Gadgetory

hey I'm Scott Steinem here next to me is a very large all-in-one computer it's the Visio CA 20 70 b1 now it looks like the desktop PC market has pretty much boiled down to all-in-ones for the most part these big all containing monitors with slight basses your IMAX have them your Dells have them Vizio has them Vizio came out with this last year and it's a pretty attractive product now it's not a super budget model like you might think it's actually priced in the middle tier compared to other computers like it this is the high-end version Nvidia the invisi O's line there's a 24 inch and this 27-inch starts at 1549 for a set of configurations that includes a quad core Core i7 processor now we get to that in a moment eight gigs of ram a one terabyte hard drive and this big bright 1920 by 1080 display with touch now it's a pretty nice display and as vibrant especially compared to its 24 inch cousin which I didn't think was quite as bright or as zippy now is about that processor it's faster than your average in this price range but keep in mind that Intel now has fourth generation Core iSeries processors that are going to be popping up in pcs all over the place one will it show up in particular computers we don't know but pretty soon so when will you see a version with a faster processor it might be sooner or later you might want to hold out for that but the value package here is still pretty solid and it does have a couple of TV related features that you might like one is that it comes packaged with an IR remote there are also two HDMI inputs on the back so if you like using your computer as a television in your dorm or wherever so that's nice but there's not a lot else here in the equation that's really gonna reach out and grab you particularly there's no higher end graphics like nvidia AMD gaming graphics and there's no optical drive but most of these pcs don't have optical drives at this point it's a solid value and if I were to pick a Vizio product I probably pick the one at the top end because of the fact you're not paying that much more the entry-level ones in the 24 inch actually are 1279 which is not that big a dip in value now yes there's a touchscreen but Vizio also packages a wireless keyboard a trackpad that come in the box it's a nice touch of a trackpad versus a mouse because I kind of prefer that and if you're using it on a sofa it's a lot easier to use a trackpad than reach for some other device one no annoying slash nice thing that comes in the box and I'll explain why I say that is this it is actually a subwoofer that doubles as the power brick now it does give nicer sound but you're dealing with another box that you have to connect to as opposed to just taking your cable and plugging it right into the wall I don't like having that many things on my desk but if you really love having a subwoofer maybe you'll be happy I'm Scott Stein and that's a look at the Vizio 27 tb1 that is currently available