NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics technologies, today announced that the world’s first HDMI PC from Sony Corporation, the VAIO VGX-XL1 Digital Living System, is powered by the NVIDIA GeForce® 6200 graphics processing unit (GPU) featuring NVIDIA PureVideo technology.

Over the last couple of years, the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) has emerged as the connection standard for HDTV and the consumer electronics market. HDMI is the first and only digital interface to combine uncompressed high-definition video and multi-channel audio, as well as intelligent format and command data in a single digital interface. Now, this consumer electronics standard can be utilized in PC products. The introduction of the VAIO type X Living System for the Japanese market represents the world's first HDMI PC to support the full digital broadcast tuner specification of 1080i.

"HDMI is the only interface that can carry both uncompressed high-definition video and uncompressed multi-channel audio in all HD formats including 720p, 1080i, and even the upcoming 1080p format," stated Scott Vouri, general manager of multimedia products for NVIDIA. "The combination of our PureVideo technology and this high-definition standard allows for a true high-definition PC experience."