 1394) (2) (IEEE 1394) (2) (IEEE 1394) (2)
Dimensions
(CPU) 8.0" (W) 8.0" (W) 8.0" (W)
14.2" (H) 14.2" (H) 14.2" (H)
14.6" (D) 14.6" (D) 14.6" (D)
Availability October October October
ESP About $1,300 About $1,700 About $2,000
(i) GHz denotes microprocessor internal clock speed; other factors may
affect application performance.
(ii) GB means one billion bytes when referring to Hard Rive capacity.
Accessible capacity may vary.
(iii) Previous Quicken users may require additional upgrade.
For further information, please contact John Dolak of Sony Electronics Inc., +1-858-942-2905, John.Dolak@am.sony.com; or Yona Kweskin of Burson- Marsteller, +1-858-646-3026, Yona_Kweskin@sdg.bm.com, for Sony Electronics Inc.
SOURCE: Sony Electronics Inc.
CONTACT: John Dolak of Sony Electronics Inc., +1-858-942-2905,
John.Dolak@am.sony.com; or Yona Kweskin of Burson-Marsteller, +1-858-646-3026,
Yona_Kweskin@sdg.bm.com, for Sony Electronics Inc.
Web site: http://www.sonystyle.com/vaio
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