Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690 is World's First First HD Notebook with HD DVD-R/RW Drive

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on January 7, 2008 4:54 PM | Permalink

Toshiba Digital Products has used the CES 2008 as a premise to announce its newest laptop, the Qosmio G45-AV690, the world's first notebook to feature HD-DVD-R/RW optical drive, with five HD blockbuster movies thrown in for good measure.

The stylish Qosmio G45-AV690 comes in a piano key-white finish and brags of a stunning 17-inch widescreen display with Ultimate TruBrite technology, which delivers a full HD 1080p experience. Ulead DVD MovieFactory is the choice of application for editing both HD and standard-definition home videos to create high-quality family movies. Also included is an OpenCable HDTV tuner for viewing and recording high definition and analog TV signals. The built-in HDMI output can send HD video to a 1080p HDTV complete with 5.1 channel digital audio.

The Qosmio G45 is also blessed with a NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 512MB GDDR2 and can be regarded as a mid-range gaming laptop.

Here are some more specifications:
Processor: Intel Core2Duo T9300 processor, 2.5GHz, 6MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB
Memory: 3GB of PC2-5300 DDR2 with support for up to 4GB
Storage: 320GB via two SATA HDDs running at 5400rpm
Optical Drive: HD DVD-R/RW (Single Layer)/DVD SuperMulti (+/- double layer) drive (in one optical drive) supporting 14 formats
Other:
External OpenCable (OCUR) HDTV Tuner
17-inch diagonal widescreen Ultimate TruBrite® TFT active-matrix LCD display with 1920x1200 native resolution (WUXGA) with 1080p support
PCI-Express™ x16 graphics subsystem, with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB GDDR2 discrete graphics memory, plus up to 255MB dynamically allocated shared graphics2 memory using NVIDIA TurboCacheTM technology
1-bit Digital Amplifier
Four built-in Harman Kardon Bass Reflex stereo speakers with one Bass Reflex subwoofer
Dolby Home Theater
REGZA LINK (HDMI-CEC)
Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (802.11a/g/n)
Remote Control
Embedded Webcam and microphone
Fingerprint reader

The above configuration will be priced at $3,199.99 and will carry a one-year limited warranty and is available nationwide.

“The Qosmio continues to lead the computer industry in terms of high-definition capabilities by bringing many of the most advanced technologies together into a solid and cohesive machine,” said Jeff Barney, vice president of marketing, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. “In a digital world that is driven by power cloaked in simplicity, the Qosmio G45-AV690 is the central hub of a user’s personal Digital Ecosystem, providing users with the ability to enjoy their HD content, while expressing themselves more fully in a digital world, and using HD DVD as a personal means of doing so.”

Via Press Release