Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G Review Quotes

The 17-inch widescreen Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G entertainment laptop, featuring Blu-ray drive with writing capabilities, Intel’s Core Duo T2500 processor and NVDIA GeForce Go 7600GT graphics card with 256MB VRAM, was recently reviewed by Laptop Magazine and PC Magazine.

Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G has 1GB of SDRAM and 200GB SATA hard drive, which spins at 5400rpm.

The Vaio VGN-AR190G’s Blu-Ray drive can read and write Blu-Ray discs (up to 25GB of data). The Vaio’s Blu-Ray drive is backward-compatible with recordable DVDs and CDs.

For easy connection of Blu-Ray Vaio VGN-AR190G notebook with compatible HDTV and home theater, it has HDMI output. The PC also has VGA out with Smart Display Sensor, S-Video out and incorporates built-in NTSC TV tuner.

Other interfaces are one PCMCIA Type II/Type I card slot with CardBus support, one ExpressCard/54 Slot, i.LINK connector(IEEE 1394), 3 USB 2.0 ports and port replicator connector. Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G supports optional Memory Stick and Memory Stick DUO media with MagicGate functionality and Secure Digital Media (SD).

Regarding Internet and networks, it has an Intel PRO/Wireless 3915ABG Network Connection (802.11a/b/g), a Fast Ethernet 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX, a 56K modem, and an integrated Bluetooth.

Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G weights around 8.4lbs, and has from 1.5 to 2.0 hours of battery life.

The Vaio VGN-AR190G comes with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.

Here are the quotes from Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G reviews with links to full stories.

LAPTOP Magazine - Sony VAIO VGN-AR190G Review
If you’re chomping at the bit to start watching, editing, and burning HD video, the Sony VAIO VGN-AR190G delivers the goods. If your hedging between this Blu-Ray system and the HD-DVD-enabled Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650, the Sony gets points for its lighter, sleeker design (8.4 pounds versus 10.1 pounds), better graphics scores, and, of course, the fact that the VAIO’s Blu-ray drive can write as well as read discs. However, these advantages don’t quite justify the $500 delta between the Toshiba and Sony.

Sony VAIO VGN-AR190G review by PC Magazine
The VAIO VGN-AR190G is Sony’s best portable Media Center offering so far, but it’ll put a large dent in your wallet. Because of its HD recording capabilities and other promising A/V features, this attractive laptop is a bit more compelling than the Qosmio G35-AV650. That said, my suggestion is to delay taking the plunge until Sony hammers out several software issues and more Blu-ray titles hit the shelves.