Not surprisingly, Sony has discontinued the sale of the Vaio VGX-XL3, which was a flawed but great looking media center with CableCard support. Presumably this is because of poor sales but I also think that the VGX-XL3 was already obsolete. Priced at almost $2,700, it only had one digital cable tuner and a video card not yet ready for high definition video.
I saw a VGX-XL3 at the Sony store in Tyson’s Corner. It was hidden from view and was not even connected. To me, it should have been hooked up to a Bravia to both show off the TV and to sell the media centers.
Basically, the system was too expensive and under-powered. For a cheaper price, you could get a better performing media center with 2 tuners from VelocityMicro PCs or even from Dell. The only thing going for the VGX-XL3 was the case, which was really nice and would fit into any living room.
Hopefully, Sony will release an improved version in the future.
Via Chris Lanier and TvSquad.
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October 1st, 2007 at 9:37 pm
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[...] Sony announced the replacement to the VGX-XL3 media center pc, which is the dual CableCard TP25. The VGX-Xl3 was a sleek machine that looked like a high-end A/V component. It’s main flaw was the lack of a propoer video card and having only one digital cable tuner, instead of the expected two. [...]
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