Sony VAIO VGC-RC310G Digital Studio Desktop PC (Intel Pentium D Processor 940, 2 GB RAM, 300 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-RW Drive)
from: Sony
Binding: Personal Computers Brand: Sony CPU Manufacturer: Intel CPU Speed: 3.2 GHz CPU Type: Pentium D EAN: 0027242696235 Hard Disk Size: 300 GB Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Model: VGC-RC310G Processor Count: 2 Publisher: Sony Sales Rank: 2107 Studio: Sony System Memory Size: 2000 MB System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Features:
Professional-grade multimedia desktop with Blu-ray Disc capability, integrated TV tuner, and Windows XP Media Center
Dual-core 3.2 GHz Intel Pentium D 940 processor, 300 GB hard drive, 2 GB RAM (max capacity)
Seven USB 2.0, two FireWire, one parallel, one VGA, one 9-in-1 memory card reader, two DVI outputs, S-Video/composite video inputs
Returned
It didnt work as it promise, wasnt compatible with my monitor either, called Sony and they werent helpful, had to eturned it
Sony Vaio Desktop
Lousy Customer service - I'll never buy a Sony again ... the machine was built for Vista - and then when installed it killed the machine and then it wasn't supported by Sony. - Nice eh?
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System or Application Recovery Disks are not provided with this PC.
What this means is that you are placing you data (your life's work) in the hands of SONY's Recovery software that is hardware dependent.
Sony has a habit of not providing Operating Sytems disks. Which is stupid beyond belief. It saves them money, and allows them to force a bunch of useless garbage software down your throat if you are successful in using their Recovery Software.
But you may not be successful. Their "Recovery Center" is your only means of recovery when things turn sour. But, say for example you want a bigger hard drive. Install it and, even if you carefully clone your software from one drive to the other, the Recovery ... Read More
Not able to play Blue-Ray movies smoothly.
I have worked and tested Sony VAIO VGC-RC310G Digital Studio Desktop PC (Intel Pentium D Processor 940, 2 GB RAM, 300 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-RW Drive) the past nine months. It was bought in May 2007. The computer, at that time, was offered in a very good price. It came with a blue-ray drive that, alone, still worths more than 400 dollars. It has a pretty good number of USB ports, firewire input, RCA inputs for AV, S-video input, a multicard reader and a bunch of interesting softwares. The major problem I had was the BD-DVD player software provided by Sony. It is made actually by Intervideo (WinDVD), but an special edition for VAIO desktops. In spite of a dual core processor, the 3.2 GHz clock and 2 GB of RAM, this desktop is not able to play BD smoothly without hardware decoding. I bought a new graphic board featured with a H.264 hardware decoder, a GeForce ... Read More
Correction to specifications above
Um, there is no VGA input. Sorry, but it's DVI all the way. At the moment I'm pulling my hair out trying to discover if there's any way to connect a VGA display. Bought a DVI-VGA adapter but no luck - there seems to be something about DVI-I and DVI-D and I'm confused as heck. I'm going to keep trying but this just goes to show that you're probably best sticking with a DVI monitor/display if you pick up one of these up used.
