Sony VAIO VGC-RA810G Desktop PC (550 3.40E GHz Pentium 4 (Hyper-Threading), 1.0 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-RW/DVD Drive, DVD-ROM Drive) | List Price: $2,199.99
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Platform: Microsoft XP Media Center Edition
Brand: Sony
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Don't buy -- Sony doesn't provide upgrades [Posted on 2004-11-07]
I bought one of these two months ago and was so very pleased -- even though it cost just over $2000. This was the most I'd ever spent on a PC, but it was to be the great convergence of my live(s). It works as advertised, though DVD is noisy and TV not as clear as I would like, but it is my fastest experiecne ever on a PC. It records TV and video as advertised and easily converts TV and my digital-8 videos to DVD. Although the TV tuner lacks some clarity, the DVDs are great. However, I now feel like it is a pig. Sony refuses to support or provide upgrades to Media Center Edition version 2005. Since MCE is only availabe on OEM machines, there are no other upgrade options. By all accounts this is a much improved program that should be on this great hardware. Rumor is that it would fix the TV picture clarity issue. Don't buy a Sony, even if it has MCE 2005, because they won't upgrade it. A word to the wise....
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