Wave of New Notebooks Follows Intel Centrino, NVidia 8M & Blue Ray R/W

“Sony “Sony has followed suit by turning up the volume on its Vaio series. The Vaio FZ follows Centrino Duo, and then adds a plethora of the company’s exalted multimedia features. For instance, LocationFree software will enable the system to wirelessly connect with a media center base station, typically in the house, for transmission of DV-R and other recorded content, as well as the ability to “phase-shift” (pause and rewind) live TV. The $1,400 model supports DVD, while the $2,000 edition – as you might expect – both records and plays Blu-ray Discs in what Sony is touting as “full 1080 HD resolution.” It will be interesting to see how Sony pulls this off on a 15.4″ screen. Availability is expected in just a few weeks”….. <More>