Νέα σειρά Sony Vaio RC : Home Audio Digital & HD Editing System

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The tower system is supplied with a Sony Network Media Receiver 200 (VGP-MR200E), capable of streaming HD content to an HD-ready TV elsewhere in the home. Controlled from a TV interface via remote, the Network Media Receiver also provides access to your PC-based photo library and music collection. Just as video and images are routed to the TV, music is sent directly to your sound system.

The Network Media Receiver is future-proofed by DLNA compliance. This open standard for interoperability and compatibility was created by the Digital Living Network Alliance of which Sony is a founder member.

Just as HD represents the future of the moving image, Super Audio CD is the next-generation music format. The RC-Series can record, edit and play music at SA-CD quality, and even upgrade older recordings to the new standard.

The key to all this is the Sony Sound Reality audio processor which can up-convert conventional CD-quality music into uncompressed Direct Stream Digital (DSD) format. Using the pre-installed SonicStage Mastering Studio software, the DSD signal can be re-mastered into 5.1 Super Audio CD, revitalising the original.

The power behind the RC-Series comes from Intel’s new dual-core Pentium D processor. The VGC-RC202 uses the 2.8GHz Pentium D 920. Dual-core technology is effectively a two-in-one architecture that offers huge potential speed advantages over the old single-core approach, making it the ideal choice for machines like these.

When it comes to the visuals, nVidia’s 256MB GeForce 6600 graphics provides the muscle. Why on earth doesn’t Sony ever ship decent gaming cards with any of its systems? Behind the scenes, twin hard disks in a RAID 0 array yield up to 600GB of storage and there’s 1024MB (2 x 512MB) of 533MHz DDR2 memory.

The RC-Series is among the world’s first ASIO (Audio Stream Input Output) ready Windows-based PCs, running the Steinberg-developed ASIO 2.1 audio driver architecture. Branded Sound Reality by VAIO, a marriage of technologies offers another first in terms of its advanced DSD (Direct Stream Digital) audio solution for PCs.

This advanced level of audio integration creates a sophisticated proposition for several different audiences, including the music professional, the home studio user and the enthusiastic domestic music consumer.

In order to provide maximum audio processing functionality without affecting background CPU performance, Sony has integrated the PC’s audio capabilities on a dedicated one-chip DSD solution using ASIO 2.1 as the integration platform within the PC. Alongside the DSD chip, the new Sound Reality by VAIO PC owes much of its audio processing power to a new version of Sony’s SonicStage Mastering Studio.

This application lets you record, edit and play music in both DSD and PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) audio formats. Its PCM recording capability is critical since this is the core enabling technology behind CD. You can take a standard stereo CD, rip it to your PC hard disk drive and thenup-convert the audio signal to a fully uncompressed DSD audio stream.

 

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Specifications

Audio

Sound System : Sony® Sound Reality™ - Audio Enhancer

Expansion Bays

5.25" Half-Height : 2 (occupied)
3.5" (External) : 1 (occupied)
3.5" (Internal) : 4 (2 occupied)

Expansion Slots

Multimedia Card Reader : Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO/Duo™, Compact Flash® Type I and Type II, Smart Media, SD/ MultiMediaCard™, xD Picture Card®6
PCI Slot : 2 (1 available)
x16 PCI Express : One x16 PCI Express (occupied by Graphics Card), One PCI Express x1 (available)

General

Computer Type : Desktop
Type of Use : Tower

Graphics

Processor : ATI Radeon® X300 Graphics
Video RAM : 128 DDR SDRAM Video Memory
Chipset : Intel® 945P
Interface : TV-Out, VGA Out, DVI-D Out, x16 PCI Express
Format(s) Supported : Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime Encoder board with TV Tuner

Hard Drive

Capacity : 320GB (160GBx2) 2
Speed : 7200rpm
Interface : SATA (RAID 0)

Hardware

Docking Station : One Line In

Inputs and Outputs

Composite Audio/Video Input(s) : 2 (1 Front, 1 Rear)
Headphone Jack : 1
i.LINK® Interface : 2 (6-pin Rear/4-pin Front)7
Memory Stick® Media Slot : 1
Microphone Input : 1
Parallel Port(s) : 1
PS/2® Port : 2 (Mouse/Keyboard)
SPIDF Output(s) : 1
S-Video Input(s) : 2 (1 Front, 1 Rear)
DVI Output(s) : 1
USB Port(s) : 7 (3 Front, 4 Rear) (2.0 compliant)
VGA Output(s) : 1
VHF/UHF Input(s) : 1
Subwoofer Input(s) : 1

