Sony's VAIO VGC-JS190J all-in-one PC gets reviewed

by Darren Murph posted Sep 23rd 2008 at 9:41PM

After spending a bit of time with Sony's new all-in-one desktop lineup at CEDIA 2008, it was easy to recognize that some serious thought went into the design. CNET was able to corral one of the lower-end JS units, the VAIO VGC-JS190J to be specific, and took the time to determine whether the innards were as delightful as the exterior. Overall, critics found that it was the "best deal" going on an all-in-one desktop with an inbuilt Blu-ray drive, and amazingly, they found it "relatively free of software clutter." Furthermore, they yearned for more screen space than just 20-inches when watching those BD flicks, but outside of that, they found that "no other all-in-one, including Apple's iMac, could do as much, as fast, for the same price." Sounds like a winner, no?

Filed under: Blu-ray, Media PCs, Sony

Tags: all-in-one, all-in-one pc, All-in-onePc, desktop, htpc, JS, JS190J, pc, review, reviewed, sony, vaio, VGC-JS190J

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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squiggleslash @ Sep 23rd 2008 10:44PM

> Sounds like a winner, no?

No, not really. It sounds like Engadget HD's whoring for Sony is showing no bounds. Are you seriously planning to report reviews, on Engadget HD, on every single flaming PC that has a Blu-ray drive in it? Or just the Sony PCs?

Here's an article that's actually relevant to this blog: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/23/notebook-makers-getting-choosy

It will not suit your Warner paymasters, but it's actually on topic, and has something to do with HD.

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phanbouy @ Sep 24th 2008 5:52PM

+1

too bad such insight is verbotten on engadget.com

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xfrght @ Oct 16th 2008 9:03PM

squiggleslash,you just a bluray hater and your link is oooooold,check this :
"Huge Blu-ray Revenue Increases, Record Market Share for the Week Ending October 5th.
The Blu-ray weekly revenue and market share versus DVD as reported by Home Media Magazine both hit a new high for the week ending October 5th.
Fueled by the record sales of Iron Man, revenue was up over 145% to $26.8M, while the 13% market share set a new record for the top 20 Blu-ray versus DVD."

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