Toshiba launches high-definition Qosmio1 March 2006
1 March 2006
Toshiba launches high-definition Qosmiofour-in-one entertainment unit
Auckland, 1 March 2006: TheNew Zealand office of Toshiba (Australia) Pty. LimitedInformation Systems Division (ISD) today launched the newversion of its Qosmio four-in-one entertainment unit today,upgrading the combined television, stereo audio player, DVDand notebook PC with an integrated high-definition (HD)digital TV tuner.
The new Qosmio G30 replaces theprevious high-end G20 model. By integrating a high qualityDigital Video Broadcasting TV tuner (DVB-T), Qosmio ownerscan receive standard or high definition digital televisionbroadcasts, which offer better reception, a widescreen 16:9picture-quality, high-quality audio, a greater number andchoice of channels, and program guide channels. The QosmioG30 also provides a standard analogue tuner integrated forusers not in areas with digital coverage.
"The commercialrelease of a high-definition digital tuner within the Qosmioproves that this technology is becoming the standard," saidMark Whittard General Manager, Australia and New Zealand,Toshiba ISD.
"For those people who want the most intenseentertainment experience -- the crispest and brightestpicture, the clearest digital audio, the largest capacitystorage to hold HD video and TV, music, digital photos, andthe latest games -- all in the one mobile device, the Qosmiois the ultimate choice. Whether it s the Commonwealth Games,the Soccer World Cup or big screen cinema, the Qosmioexperience makes it like being there," he added.
Colloquially known as an audio-visual notebook, theQosmio G30 enables people to: - Watch and record* digitalor analogue television, with the ability to pause andscroll live TV (time slip viewing), on an ultra-bright (twolamp) 17-inch widescreen display with 72 per cent coloursaturation, or take into the living room and plug in viaHDMI to a HD large screen; - Watch TV and DVDs or listento your music. With the Toshiba Express Media Playerfunction, users do not have to boot the Windows operatingsystem (as on other Windows Media Center edition PCs) towatch DVDs or listen to music. They can instead have instantaccess to multimedia content through their remote controland a one-touch button as on a traditional television orstereo; - The Ultimate Sound Experience on surround-soundbass-reflection Harmon Kardon® speakers with SRS tru-soundtechnology. More significantly, the Qosmio G30 introducesthe world s first 1-Bit digital amplifier in a notebookcomputer for unprecedented sound quality. - Access anduse computing applications and latest games via a top-endmultimedia notebook with tri band wi-fi and enhanceddata-rate Bluetooth functionality, for connection to otherdevices such as mobile phones, wireless projectors and otherPCs.
Theatre-quality video and audio Toshiba hasupgraded the audio and video quality of its QosmioAV-notebooks by introducing Dolby home theatre technologyand newly-released nVidia GeForce 7600 series GPU to workwith the high quality Qosmio video engine.
Latestavailable performance and power
To provide the best inspeed and performance, the Qosmio G30 incorporates Intel snew dual-core processor, Intel Core Duo T2400 with 2.0 GHzof dual-core power, plus dual 100GB SATA (total 200 GB)hard disk drives capable of running a RAID to protectvaluable memories and data. In addition to mirroring (RAID1), Toshiba has included a utility that automatically checksthe integrity of data on each drive and corrects anycorrupted data on either drive, without user intervention.The Qosmio G30 is also designed to be compatible withMicrosoft Windows Vista.
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