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Toshiba Bringing PS3 Innards to Notebooks, TVs
Posted by Adrian Covert at 3:54 AM on May 10, 2008
Its recently been revealed that Toshiba is planning to use Sony PS3 technology in its upcoming TVs and Notebooks. The OC Register's Gadgetress got her hands on the Toshiba's Qosmio notebook (shown above), which will use the SpursEngine chip, jointly developed between Toshiba and Sony around the Cell. The processor will handle much of the video and multimedia processing, taking the load off the main CPU.
According to Toshiba, HD processing that once took an hour now only takes 10 minutes. And though the SpursEngine chip can handle graphics processing for games, no PC games are currently optimised for the chip, rendering it useless. But game development built around the processor is in the works. Tentatively, the Qosmio will also feature gesture based controls via webcam, but will lack the usual Blu-ray drive, 1080p resolution and TV tuner. But it will only run for US$1700, shaving about US$1300 off the price.
As for the TV, it will make use of Sony's Cell microprocessor for realtime HD upscaling, recording of multiple channels, and "displaying video as if it is being viewed through opera glasses" (whatever that means). The Qosmio notebook is planned for a 2008 release while the TV will hit stores in Autumn 2009. [Electronista and Gadgetress]
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jiggaman2
Posted 4:37 AM 10/5/08
you guys changed the image on this post?
But yeah.. Blu-Ray Drive plus wireless Plastation 3 controller connectivity (and bluetooth so i can tell those other COD4 players how I pooh on their corpses - yes my own teammates).. There's something knocking into the bottom of my desk...oh yeah that's me.
jiggaman2
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 4:30 AM 10/5/08
If it was capable of actually running PS3 console games, then I'd fly out of this 30 story window and get one as soon as I can.
Kaiser-Machead
flyboy
Posted 4:28 AM 10/5/08
@EBone: 3D stereo glasses.
flyboy
Rabid Penguin
Posted 4:28 AM 10/5/08
The official Microsoft / Dell XBox 360 Laptop is just around the corner, I'm sure.
Nintendo's will be the cheapest, but who wants a laptop with two screens that you have to shake to interact with it...
Rabid Penguin
radio1
Posted 4:27 AM 10/5/08
But seriously, very cool convergence of technology!
radio1
radio1
Posted 4:26 AM 10/5/08
@Hayes: My thoughts exactly. I guess they must have kissed and made up!
radio1
Isoko
Posted 4:20 AM 10/5/08
Ps3 Emulation, here we come
Isoko
Hayes
Posted 4:15 AM 10/5/08
Sony and Toshiba can work on this, but why the hell couldn't they work on a HD-DVD and Blu-Ray combination or compromise??
Hayes
Seiven
Posted 4:10 AM 10/5/08
Damn I want one
Seiven
Seiven
Posted 4:09 AM 10/5/08
we will soon see a barrage of mods...this will be awesome
Seiven
Darrone
Posted 4:06 AM 10/5/08
Isn't it great to see Sony and Toshiba getting along? Hand in hand, buddy to buddy, just making great products.
"displaying video as if it is being viewed through opera glasses" I think this has something to do with a higher quality zoom? no? whatever.
Darrone
EBone
Posted 4:04 AM 10/5/08
"displaying video as if it is being viewed through opera glasses"
So video will look like it's three hundred feet way as viewed through a tunnel?
EBone
Atsumi
Posted 5:00 AM 10/5/08
@EBone: Probably because the crispness will be like you're really there, just viewing it through glass.
At least... that's how I took it.
Atsumi
lilaliendog
Posted 4:54 AM 10/5/08
@Kaiser-Machead: lol there goes my mountain dew
lilaliendog
ajcali08
Posted 6:17 AM 10/5/08
"displaying video as if it is being viewed through opera glasses"
@Ebone
So video will look like it's three hundred feet way as viewed through a tunnel?
I think your using the oprea glasses backwards...
ajcali08
Hvedhrungr
Posted 8:13 AM 10/5/08
Needs more Yellow Dog stat!
Hvedhrungr
Michai
Posted 8:07 AM 10/5/08
Thats a pretty nasty little machine.
Michai
Seiven
Posted 8:23 AM 10/5/08
@Isoko: this was EXACTLY what I was referring too...I can't wait
Seiven
xValentine
Posted 12:27 AM 11/5/08
A built-in slot-in blu-ray drive on an LCD would be awesome IMO :D
xValentine