New VAIO Desktops Help Create Personal Blockbusters
Sony's Video Editing Software Transforms Novice Computer Users Into Movie Directors
PRNewswire
SAN DIEGO
06/03/2002
Sony's new summer line of VAIO® desktop PCs offers a variety of configuration options for people who are ready to dive into the world of customized DVD recording. With the novice-friendly Simple DVD Maker™ software in all DVD-RW equipped VAIO desktop systems, end-users can expect to watch personal movies on their home DVD players in a few easy steps.
"Sony is drawing a straight line from the camcorder to the VAIO desktop PC," said Mark Hanson, Sony Electronics' vice president and general manager, VAIO PC marketing. "The software is so straightforward that not only can I burn DVDs, but so can anyone in my family."
Sony is also reintroducing AMD® processors into three of its new models, creating an excellent entry-level system for the first-time computer purchaser. Additionally, eight Intel® powered systems round out the line-up, including Sony's fastest VAIO desktop PC to date with an Intel Pentium® 4 processor 2.40 GHz.
Watch, Record and Store TV
Sony's high-end line of VAIO Digital Studio™ desktop PCs featuring DVD-RW (re-writable) drives are ideal for video editing and data transfer to blank DVDs. The PCV-RX780G and the PCV-RX790G models, expected to sell for about $2,100 and $2,500, respectively, both include Sony's original Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder. Giga Pocket functionality, exclusive to these two models, allows users to watch television on their PC with the ability to watch live TV and to pause, rewind and store recorded shows to the hard drive for viewing at a later time. It also provides an easy way to capture video from analog camcorders for editing and DVD creation.
Rounding out the recordable DVD-featured models are the PCV-RX752 and the PCV-RX770, available for about $1,550 and $1,700, respectively. Each model in this series comes with user-friendly DVD recording and editing software that easily transfers video content from external sources including video cameras.
Blast Tunes with the VAIO PC
To address the needs of the digital music enthusiast, Sony is offering four VAIO Digital Studio models with high-speed CD-RW (re-writable) drives. By using the VAIO desktop PC as a centralized music library, users can create customized, personal music collections that can be burned to CDs and transferred to personal audio devices, such as Sony's popular NetMD™ Walkman® recorders. The supplied SonicStage™ for VAIO® software makes it a simple task to manage music and create custom playlists.
Available with different options and memory configurations, the PCV-RX750 is expected to sell for about $1,150, the PCV-RX755 for around $1,250 and the PCV-RX760 for approximately $1,400. All of these models feature DVD-ROM and CD-RW drives, 60GB or 80GB hard drives and Intel® Pentium® 4 processors. The entry-level PCV-RX730 model offers an affordable option at about $850, and features a 40GB hard drive and an Intel® Celeron® processor.
AMD Back in the Fold
AMD® Athlon™ XP processors, ranging from 1.40 GHz to 1.53GHz, are in three models of the VAIO RX series. All AMD RX systems come equipped with DVD-ROM and CD-RW drives. The PCV-RX742 model, available for about $850, is perfect for people who would prefer to upgrade as their future needs expand. For about $100 more, the PCV-RX740 has a faster processor for quicker data access and processing. The PCV-RX741, expected to sell for about $1,100, comes with 512MB of PC-2100 DDR RAM (expandable to 1GB) and is ideal for digital music creation/management, photo editing and scrap booking.
More Specs and Availability
Every model in the VAIO desktop PC summer line-up includes 10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet connections for high-speed Internet access and networking, i.LINK™ interfaces to hook compatible camcorders directly to the desktop, and plenty of hard drive space to store songs, home movies and photos. All models will ship in June. Specification sheets for all models are available online at http://www.sonystyle.com/vaio .
