if you like sony like I like sony,
you can get this monitor instead:
<img src="http://www.sonystyle.com/images/250x250/shots/sdms81b.jpg">
the main difference between this one that costs $1099
and this one that costs $1699:
<img src="http://www.sonystyle.com/images/250x250/shots/sdmn80.jpg">
is that the $1099 one doesn't have a separate
video, audio and power unit, so it's a bit thicker.
(but not $600 thinner
)
with this system:
<img src="http://www.sonystyle.com/images/250x250/shots/mx_4.jpg">
with these specs:
Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 2 GHz?
512 MB PC-2100 DDR (expandable to 1 GB)
400 MHz Front Side Bus
120 GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive
10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet
Front and rear accessible i.LINK® (IEEE 1394) interfaces and USB connections
4X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration (nVIDIA® GeForce2 MX?)
32 MB Video Memory (SDRAM)
V.90 compatible data/fax modem
Wheel mouse
Optical Out for Dolby Digital®
Type II PC Card slot
Built-in 40W FM Stereo Receiver
Giga Pocket? Personal Video Recorder
<b><u>DVD-RW</u></b> / CD-RW
MagicGate? Memory Stick® Media Slot
Net MD? MiniDisc recorder / player
cost?
unit: $2799
lcd: $1099
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total: $3898 new