14 DAY TRIAL // As you might have read in some of our previous articles on the subject, Sony announced, back in late September, the Vaio TT model, the company's smallest notebook (NOT netbook) to feature a Blu-ray drive. At the same event mentioned earlier, we also had the chance to play with the TT a bit, despite the fact that it wasn't exactly the star of the presentation (in fact, it was almost completely disregarded by the participants).
As Sony has promised, this device will be able to easily rival (and quite obviously outperform) any netbook out there. Of course, there's the rather important issue of price, but, then again, who cares about this kind of details when faced with such an attractive ultra-portable?
One of the most interesting things worth mentioning about the TT is the placement of the connectivity interfaces. Due to the fact that the manufacturers have decided to stick with the Blu-ray drive, most of the connectivity options (apart from the VGA connector) have been relocated to the left side of the notebook. This way, users can still access all the ports and at the same time enjoy the benefits of Blu-ray playback.
The 11.1-inch LED backlit widescreen display with XBRITE-DuraView LCD technology is quite impressive, providing very crisp colors and a good contrast ratio, as well as very good lateral viewing angles. And even if the viewing space is rather small, it's still OK for browsing the web or checking one's mail (although it is not really recommended for watching a movie).
P.S. As an interesting piece of behind-the-stage info, the TT was responsible for the hardest part of the whole show, since it ran all the presentations. The other Vaios could have done the same job equally well, but the TT was the quickest to set up in order to mirror the contents of the display onto a widescreen Bravia set.
