Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Toshiba to Release First Laptop with HD-DVD Drive Next MOnth
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 05:00 PM
"Toshiba is planning to launch its first laptop computer with an HD-DVD drive in Europe in April, the company said Tuesday. The Qosmio G30 laptop will also be available in Japan and North America at about the same time, said Oscar Koenders, general manager of marketing at Toshiba Europe's PC division. It will cost around the same as Toshiba's current Qosmio G20 notebook, prices of which depend on configuration and begin at about $2410, he said."
Ok, colour me baffled. When I saw Toshiba's HD-DVD player in person, it was big and expensive compared to normal DVD players. When I asked the Toshiba representative at CES why it was so large, he shrugged and said "First generation technology". So how is it that Toshiba is able to put an HD-DVD drive into a laptop at (presumably) no added size and only minimal added cost? What am I missing here? Do the HD upscaler or other on-board components in the full-sized player really take up that much space?
Ok, colour me baffled. When I saw Toshiba's HD-DVD player in person, it was big and expensive compared to normal DVD players. When I asked the Toshiba representative at CES why it was so large, he shrugged and said "First generation technology". So how is it that Toshiba is able to put an HD-DVD drive into a laptop at (presumably) no added size and only minimal added cost? What am I missing here? Do the HD upscaler or other on-board components in the full-sized player really take up that much space?
