Toshiba Launches World’s First Notebook PC with HD DVD-ROM Drive

Toshiba Qosmio G30/697HS, that’s the latest offering by the Toshiba Corporation.

The Qosmio G30/697HS is the Notebook PC with HD DVD-ROM Drive,and
will be available in the Japanese market in mid May, as the latest product in Qosmio line-up of AV notebook PC series.

1. World’s first notebook PC with HD DVD-ROM drive

* Qosmio G30/697HS is the world’s first PC to integrate an HD DVD-ROM drive, and does so with a slim-type drive only 12.7mm high. This is achieved with on-drive optical system with a single objective lens able to read HD DVD-ROM discs and read and write to DVDs and CDs.

* Playback of HD DVD content with high-definition picture quality and high-quality sound made possible by HD DVD’s high density disc storage.*2 The new Qosmio also supports the HD DVD’s enhanced functionality of a “pop-up menu”. While the full scope of its features will be content driven, it displays menus and movie chapters while a movie is playing, allowing users to search for functions or jump to a desired scene via the chapter guide.*2

* In addition to playback of HD DVD content, the Qosmio G30/697HS’s integrated drive supports the functions of a DVD super-multi drive (HD DVD-ROM/DVD super-multi drive) and can write to current format discs, including DVD+/-R DL (dual-layer) and DVD-RAM.*2 *3

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