Unlike many other countries, Japanese people does not always purchase a TV first, but rather prefer to invest in a powerful desktop or all-in-one desktop equipped with a digital TV Tuner. Smaller and capable to do more than your average TV, all-in-one desktops are a huge hit here, and with the attention 3D is getting in Japan, it is not strange to see companies like NEC to start offering a full line-up of desktop PCs capable of displaying 3D Videos.

Sold in Japan from today onward at respectively 188,000, 135,000 and 105,000 yen, NEC’s latest 3D desktops come with :

Valuestar R Type W : Intel Core i7-640M or i5-460M, 4 or 8GB of RAM, 23” Full HD IPS LCD, Yamaha Audio SR-Bass technology, 1.5 or 1TB of HDD, 3 Digitial TV Tuner BD Drive (Blu-Ray), USB 3.0 and the Choice between an NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M and integrated Intel HD Chipset.

Valuestar R Type N : Intel Core i5-460M or Celeron P4600, 4 or 8GB of RAM, a 20” HD monitor (1600×900), Yamaha audio technology, 1TB or 500GB of HDD, and 1 or 3 Digital TV Tuner.

Valuestar R Type L : Intel Core i7-870 or Intel Core i5-560, 4 or 16GB of RAM, 23” Full HD Monitor, Blu-Ray or DVD, USB 3.0, 1TB of HDD and Choice between an NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M and integrated Intel HD Chipset.