Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced

18.4-inch multimedia monster

Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced View more images

23 September 2009 16:12 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Toshiba has announced the launch of the Qosmio X500 boasting a "sleek, glossy black chassis, backlit keyboard and LED-feathertouch controls".

Powered by Intel's latest Quad Core processors and the latest Nvidia GeForce graphics, the Qosmio X500 claims to deliver "a realistic gameplay experience with intense visuals, vibrant environments and dynamic character effects".

With an 18.4-inch TruBrite Full HD LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, Harman Kardon stereo speakers, a rewritable Blu-ray drive, the X500 appears, on paper at least, to be an entertainment powerhouse.

It also gets Toshiba's Resolution+ upscaling technology, that sees standard definition DVDs and video files upconverted to "near high definition" quality.

Other features include an "HD" webcam, a multi-touch touch pad, fingerprint reader, face recognition, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, eight touch-sensitive multimedia buttons, up to 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, three USB ports all of which offer "Sleep-and-Charge" tech, REGZA-Link HDMI-CEC and a 5-in-1 card reader.

The Qosmio X500 will be available in the UK from late October - no pricing revealed, but it's gonna be steep.

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Comments

  • no pricing revealed :) crazy Posted by Blu ray, South Africa
  • £1599 Play.com Posted by Ali Mesc, UK
  • € 1690
    1Tb/8GB verzion (the x500-1T)

    Shipping nov 23rd

    (remove the first 500GB, replace it with an 80GB Intel X25, put the 500GB in an external eSata box for €12)
    Now you've got a speed monster
    Posted by Kenneth Tan, Netherlands

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