Which of the Sony Vaio AW series come with a TV tuner?

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Velvet Fox

Hi everyone,

I need to purchase a new laptop, so I've been researching high performance laptops recently as I love video and photo editing. I absolutely love the look of the laptops in the Sony Vaio AW series, but which of them come with a TV tuner, as I can't seem to find a definitive list?

Thanks in advance.

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Sony VAIO AW Series VGN-AW170Y/Q - Core 2 Duo T9400 2.53 GHz - 18.4" Display

they have other models, but this one is one of the better ones


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How do I put digital camera videos onto my laptop?

Charlee P

I have a Samsung MiniDV Digital Camera. My laptop is a Sony Vaio. I took some videos from my horse show today, and I want to put the videos onto my laptop. How do I do this please!
My camera doesn't have a USB port.. which is ridiculous... but yeah.

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You'll need to capture the video via firewire - if your PC hasn't already got one you'll need to install a firewire card. They're cheap, easy to install and readily available. I don't know which laptop you've got, so make sure you make the right choice between PCMCIA and Express cards - they're not interchangeable.

You'll also need a firewire cable. Most firewire cards use a 6 pin port, but Sony laptops usually have a 4 pin firewire port if they've got one at all. All MiniDV camcorders have a 4 pin port, so the cable will need to be either 4 pin to 4 pin or 4 pin to 6 pin.

Once everything's connected you can capture and edit the video with Windows Movie Maker (should already be on your PC).

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How can I transfer videos from my video camera?

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Crissis

I have a "Sony Handycam CCD-TR517" and of course, it's analog...
I have old videos in 8 millimeter cassettes and well. i want to transfer them to my laptop and then burn them to a CD, i have a Sony Vaio laptop... so i have no idea how the analog video cameras connect to the compu. Do i need a software or just a wire...? what the hell do i need, hahahahaha. PLEASE HELP ME AND EXPLAIN IT STEP BY STEP... THANX!

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The Sony CCD-TR517 is a Video8 analog camcorder. You know this.

You will need the AV cable that came with the camcorder...

If your computer has a Firewire/i.LINK/DV/IEEE1304 port, then you will want to get an "analog/digital converter" like the Canopus ADVC55 or ADVC110.

If your computer has no firewire port and no way to add one, then you are stuck with the USB based A/D converters from Pinnacle (Dazzle) or Roxio - among many others.

Plug the Camcorder's AV cable into the camcorder and the A/D converter.

Plug the A/D converter into the computer.

Put the camcorder in Play mode.

Launch the video editing application or import utility.

Press play on the camcorder.

Import the video.

how good is the sony vaio laptops? how is the movie maker?

mandzz

i am thinking about getting a sony vaio laptop. i want a good movie maker program that is similuar to the mac one but not as expensive. is this a good laptop? if not what is the best laptop for my needS?

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I already gave up using movie maker which is a trash. it is too basic to make any functional slideshow and always make my work lose!
i have used a few other video editing programs and the easiest one has been
Photo MovieTheater. Very easy to use with professional features and
same sort of layout as Movie Maker however a lot more powerful.

http://www.etinysoft.com/slideshow-photo-movietheater.html


If you are looking for special effects such as light sabers, lasers,
running on roof tops then you will need Adobe After Effects very good
program that can produce some genuine looking film effects however does take some learning and cost a lot
http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/

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how do you build a render farm on a PC?

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Jack Liddy

I am 14 years old an am very good with technology and i enjoy video editing/3d design but complicated scenes take forever on my laptop thats a sony vaio laptop with
intel i7 quad core 3.6mhz
8gb ram
i want to make a render farm with some old desktop computers i have lying around and i was hoping that someone could tell me step by step or direct me to a step by step guide on how to make one.

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LOL - it's like these guys anticipated your question two years ago:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/render-farm-node,2340.html

Cheers;

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is the sony vaio cs a good laptop for what i need?

BassMasta

i will be using this laptop for video editing with sony vegas 9 platinum, and general internet things. i will be taking great care of it, and have it plugged-in almost 24/7. what are bad things you have experienced with this laptop? do the pro's outweigh the con's?

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he Sony VAIO CS Series is an inexpensive laptop that is very simliar to the Sony AW series. The CS series comes with a variety of colors: purple, black, red, pink and white with a few extra colors, brown, red and pink, duplicated with a faux crocodile skin. Like AW series, the Sony VAIO CS Series has a touch sensitive AV control pad, making it easy to watch movies or listen to music without having to use the mouse. It also has a built-in MOTION EYE webcam and microphone like the AW, and comes with a free upgrade to Windows 7. One very unique feature that the CS has is its ability to categorize music and arrange it based on the essence of the owner's mood. The VAIO MusicBox software even allows the consumer to just listen to the chorus of a song with the Chorus playback mode.

Pros: Smaller Dimensions Thanks to 14.1-inch Screen, Good General Performance

Cons: Integrated Graphics, Lacks Some Modern Peripheral Connectors, Poor Internal Speaker

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