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By Ahmad • January 3rd, 2009

The Sony VAIO VGC-LV190Y is the best fusion of HDTV and PC I’ve seen yet, despite a couple of software nits. It combines the large screen and high resolution of an HDTV with the computing power of a dual-core multimedia PC. It’s got all the things you’d want in a mainstream home PC: wireless networking, [...]

LG W2486L 24-inch LED-backlit Monitor: The monitor combines an industry-leading, ultra-thin design, at just 20mm or about 0.8 inches, and a very high contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1. The highly advanced monitor also sports a very fast 2ms response rate, and has an automatic brightness control that lets it helps it consume a claimed 50 percent [...]

eMachines EL1200-05w Desktop PC. This is a cheap PC for the computer user who needs two things: Windows compatibility (for older programs that won’t place too great a demand on the system) and Web access. Try to do any complicated tasks with it and you’re bound to run into trouble. The EL1200 is not terrible [...]

Lenovo’s ThinkCentre A62 Corporate-Level Desktop PCs. This model has a quad-core AMD Phenom processor, and that may make a difference to that star worker who’s always complaining that his or her PC is too slow. The A62 can be a good fit for the content-creation wing of your business: the art department or, better yet, [...]

Acer Aspire G7700-UQ9550A, aka “Predator” ($2,199 list). The bright orange gaming PC looks straight out of the science-fiction film franchise—I wouldn’t have been surprised if I had found a “Weyland-Yutani” logo somewhere on the chassis. This is a flashy gaming system with enough power to back up all that flash.