The Sony Vaio FW Series Review - Blu-ray Forum

Kairav · 09-11-2008, 05:52 PM

One of the major disadvantages of being a college student is that you are always in short of funds. I have a PS3 and a modest 23 inch Samsung LCD TV for my dorm room. I was looking for a laptop with blu-ray playback and decent screen so that I could procrastinate for couple of hours while at the library or the student center. I was in the market for a while and recently came across Sony Vaio FW. It seemed perfect for my budget range.

The FW series has been created for HD lovers. It is the first notebook that has a 16.4" screen for true 16:9 playback. It has Centrino 2 which keeps it relatively cooler than other laptops. It has HDMI out for hooking it up with a TV.

My review specs -

Intel Centrino 2 (2.4 GHz)
ATI Radeon HD 3400 series
4 GB RAM
Vista Ultimate
320 GB 5400 rpm HDD
xBrite Hi-Color LCD
BD-RE drive

It cost me around $1800.

The laptop works smoothly. It is very attractive to look at. Possibly the best Vaio design. It has decent speakers for a laptop. I played several BDs including some of the latest releases and everything works fine. It also plays most of the latest games like crysis at medium graphic settings. The battery life while watching a BD is about 2 hours 15 mins. I would definately recommend this notebook to anybody who wants to watch blu-ray movies on the go. I hooked the notebook up with my friends 46" Samsung LCD TV and the image quality was awesome.

PNF · 09-11-2008, 05:57 PM

you can hardly be called a college student in short of cash when you are looking at a vaio for laptop......when for the same spec, you can get it at 1/2 price or less with Dell.

Kairav · 09-11-2008, 06:06 PM

Well dude, the same specs on dell.com for a 17" Inspiron or Studio would cost you about the same. The BD-RE drive supplied by dell and other retailers is double the price than that supplied by Sony. A dell is the last thing I would order even if I was broke. Dell is absolutely terrible in their build quality.

SkillzthatKillz · 09-12-2008, 02:18 AM

good choice to go go with the sony over the dell...dells are terribly cheap in their quality whereas sony goes for a very high quality construction and they generally use better parts too

09-11-2008, 05:52 PM	#1
Kairav Expert Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Atlanta Blu-ray reviews:9 Trading Score:5	The Sony Vaio FW Series Review One of the major disadvantages of being a college student is that you are always in short of funds. I have a PS3 and a modest 23 inch Samsung LCD TV for my dorm room. I was looking for a laptop with blu-ray playback and decent screen so that I could procrastinate for couple of hours while at the library or the student center. I was in the market for a while and recently came across Sony Vaio FW. It seemed perfect for my budget range. The FW series has been created for HD lovers. It is the first notebook that has a 16.4" screen for true 16:9 playback. It has Centrino 2 which keeps it relatively cooler than other laptops. It has HDMI out for hooking it up with a TV. My review specs - Intel Centrino 2 (2.4 GHz) ATI Radeon HD 3400 series 4 GB RAM Vista Ultimate 320 GB 5400 rpm HDD xBrite Hi-Color LCD BD-RE drive It cost me around $1800. The laptop works smoothly. It is very attractive to look at. Possibly the best Vaio design. It has decent speakers for a laptop. I played several BDs including some of the latest releases and everything works fine. It also plays most of the latest games like crysis at medium graphic settings. The battery life while watching a BD is about 2 hours 15 mins. I would definately recommend this notebook to anybody who wants to watch blu-ray movies on the go. I hooked the notebook up with my friends 46" Samsung LCD TV and the image quality was awesome.

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09-11-2008, 05:57 PM	#2
PNF Expert Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Philly Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:87 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:41	you can hardly be called a college student in short of cash when you are looking at a vaio for laptop......when for the same spec, you can get it at 1/2 price or less with Dell.

09-11-2008, 06:06 PM	#3
Kairav Expert Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Atlanta Blu-ray reviews:9 Trading Score:5	Well dude, the same specs on dell.com for a 17" Inspiron or Studio would cost you about the same. The BD-RE drive supplied by dell and other retailers is double the price than that supplied by Sony. A dell is the last thing I would order even if I was broke. Dell is absolutely terrible in their build quality.

09-12-2008, 02:18 AM	#4
SkillzthatKillz Special Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Cincinnati, OH Blu-ray collection:214 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:1	good choice to go go with the sony over the dell...dells are terribly cheap in their quality whereas sony goes for a very high quality construction and they generally use better parts too

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