Sony VAIO LT Series HD PC/TV All-In-One VGC-LT29U Desktop Computer

Terrible, was purchased to get HDTV never worked

By Darcy  Oct 12, 2008 | 1 out of 1 found this Sony VAIO LT Series HD PC/TV All-In-One VGC-LT29U review helpful

Pros: sounded good

Cons: sent back to Sony

My new expensive Sony Vista Ultimate desktop and hybrid ATI TV "Wonder" digital cable tuners are a nightmare! Brand new, straight out of the box, my local cable provider (Time Warner) could not find a compatible cable card to install. Two w...eeks later, the cable lines to the house all having been replaced twice, after visit 10 by 8 different cable guys. On about the fifth cable card we finally had a TV signal, for almost 2 days. After more hours on the phone to Sony than I can count. The Sony desktop has failed to reliably get a HDTV signal for 10 weeks. I was told it is a known Vista issue, and I am not the only one. If you check the VISIONTek web site, they do support for the company that made the tuners. I found another 2 unfortunate users who have been asking for a solution for 4 months. The desktop cannot even detect the tuners much of the time, and all are "certified for Vista" and sold by Sony. Sony customer support is telling me I cannot return the desktop. Why, I have had it for over a month, I was laboring under the mistaken belief that they could get it to work! This may be a OK computer for some uses, but for HDTV it is worthless. I sent it back to Sony, but besides Sony, this is a Vista issue! the above is about a new Sony VGC-LT29U running Vista Ultimate a pair of ATI TV Wonder digital cable tuners model A636 "certified for Windows Vista" networked with a Netgear WNR 3500 router compatible according to the Microsoft website the cable modem from Time Warner is by Arris Read more Less