(1 December 2007 6:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Aiming to merge the PC with a home entertainment center, Sony Electronics in India has added to their Vaio notebook lineup the Vaio LM notebook.

The Vaio LM features a panel PC design reminiscent of Sony’s Bravia LCD TVs with its 19 inch screen framed by a transparent bezel to blend into the surrounding environment. For ultimate integration, the Vaio LM can be wall-mounted and features wireless keyboard, mouse and remote control.

Aimed at those who want the functionality of a PC in their living area, the Vaio LM is designed as an entertainment hub that doubles as a TV, with inbuilt TV tuner, built-in 1.3 mega pixel camera with face-tracking software, 2.1-channel speaker system and sub-woofers to deliver crispy sound quality that can be used for video conference calls.

The Vaio LM features an Intel Core2 Duo Processor T7250 (2.00GHz), 2GB DDR2 SDram, 250GB HDD, Windows Vista Home Premium, and NVidia graphics card to provide excellent performance.

With the latest Vaio Music Box software, Vaio LM users can define default channel capacity for music in advance, so that the system is able to automatically select signal descriptors for sound classification into 24 channels. Besides, Vaio LM new Movie Story software allows users to create and edit their own video.