One of Sony’s goals, and I don’t feel like I’m wrong in saying this, is a little thing called convergence.  Simply put, it is the principle of one gadget to do all your tricks at once.  That’s one of the reasons the PS2 had a DVD player built in, and why the PS3 has a Blu-Ray player built in.  They want their video game system to be the center of your home entertainment system (even though a stand alone DVD player and a Wii would run you about half the price of a PS3 and spare you the indignity of backing a possible loser in the Format Wars).

While Apple has yet to roll out their Blu-Ray enabled iMac, Sony has rolled out a drool-worthy all-in-one VAIO LT TV/PC that not only has all the guts you’d want in a computer running Windows Vista Ultimate, but is flat enough and large enough to mount on the wall!  It features a 1680×1050 widescreen display, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 802.11n wireless support, 2GB of RAM,  a Blu-Ray player/recorder, HD-cable readiness, DVR functionality, wireless peripherals, and a variety of upgrade options, you’ve got geeks in lust all over the world.

The only weaknesses are the high cost ($1900 or $2900 for the model with the recordable Blu-Ray drive) and small size as televisions go (22 inches).  Still, you could do a lot worse for your office and it’s a great replacement for the cable box collecting dust on top of your old analog TV.

Photo Credit:  Ars Technica