Sony Vaio VPCF23Z1E 3D Multimedia Laptop

Processor

The Sony VAIO VPCF21Z1E is powered by Intel Core i7-2630QM quad processor for optimum performance. Intel Core i7 processors are made provide maximum performance for entertainment, professional quality photos & videos, intense gaming and 100% multitasking.

Made for true entertainment

It is a Full HD 3D Blu-ray Disc entertainment high-end laptop with a 16” 3D screen which makes it an ideal choice for movie fans, photo enthusiasts and 3D gamers. With this powerful multimedia system you can create your own professional home movies. With its 3D Blu-ray Disc player you can enjoy cinema in 3D. Blu-ray Disc writer enables you to share your HD content easily.

Memory

To provide high end gaming experience and high quality video it comes with 8GB of DDR 3 RAM.

Sony Vaio VPCF23Z1E - Sleek Design

Display

What could have been more innovative than making a laptop more realistic with full HD and 3D.Sony VAIO VPCF21Z1E has 16.0” (40.6cm) 3D Full HD VAIO Display Premium screen which gives you bright pictures and highest level of colour and contrast for realism.Not only that it’s real-wide 16:9 format gives reduced black bars thus enabling you to see more of the action.

VAIO Display Premium 3D LCD screen minimizes 3D crosstalk and flicker, giving smoother moving images, less reflection and wider viewing angles. Thanks to it’s superb 3D LCD screen you no longer need to sit in the ‘sweet spot’ to find the best viewing angle which further makes your viewing experience more comfortable.Enhanced viewing angles and anti-reflective technology cuts glare. The latest state-of-the-art new 3D screen not only gives you the best quality in 2D but also provides comfortable viewing experience in 3D.

Graphics

with an impressive NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M graphics and 1GB of DDR3 VRAM this laptop is ideal for watching movies, playing games and creating multimedia presentations. Direct X11 support lets you take advantage of the next generation of games designed for multi-core processors. New DirectX 11 graphics help Windows 7 delegate tasks over multiple cores to give even more realistic graphics and faster playback.

One touch 3D conversion

Want to enjoy true 3D experience? Just press the 3D button and you will submerge into 3D realistic multimedia world. And not only that, Sony VAIO VPCF21Z1E let you to convert 2D Blu-ray DVD or video to simulated 3D on the laptop itself. Isn’t it amazing to make your own 3D videos?

Switching between 2D and 3D is in real-time so that you can play back movies, videos and games seamlessly between 2D and 3D.

3D Blu-ray entertainment

Sony Vaio VPCF23Z1E Blu-Ray

Enjoy wide range of latest 3D Blu-ray movies and games. With write capability of the Blu-ray Disc writer you can even edit your own HD 3D Blu-ray content. You can connect connect easily to a BRAVIA 3D TV to play 3D movies and games on the big screen. The supplied Active Shutter frame sequential glasses are fully compatible with the latest range of BRAVIA 3D televisions.

Sound System

This notebook is all about entertainment and that means great sound as well as great pictures. The S-force 3D feature creates a virtual 5.1 channel surround sound effect from two inbox bass-reflex speakers to make 3D entertainment even more involving.

Impressive graphics, gaming and storage.

Storage

640GB capacity provides you all the freedom you need to store multitudes of video, still images, television programme’s, music and other multimedia data and its Blu-ray Disc writer can also store an additional 50GB of portable storage on one single Blu-ray disc.

Pro

Sony VAIO VPCF21Z1E is an ultimate dream powerful machine for any gaming and multimedia enthusiast. It seems Sony has come to the perfection when designing this laptop.

Cons

Like any sony product this laptop is little expensive however you can’t expect anything cheaper than this for such multimedia and 3D capability. I think price justifies the laptop’s configuration.

6kg is bit overweight to call this laptop a laptop. However you are not going to go mobile with such heavy baggage? Do you? It is good to rest on your desk at home.

Verdict

This laptop is going to be my next purchase that is for sure.

Sony VAIO VPCF23Z1E Technical Specifications

Sony has equipped the Sony Vaio VPCW11S1EW with rugged styling to protect the mini laptop from knocks and shocks as well. They have also provided a keyboard which even someone with long fingernails will be able to operate without major problems. And when the user feels tired, the palm rest built onto the product promises convenient resting position.

Sony has trusted the processing power of the Sony Vaio VPCW11S1EW to the Intel processor which we know as the Intel Atom N280 with the specification of 1.66GHz, 667MHz FSB and 512KB L2 cache.

For compact viewing purposes, Sony has attached a wide WXGA TFT screen which is able to burst out the maximum resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels on it.

To assist the processor in processing today’s applications, Sony has installed 1GB of random access memory of the DDR2 SDRAM module.

For mobile users’ data storage, Sony Laptops has bundled the Sony Vaio VPCW11S1EW with a hard disk drive that possesses capacity of as many 160GB.

Sony has installed the Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition into the product. It seems that Sony realizes that it will be kind of hard for the Sony Vaio VPCW11S1EW to hold either the Vista or Windows 7 operating system.

In order to keep it compact, Sony has attached no optical drive for this product. And for connectivity, Sony has attached an Ethernet card along with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology so that the users of the Sony Vaio VPCW11S1EW will be able to get connected with the world around them.

Sony has as well equipped the product with a built-in digital camera which they call the “Motion Eye” with the capacity of 0.3 megapixels.

Sony has built up the Sony Vaio VPCW11S1EW to the expectations of some certain people. Yet, there are as well some people who do not really like the product.

Those who are satisfied with the Sony Vaio VPCW11S1EW do mention that the price tag Sony has put on it is quite reasonable. They also say that the mini laptop is indeed compact and not a problem to carry wherever they go. They are as well satisfied since the product is able to make them stay connected with colleagues, friends and families elsewhere.

Nevertheless, some of the costumers who have purchased the product but have actually expected more as well admit that they feel rather disappointed. Some of them mention that it would have been much better if they had waited a little longer and saved more so that they have enough budgets to spend on better specification brands of laptops available on the global markets.

Sony Vaio VPCW11S1EW is, in fact, a compact mini laptop and is powerful enough to handle applications such as Office as well as running the internet. But, of course, due to its specification, the product should not be expected to run quite heavy or resource consuming applications such as sophisticated graphics or video editing software, let alone the hard core gaming software.

Techincal Specification

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