Key Specifications, VAIO Digital Studio Series Summer 2002:
PCV-RX730 PCV-RX740
Processor Intel® Celeron® AMD® Athlon™
1.70 GHz XP Processor 1800+
operating at 1.53 GHZ
Cache Memory 128 KB Integrated 128KB Integrated
On-Die Level 2 On-Die Level 1
256KB Integrated
On-Die Level 2
Operating System Microsoft® Microsoft®
Windows® XP Windows® XP
Home Edition Home Edition
Sony Original Software DVgate™ DVgate™
SonicStage™ for SonicStage™ for
VAIO® VAIO®
MovieShaker™ MovieShaker™
Smart Capture Smart Capture
DigitalPrint DigitalPrint
PowerDVD
Other Software Corel WordPerfect® Corel WordPerfect®
Applications Office 2002 Office 2002
Adobe® Acrobat® Adobe® Acrobat®
Reader® Reader®
Apple QuickTime® Apple QuickTime®
Intuit Quicken® Intuit Quicken®
2002 2002
Microsoft® Microsoft®
Outlook® Express Outlook® Express
Standard RAM 256MB PC-2100 DDR 256MB PC-2100 DDR
(expandable to 1GB) (expandable to 1GB)
Hard Drive 40GB Ultra ATA/100 60GB Ultra ATA/100
Hard Drive Hard Drive
Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 1.44MB
Drives 16X max. DVD-ROM 16X max. DVD-ROM
40X max. CD-ROM 40X max. CD-ROM
24X10X40X max. CD-RW 24X10X40X max. CD-RW
Video & Graphics SIS650 Integrated SIS740 Integrated
Graphics with Graphics
Real256™ 2D/3D 32MB Shared Graphics
Graphics Accelerator Memory
32MB Shared Graphics
Memory (64MB max.)
Modem V.90 compatible V.90 compatible
data/fax modem data/fax modem
Ethernet 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX
Fast Ethernet Fast Ethernet
Ports USB (4), i.LINK® USB (4), i.LINK®
(IEEE 1394) (2) (IEEE 1394) (2)
Memory Stick®
media slot
Dimensions (CPU) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H)
x 14.6"(D) x 14.6"(D)
Availability June 2002 June 2002
ESP About $850 About $950
PCV-RX741 PCV-RX742
Processor AMD® Athlon™ AMD® Athlon™
XP Processor 1800+ XP Processor 1600+
operating at 1.53 GHz operating at 1.40 GHz
Cache Memory 128KB Integrated 128KB Integrated
On-Die Level 1 On-Die Level 1
256KB Integrated 256KB Integrated
On-Die Level 2 On-Die Level 2
Operating System Microsoft® Microsoft®
Windows® XP Windows® XP
Home Edition Home Edition
Sony Original Software DVgate™ DVgate™
SonicStage™ SonicStage™
for VAIO® for VAIO®
MovieShaker™ MovieShaker™
Smart Capture Smart Capture
DigitalPrint DigitalPrint
PowerDVD PowerDVD
Other Software Corel WordPerfect® Corel WordPerfect®
Applications Office 2002 Office 2002
Adobe® Acrobat® Adobe® Acrobat®
Reader® Reader®
Apple QuickTime® Apple QuickTime®
Intuit Quicken® Intuit Quicken®
2002 2002
Microsoft® Microsoft®
Outlook® Express Outlook® Express
Standard RAM 512MB PC-2100 DDR 256MB PC-2100 DDR
(expandable to 1GB) (expandable to 1GB)
Hard Drive 60GB Ultra ATA/100 60GB Ultra ATA/100
Hard Drive Hard Drive
Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 1.44MB
Drives 16X max. DVD-ROM 16X max. DVD-ROM
40X max. CD-ROM 40 max. CD-ROM
24X10X40X max. CD-RW 24X10X40X max. CD-RW
Video & Graphics SIS740 Integrated SIS740 Integrated
Graphics Graphics
32MB Shared Graphics 32MB Shared Graphics
Memory Memory
Modem V.90 compatible V.90 compatible
data/fax modem data/fax modem
Ethernet 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX
Fast Ethernet Fast Ethernet
Ports USB (4), i.LINK® USB (4), i.LINK®
(IEEE 1394) (2) (IEEE 1394) (2)
Dimensions (CPU) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H)
x 14.6"(D) x 14.6"(D)
