Sony Vaio VGN-AR11S Blu-ray Review

Pocket-lint has a review up on the Sony Vaio VGN-AR11S, a desktop replacement, multimedia notebook with a Blu-ray drive. While other companies are all excited about coming to the market with their HD-DVD drives, Sony came and did something a little different.

The 17-inch panel comes with an X-Black screen so movies are pin-point sharp, which you’ll need as this is the first notebook to come with a Blu-ray optical drive, so hi-definition video is the name of the game.

Hi-Def movies are only just starting to appear but we managed to get our hands on a few test disks and we weren’t let down. Just as with Super-TFT screens, once you’ve experience Hi-Def there is simply no going back to the older technology.

Pocket-lint loved this expensive machine, but I am not all that impressed. Sure it has a great build quality, a great processor, an abundant amount of RAM and a Blu-ray optical drive, but if I can’t take it anywhere to show it off due to it being too heavy, and the battery life being less than three hours, then why not just have a desktop? I am sure Sony will be releasing desktop machines with Blu-ray drives shortly.

They gave the Sony Vaio VGN-AR11S a nine out of ten.

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