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Hear the difference with Toshiba's first Dolby Home Theatre Notebook

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, May 24 - 2006 at 11:27
  • PRESS RELEASE

Toshiba's Computer Systems Division Europe, Middle East and Africa today announced the launch of the latest addition to the Qosmio series of AV-Notebook PCs, which features for the first time in a notebook, Dolby Home Theatre technology.

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  • Qosmio F30.
    Qosmio F30.
"The Qosmio® F30 with Dolby® gives the best audio experience of any notebook on the market," said Ahmed Khalil, general manager, Toshiba Computer Systems Division, Middle East and Africa

Building on the Qosmio series "4-in-1" experience, the Qosmio® F30 is unique and offers a fully integrated TV tuner, Digital Video Recorder (DVR), high-end audio functionality and all the computing capabilities of a superior notebook PC. The Qosmio® F30 is ideal for the style-conscious looking for a compelling digital home entertainment and audio experience as it provides greater amplification and clarity when listening to MP3 files or audio CD.

"With the introduction of the Qosmio F30, Toshiba sets the standard in personal entertainment with a product that offers unique audio visual experiences as well as powerful computing capabilities,"


added Khalil.

"Toshiba is a leading innovator in home entertainment and this latest release will consolidate our success in this category even further."

The Ultimate Digital Home Entertainment Experience


The introduction of Dolby® Home Theatre technologies into Toshiba's notebooks enables users to have a virtual surround sound system to fully immerse themselves in their digital content, whether it is movies, music or photos, from the comfort of their homes. This, combined with 1-bit digital amplifier, Harmon Kardon® bass-reflection speakers and the QosmioEngine set the Qosmio® F30 as the benchmark in mobile entertainment.

Superior Quality


The sleek, elegant build of the Qosmio® F30 is similar to high-end audio/visual consumer electronics equipment and is a welcome addition to even the most fashionable household. With attractive features such as sensor touch audio/video buttons, lateral volume controls, and remote control functionality, the Qosmio F30 makes a stylish statement. The addition of Dolby Home Theatre combined with Microsoft® Windows® Media Centre, now firmly places the Qosmio® F30 in a class of its own above other consumer notebooks on the market.

Through the QosmioPlayer, DVD, CD and TV content can be played after just a few seconds of turning on the notebook without booting the operating system, and with a Toshiba TruBrite display, the Qosmio® F30 offers the ultimate viewing experience. The QosmioEngine® further enhances the latest features to the Qosmio® range by providing picture clarity, reducing distortion and allowing users to enjoy responsive images that are clear, crisp, bright and smooth.
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Availability
The Qosmio® F30 will be available in the MEA region from.

About Toshiba:

The Computer Systems Division of Toshiba Europe GmbH is a leading vendor for mobile computing solutions. Headquartered in Neuss, Germany, the Computer Systems Division of Toshiba Europe GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Toshiba Corporation, the world's eighth-largest computer and Electronics Company. Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products and power systems. The company's integration of these wide-ranging capabilities assures its position as an innovator in advanced components, products and systems.

For media information:
Laura Scorza, Hill & Knowlton
Tel 971 4 3344930, fax 971 4 3344923

Qosmio® F30 Technical Specifications

• Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology
o Intel® Core™ processor T2300/2400/2500/2600/2700 (up to 2.33GHz, 667MHz FSB, 2MB 2nd level cache)
o Intel® PRO Wireless Network Connection 802.11 b/g
o Intel 945PM Express Chipset family
• Microsoft® Windows ® Media Center Edition 2005
• Microsoft Windows® Media Center Edition and QosmioPlayer Remote control and IR receiver
• Up to 1GB of DDR2 533MHz memory (expandable to 4GB)1
• Up to 120GB Serial ATA hard disk drive
• Toshiba TruBrite 15.4" WXGA display, 1280 x 800 resolution (490 cd/m²)
• NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7600 PCI Express graphics processing unit with up to 256MB
• Harman Kardon® stereo speakers with Bass reflection technology
• Dolby Home Theater™ with Dolby Virtual speaker and Dolby headphone support incl. Dolby Pro Logic technologies
• DVD Super Multi Drive (double layer)
• Integrated hybrid digital and analog TV-Tuner with MPEG2 hardware encoder
• Integrated i.Link® (IEEE 1394) port, consumer infrared port
• Integrated V2.0 modem (V.92 ready) and 10/100 Ethernet port
• 4 x USB, 1 x PCMCIA (Type II),
• TV-out, SPDIF 5-1 ch, Video-in/out
• Microsoft® Office OneNote 2003™, Toshiba Picture Enhancement utility, Adobe Acrobat Reader, InterVideo WinDVD, InterVideo WinDVD Creator 2 Platinum, Sonic RecordNow!, ConfigFree connectivity software, Norton Internet Security 2004 (90-day trial version)
• 6-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter (supports SD™ Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro and x-D Picture Card)
• ESUP: USD 2190

1 Memory (Main System). Part of the main system memory may be used by the graphics system for graphics performance and therefore reduce the amount of main system memory available for other computing activities. The amount of main system memory allocated to support graphics may vary depending on the graphics system, applications utilized, system memory size and other factors. For PC's configured with 4 GB of system memory, the full system memory space for computing activities will be considerably less and will vary by model and system configuration.

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