Normally, we would not announce a PC or system of any sort, mainly sticking to the optical drive itself. However, this is one special notebook computer. At CES, Toshiba revealed their 17" laptop with Centrino Duo processor that is probably the first to sport an HD DVD-ROM drive. With a GeForce Go 7800 GPU supporting H.264 for MPEG-4, when the HD-DVD content hits, this thing ought to play it just fine. However, the screen size at native resolution will limit the viewing experience to 1440 x 900 pixels. HD-DVD is capable of much higher resolutions than that, but still, this is a cool machine! Especially considering the Qosmio will have Dolby Home Theater sound and an analog TV tuner.
You can find more details about the Qosmio by visiting the TG Daily website. They say that the pricing is yet to be announced but it will be available in March.
Source: TG Daily
It's running Media Center Edition, but it is kind of interesting as I *think* this laptop can play DVD etc without booting. Check out this other Qosmio laptop and click on the qosmio player link, it says it sidesteps the operating system. We can be sure that MS will support HD-DVD already and even when Blu-ray comes along with their interface, they will support that as well. IMHO. I guess what we are wondering is what will AACS let us do with a PC and the content, especially with Blu-ray. It seems to have the capability to enforce tougher restrictions from what we can gather. But information is scarce and what is there is not reassuring. Time will tell. [edited by Crabbyappleton on 07.01.2006 15:47]
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