Memory

Type : DDR2
Installed : 1GB (PC2-4200)
Maximum : 2GB
Speed : 533MHz

Networking/Modem

Ethernet Protocol : Fast Ethernet (RJ-45)
Ethernet Speed : 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T
Modem Type : V.90 compatible data/fax modem (RJ-11)

Optical Drive #1

DVD+R DL Write : 6x (max.)3
DVD+R Write : 16x (max.)3
DVD+RW Write : 8x (max.)3
DVD-R Write : 16x (max.)3
DVD-RW Write : 6x (max.)3
CD-R Write : 40x (max.)
CD-RW Write : 24x (max.)
CD Read : 40x (max.)
DVD Read : 16x (max.)3

Power

Power Management : ACPI 1.0 Compliant
Power Requirements : 100-240V
Power Consumption : 400W (max.)

Processor

Type : Intel® Pentium® D Processor 930
Speed : 3GHz1
Front Side Bus Speed : 800MHz
L2 Cache : 4 (2MBx2)
Technology : Intel® Dual Core

Service and Warranty Information

Limited Warranty : 1 Year Limited Warranty with Onsite Service6
Telephone Support : 1 Year toll-free technical telephone assistance, available 24-hours, 7-days-a-week7
Online and Email Support : Support available from http://www.esupport.sony.com

Software

Operating System : Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2
Internet Services : America Online® 180-Day Trial - For new users only
Anti-Virus and Recovery Software : Norton® Internet Security™ 60-Day Subscription - Norton AntiVirus®, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton Privacy Control®, Norton AntiSpam®, Norton Parental Control, TrendMicro™ Anti-Spyware 30-Day Subscription, VAIO® Recovery Wizard, VAIO® Support Central, VAIO® Security Center, VAIO® Update
Supplied Software : Adobe® Photoshop® Album Starter Edition, Adobe® Premiere® Standard Edition, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements, Microsoft® Works 8.5 with 60-Day Trial Version of Microsoft® Office 2003 (Student/Teacher Edition)9, Intuit Quicken® 2005 New User Edition (Previous Quicken Users may require additional upgrade), InterVideo® WinDVD®, Roxio® DigitalMedia SE
Sony® Original Software : Click to DVD® - DVD Creation , SonicStage® Mastering Studio - Audio Mastering & Remastering, DVgate Plus™ - Digital Video, SonicStage® - Digital Music, VAIO Media™ - Network File Sharing, Image Converter - PSP Transfer, 60-minute Trial Version of Wheel of Fortune®, 60-minute Trial Version of Jeopardy!®

Footnotes:
1. GHz denotes microprocessor internal clock speed; other factors may affect application performance. CPU speed will be reduced under certain operating conditions.
2. GB means one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary. A portion of hard disk space is reserved as a recovery partition.
3. DVD Media/Formats are not universally compatible.
4. 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.
5. Does not support Memory Stick media and Memory Stick PRO media using the MagicGate function. Tested to support Memory Stick PRO media for up to 1GB. Does not support 5.0V SmartMedia media or the ID function of SmartMedia media with IDs. Does not support the SD Memory Card media copyright protection function.
6. When available. Sony will provide Onsite Service in fulfillment of its limited warranty obligations. Any such services are subject to the terms and conditions of the limited warranty. See actual Limited Warranty for details. Onsite Service will be provided via thrid-party technician to be dispatched as needed following phone-base trouble-shooting. Some repairs may be accomplished with self repair kits. Onsite Service may not be available in all locations.
7. For certain third party software applications, Sony provides first level phone support. Additional telephone support may be available from the applicable 3rd party vendor. Availability and schedule for any such support is determined by the applicable software vendor.
8. Performance will vary depending on specific hardware and software in use.
9. The Microsoft Office 2003 60-Day Trial software is intended for evaluation purposes only. This trial software is installed on your system and you must activate the software before you can use it. Product activation procedures will be detailed during initial launch of the software; activation requires Internet access. This software has an expiration date of 60 days from date of first use, at which time the software will operate under reduced-functionality mode, limiting end-user options and operations.

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