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Toshiba Unveils Laptop With Instant-On TV & DVR

Posted by timothy on from the sure-hope-it's-better-than-near-tv-quality dept.

Patik writes "Toshiba has unveiled a new laptop, Qosmio, that allows users to watch TV or a DVD without booting the OS. The laptop turns on instantly for these functions and has a 15" near-TV quality screen. To use DVR functions like time shifting and recording, the user must boot the Windows Media Center OS."

4 of 189 comments (clear)

  1. quality reviews by quality reviewers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "arguably the best laptop display currently on the market," said Rob Enderle

    so that's going to be totally accurate then

  2. Atari on the road! by L-Wave · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cool, hopefully I can hook up my Atari to it for a portable system! =)

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  3. Re:article title by CaptainBaz · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think it's supposed to be parsed as:

    (Instant-On TV) & (DVR)

  4. The Bells! The Bells!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Qosmio..oh sorry, misread that.