New Sony VAIO AW Series 3LED 1080p HD Display Laptop Set For Launch

Sony have released tantalising first details of their new AW Series VAIO laptops which are set to supersede Sony’s AR Series VAIO model and which brings a host of technological advancements to the table, not least of which is the new VAIO’s 18.4” display that, according to Sony, ‘is a technical breakthrough found on high-end Bravia LCD TVs’ in boasting 3LED display technology (simular to that used on 3 chip video cameras) offering purer colour reproduction courtesy of separate red, green, and blue LEDs.

In addition to the aforementioned 3LED display technology the new Sony VAIO AW Series’ 16:9 aspect ratio screen offers true 1080p (1920×1080) resolution which, paired with the units integrated Blu-ray drive (which we should emphasis is bundled as standard from the information we have available) makes this an ideal portable home entertainment laptop which, thanks to inbuilt 802.11n Wi-Fi, 2GB of RAM and a GeForce 9600M GT graphics card as well as a 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo CPU and dual 250GB HDDs will be equally at home with multi-media as it will be powering through business applications.

The Sony VAIO AW Series of laptops, which will come is a series of configurations ranging from around $2800 to $3000 (the latter being the 3LED display model), are due to begin shipping in Japan from around October 20th with an expected US release following shortly after – though US models are yet to be officially specified.

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