Jointly announced in Japan, the Far East, Europe and the US, the Qosmio provides what Toshiba calls the "four-in-one" entertainment experience: it's a TV, a PC, a DVD recorder and a music player. Based on Intel's Centrino platform, with Pentium M 725, 735, 745 and 755 options, the Qosmio E10 family provides 802.11b and g wireless networking support.
Each machine ships with a DVD writer capable of working with all three writeable specs - DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW - and is ready to record TV programmes via the built-in analog TV tuner.
The notebook's 15in, 1024 x 768 display uses UltraBrightScreen technology for a crisper image with more vivid colours than is usually the case. The Toshiba display is powered by a Nvidia GeForce FX Go 5200 chip with 64MB of dedicated video memory.
On the audio front, Qosmio contains Harmon Kardon speakers with SRS WOW and TruSurround XT technology for a surround sound-style experience. There are TV and component video output ports for connecting the notebooks to a variety of screens and devices, and a digital audio S/P-DIF port to allow you to link it up to a hi-fi.
The Qosmios also ship with the usual PC-oriented USB 2.0, 56Kbps modem, 10/100Mbps Ethernet, Firewire, PC Card and SD/MMC slots and ports. They also contain a range of media playback, authoring and burning utilities. Each machine weighs up to 3.5kg and measures 33.8 x 28.5 x 4.3cm.
In the US, the range will be labelled the Qosmio E15-AV101, and feature integrated Bluetooth as well as Wi-Fi. The E15-AV101 is priced at $2699 and ships with Windows XP Media Center Edition and an 80GB HDD only.
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