If judged by just looks alone the Sony VAIO Home Theater PC is a winner on all counts and what's under the sleek exterior delivers performance as good as its looks. The Premium Model TP25 can store 50 hours of high definition television programming with twin HD cablecard tuners.With both VGA and HDMI HD connectivity the stylish box is ready for both your widescreen computer monitor and your big screen HDTV.
The well-rounded VAIO TP25 Home Theater PC is being hailed as a technological marvel. With Blu-ray Disc™ capability added to an already impressive list of features and you get a super powerful home entertainment PC and media server. The dual cable HDTV tuners and DVR capabilities allow you to watch one program while recording another with the second tuner. Features include the capability to store 50 hours of HD programming on its 500GB hard drive, the ability to view your digital pictures, standard definition DVDs and stunning Blu-ray Disc™ HD videos directly and digitally on your high definition TV. Powered by the next-generation Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 processor, the VAIO® TP25 Home Theater PC is packed with power. With the TP25 you can surf the web, watch Youtube videos and view and record high definition cable TV with your TV as your monitor.
The hafnium-based processor allows maximum speed during multi-tasking while curbing energy consumption for a "greener" entertainment experience. The processor, TP25's Intel Duo Core T8100, runs at 2.10GHz with 3megs of level two cache.
The stylishly sleek circular device is shipped with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium installed - which includes a built-in Windows Media Center. A wireless keyboard and remote control are included as standard equipment.
The feature list continues with a built-in 802.11 b/g wireless LAN for wireless connections to a home network. Packed with a whopping 4 gigs of DDR2 ram, and sporting 256 megs of video memory the Sony VAIO home theater PC is ready to be connected to your HDTV via HDMI for stunning and ultimately realistic high definition media.