The rest from Sony: updates to F, F-TV, H, V, S lines

Now that we've got Sony's brand spankin' new Vaios out of the way, we can move on to the rest of the 40-odd models the company announced in Japan today, most of which represent spec bumps to existing boxes. Most of the Vaio laptop lines, including the multi-hued F, F-TV and S series get Core Duo processors (or Core Solo for the lower-priced models). Most also get that coveted "Windows Vista Capable" sticker, which you can proudly display until you can actually run Vista. The F-TV model also gets a new display with improved brightness and darker blacks, along with an enhanced sound system. Meanwhile, the desktop V and H (shown above) lines get processor bumps (up to a P4 641 at 3.2GHz on one model) , analog and terrestrial digital tuners, and new LCDs with resolutions up to 1366 x 768. The 20-inch version of the LCD also includes DVI-D for HD input. So, how does this add up to over 40 new and updated models? Well, if you add up all the display and processor permutations (and, of course, the different colored cases on the F series and V displays), you'll hit a number up around there. But unless you're a Japanese retailer or hate your job so much that you'll do almost anything else to avoid it, we suggest skipping that exercise.

Read - V/H Series
Read - F/F-TV/S Series

[south @ Apr 12th 2006 10:50AM]

when it comes with a big silver "certified rootkit free" sticker too, i'll consider it.

[Vas @ Apr 12th 2006 11:07AM]

I have seen this H design for a long long time ago. Is it ever going to show up in States and Europe?

I like your comment South

[codeling @ Apr 12th 2006 11:20AM]

What? There wasn't room enough for all the buttons on one remote, so they made two?

Maybe they'll even list it as a feature.

[ResidentGamer @ Apr 12th 2006 11:32AM]

THat's a sexy PC

[glacia00 @ Apr 12th 2006 11:33AM]

I like the L series styling better although there has to be an option for a different color. Maybe it's just the over-exposed photos but the bright plastic-toy white is really annoying. Except for the color they're good looking designs.

[Serpico @ Apr 12th 2006 11:40AM]

>>1. when it comes with a big silver "certified rootkit free" sticker too, i'll consider it.

Do losers like you troll the internet to find any Sony related topic (no matter how irrelevent) just to bring up rootkit? Get a life my friend.

[MrE @ Apr 12th 2006 1:06PM]

Is it me or does this look like Microsoft's Xbox 360? All it would need is a big power button on the front and the hard disk mounted on the side.

-E

[Vas @ Apr 12th 2006 2:08PM]

By the way MrE, Sony released this before XBox 360. Sony discontinued this model for a while now they bringing it back.

[Noah VanValkenburg @ Apr 12th 2006 9:57PM]

"Well, if you add up all the display and processor permutations...."

Tis' combinations. Order doesn't matter in a combination, in a permutation it does. Probability at work!