Availability June 2002 June 2002
ESP About $1,100 About $1,850
Key Specifications, VAIO Digital Studio Series Summer 2002:
PCV-RX750 PCV-RX752
Processor Intel® Pentium® 4 Intel® Pentium® 4
Processor 2A GHz Processor 2A GHz
Cache Memory 512 KB Integrated 512 KB Integrated
On-Die Level 2 On-Die Level 2
Operating System Microsoft® Microsoft®
Windows® XP Windows® XP
Home Edition Home Edition
Sony Original Software DVgate™ DVgate™
SonicStage™ Simple DVD Maker
for VAIO® SonicStage™
MovieShaker™ for VAIO®
Smart Capture MovieShaker™
DigitalPrint Smart Capture
PowerDVD DigitalPrint
PowerDVD
Other Software Corel WordPerfect® Corel WordPerfect®
Applications Office 2002 Office 2002
Adobe® Photoshop® Sonic Solutions
Elements DVDit!® for VAIO®
Adobe® Acrobat® Adobe® Photoshop®
Reader® Elements
Apple QuickTime® Veritas® RecordNow™
Intuit Quicken® DX
2002 Adobe® Acrobat®
Microsoft® Reader®
Outlook® Express Apple QuickTime®
Intuit Quicken® 2002
Microsoft® Outlook®
Express
Standard RAM 256MB PC-2100 DDR 512MB PC-2100 DDR
(expandable to 1GB) (expandable to 1GB)
Hard Drive 60GB Ultra ATA/100 80GB Ultra ATA/100
Hard Drive Hard Drive
Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 1.44MB
Drives 16X max. DVD-ROM 2X1X4X max. DVD-RW
40X max. CD-ROM 40X max. CD-ROM
24X10X40X max. CD-RW 8X4X24X max. CD-RW
Video & Graphics SIS650 Integrated SIS650 Integrated
Graphics with Graphics with
Real256™ 2D/3D Real256™ 2D/3D
Graphics Accelerator Graphics Accelerator
32MB Shared Graphics 32MB Shared Graphics
Memory (64MB max.) Memory (64MB max.)
Modem V.90 compatible V.90 compatible
data/fax modem data/fax modem
Ethernet 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX
Fast Ethernet Fast Ethernet
Ports USB (4), i.LINK® USB (4), i.LINK®
(IEEE 1394) (2) (IEEE 1394) (2)
Memory Stick® Memory Stick®
media slot media slot
Dimensions (CPU) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H)
x 14.6"(D) x 14.6"(D)
Availability June 2002 June 2002
ESP About $1,150 About $1,550
PCV-RX755 PCV-RX760
Processor Intel® Pentium® 4 Intel® Pentium® 4
Processor 2A GHz Processor 2.20 GHz
Cache Memory 512 KB Integrated 512 KB Integrated
On-Die Level 2 On-Die Level 2
Operating System Microsoft® Microsoft®
Windows® XP Windows® XP
Home Edition Home Edition
Sony Original Software DVgate™ DVgate™
SonicStage™ SonicStage™
for VAIO® for VAIO®
MovieShaker™ MovieShaker™
Smart Capture Smart Capture
DigitalPrint DigitalPrint
PowerDVD PowerDVD
Other Software Corel WordPerfect® Corel WordPerfect®
Applications Office 2002 Office 2002
Adobe® Photoshop® Adobe® Photoshop®
Elements Elements
Adobe® Acrobat® Adobe® Acrobat®
Reader® Reader®
Apple QuickTime® Apple QuickTime®
Intuit Quicken® Intuit Quicken®
2002 2002
Microsoft® Microsoft®
Outlook® Express Outlook® Express
Standard RAM 512MB PC-2100 DDR 512MB PC-2100 DDR
(expandable to 1GB) (expandable to 1GB)
Hard Drive 60GB Ultra ATA/100 80GB 7200rpm Ultra
Hard Drive ATA/100 Hard Drive
Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 1.44MB
Drives 16X max. DVD-ROM 16X max. DVD-ROM
40X max. CD-ROM 40 max. CD-ROM
24X10X40X max. CD-RW 24X10X40X max. CD-RW
Video & Graphics SIS650 Integrated SIS650 Integrated
Graphics with Graphics with
Real256™ 2D/3D Real256™ 2D/3D
Graphics Accelerator Graphics Accelerator
32MB Shared Graphics 32MB Shared Graphics
Memory (64MB max.) Memory (64MB max.)
