So. It's a $1,000 premium to add Blu-ray? Without Blu-ray the Sony is $1,900 and with $2,900.

The 22" screen is not 1080i or p. What's with that?

The 24" iMac screen is 1920 x 1200 - which will do 1080p HD nicely. The lesser 24" iMac is $1,800 and the maxed 24" is $2,300.

It's too bad. I really liked Sony stuff - but the products are not so impressive these days.

It seems like Blu-ray is getting squashed lately.

This will give you 1680 x 945p when a 16:9 image is scaled to fit. That's nothing to complain about. $1000 extra for blu-ray is ridiculous (Unless it is a blue ray burner, not just playback.) No word on editing software and AVCHD compatibility? It could beat the Mac on that front, given old FCE and new iMovie.


Seems more like something for _watching_ content rather then _creating_ it the way macs do.

I don't believe anyone can tell the difference between 720P and 1080p at computer monitor viewing range.

Yeah, I'm with Haywire, this looks like a nice system outside of its inability to render 1080p. Yes, the difference is minute, but if you have "True HD" content (few do) to compare it is evident. I'm a little surprised that Sony didn't at least offer a high-end model for this purpose, as they seem to have taken on the role of unofficial chief pimps for 1080p in the last couple years. Either way I wasn't personally going to buy it at that price point.

Now if Apple would just put out a non-glossy 1080p screen with a built in computer (like an iMac LE or something), then I'd be all over it, even if I had to make payments.