Toshiba to Unveil TV Capable Labtop

Toshiba new laptop model Qosmio will allows users to watch TV on it without having to boot up. The laptop will fully integrate audio and video features, including a bright, near TV-quality display, DVD drive, TV tuner, and enhanced speakers.

A user could click on the TV with the laptop’s remote control or watch a DVD movie without having to go through the all-too-familiar process of starting the accompanying Windows Media Center operating system. If users want to pause live TV or record TV shows onto the 80-gigabyte hard disk, however, they’ll need to do so with the Windows software.

A 15-inch model will be available in August. The price has yet to be determined but will likely be between $2,499 and $2,599.

FT: The notebooks are the first fruits of a merger of Toshiba’s PC and Network, and Digital Media consumer electronics divisions and signal its entry into home digital convergence, a new market being fought over by Microsoft, Sony and Philips, among others.

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