Toshiba Introduced Qosmio Prototype with HD DVD Burner

Toshiba is demonstrating a prototype of its Qosmio multimedia laptop with an integrated HD DVD-R optical drive, “the first notebook computer with the ability to burn HD DVDs”, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 in Las Vegas this week. The forthcoming Toshiba Qosmio also incorporates Microsoft’s Windows Vista OS and a high definition TV tuner, according to the company.

“With the addition of the HD DVD-R optical drive, the Qosmio notebook provides users with a state-of-the-art multimedia notebook that can burn up to 30 GB of data, including video or entire photo and music libraries, onto a single HD DVD recordable disc. The HD DVD-R optical drive also plays HD DVD movies at a resolution that is six times sharper than the DVD format”, the company said.

Pricing, availability, specific model number and configuration for Toshiba Qosmio with integrated HD DVD burner will be announced in the first quarter of 2007, according to Toshiba.

Toshiba unveiled the Qosmio G35-AV650 featuring HD DVD-ROM, with ability only to play HD DVD media, last year.