Modem V.90 compatible V.90 compatible
data/fax modem data/fax modem
Ethernet 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX
Fast Ethernet Fast Ethernet
Ports USB (4), i.LINK® USB (4), i.LINK®
(IEEE 1394) (2) (IEEE 1394) (2)
Memory Stick® Memory Stick®
media slot media slot
Dimensions (CPU) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H)
x 14.6"(D) x 14.6"(D)
Availability June 2002 June 2002
ESP About $1,250 About $1,400
Key Specifications, VAIO Digital Studio Series Summer 2002:
PCV-RX770 PCV-RX780G
Processor Intel® Pentium® 4 Intel® Pentium® 4
Processor 2.20 GHz Processor 2.20 GHz
Cache Memory 512 KB Integrated 512 KB Integrated
On-Die Level 2 On-Die Level 2
Operating System Microsoft® Microsoft®
Windows® XP Windows® XP
Home Edition Home Edition
Sony Original Software DVgate™ Giga Pocket™
Simple DVD Maker Personal Video Recorder
SonicStage™ DVgate™
for VAIO® Simple DVD Maker
MovieShaker™ SonicStage™
Smart Capture for VAIO®
DigitalPrint MovieShaker™
PowerDVD Smart Capture
DigitalPrint
PowerDVD
Other Software Corel WordPerfect® Corel WordPerfect®
Applications Office 2002 Office 2002
Sonic Solutions Sonic Solutions
DVDit!® DVDit!®
for VAIO® for VAIO®
Adobe® Photoshop® Adobe® Photoshop®
Elements Elements
Adobe® Premier® Adobe® Premier®
LE LE
Veritas® Veritas®
RecordNow™ DX RecordNow™ DX
Adobe® Acrobat® Adobe® Acrobat®
Reader® Reader®
Apple QuickTime® Apple QuickTime®
Intuit Quicken® Intuit Quicken®
2002 2002
Microsoft® Microsoft®
Outlook® Express Outlook® Express
Standard RAM 512MB PC-2100 DDR 512MB PC-2100 DDR
(expandable to 1GB) (expandable to 1GB)
Hard Drive 120GB 7200rpm Ultra 120GB 7200rpm Ultra
ATA/100 Hard Drive ATA/100 Hard Drive
Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 1.44MB
Drives 2X1X4X DVD-RW 2X1X4X max. DVD-RW
40X max. CD-ROM 40X max. CD-ROM
8X4X24X max. CD-RW 8X4X24X max. CD-RW
Video & Graphics SIS650 Integrated 4X AGP 3D Graphics
Graphics with Hardware Acceleration
Real256™ 2D/3D (nVIDIA® GeForce4™
Graphics Accelerator MX 440)
32MB Shared Graphics 64MB Video Memory
Memory (64MB max.) (128-bit DDR) MPEG2
Realtime Encoder/Decoder
board with TV tuner
Ethernet 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX
Fast Ethernet Fast Ethernet
Ports USB (4), i.LINK® USB (4), i.LINK®
(IEEE 1394) (2) (IEEE 1394) (2)
Memory Stick® Memory Stick®
media slot media slot
Dimensions (CPU) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H)
x 14.6"(D) x 14.6"(D)
Availability June 2002 June 2002
ESP About $1,700 About $2,100
PCV-RX790G
Processor Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.40B GHz
Cache Memory 512 KB Integrated On-Die Level 2
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Sony Original Software Giga Pocket™ Personal Video Recorder
DVgate™
Simple DVD Maker
SonicStage™ for VAIO®
MovieShaker™
Smart Capture
DigitalPrint
PowerDVD
Other Software Corel WordPerfect® Office 2002
Applications Sonic Solutions DVDit!® for VAIO®
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements
Adobe® Premier® LE
Veritas® RecordNow™ DX
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®
Apple QuickTime®
Intuit Quicken® 2002
Microsoft® Outlook® Express
Standard RAM 512MB PC-800-40 RDRAM (expandable to 1GB)
Hard Drive 120GB 7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB
Drives 2X1X4X max. DVD-RW
16X max. DVD-ROM
40X max. CD-ROM
8X4X24X max. CD-RW
Video & Graphics 4X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration
(nVIDIA® GeForce4™ MX 440)
64MB Video Memory (128-bit DDR) MPEG2 Realtime
Encoder/Decoder board with TV tuner
Ethernet 10-BaseT/100-BaseTX Fast Ethernet
Ports USB (4), i.LINK® (IEEE 1394) (2)
Memory Stick® media slot
Dimensions (CPU) 8.0" (W) x 14.2"(H) x 14.6"(D)
Availability June 2002
ESP About $2,500
GHz denotes microprocessor internal clock speed. Other factors affect application performance.
i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to designate that a product contains an IEEE 1394 connector. All products with an i.LINK connector may not communicate with each other.
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.
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