Sony continues its pursuit of the PC-as-home entertainment center with its latest Vaio L Series all-in-one. As with last year's model, this new L-Series has an appealing design, a 24-inch touch-screen display, and a host of digital media options. Among its updated features are a mobile variant of Intel's new third-generation Core i5 chips, a video processing chip borrowed from Sony's Bravia televisions, as well as an attempt at gesture recognition support.
Sadly, none of those additions elevates this system over others in its price range. Although this $1,399 L Series is more down-to-earth than last year's $2,200 model, it's hard to recommend among current competition with larger displays and better computing technology for the same price or less.
Many vendors have brought all-in-one desktops to market with the idea of turning them into home entertainment hubs. Blu-ray drives, HDMI-inputs, and hard volume and display adjustment buttons are all common in these kinds of PCs. Sony has all of those things on its new Vaio L-Series, along with a handful of extras included to set this system apart.
Among those extras, Sony has included a gesture recognition system, as well as a video processing chip carried over from its Bravia TV line. As much as you might appreciate Sony's enthusiasm in adding those features, none of them works well enough to give this system a material advantage over all-in-ones from other vendors.sony l-series
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