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Toshiba Bringing PS3 Innards to Notebooks, TVs

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 optimized 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 $1700, shaving about $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 Fall 2009. [Electronista and Gadgetress]

1:54 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Adrian Covert
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EBone at 02:04 PM on 05/09/08
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"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?
Darrone at 02:06 PM on 05/09/08
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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.
Seiven at 02:09 PM on 05/09/08
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we will soon see a barrage of mods...this will be awesome
Seiven at 02:10 PM on 05/09/08
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Damn I want one
Hayes at 02:15 PM on 05/09/08
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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??
Isoko at 02:20 PM on 05/09/08
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Ps3 Emulation, here we come
radio1 at 02:26 PM on 05/09/08
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@Hayes: My thoughts exactly. I guess they must have kissed and made up!
radio1 at 02:27 PM on 05/09/08
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But seriously, very cool convergence of technology!
Rabid Penguin at 02:28 PM on 05/09/08
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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...
flyboy at 02:28 PM on 05/09/08
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@EBone: 3D stereo glasses.
Kaiser-Machead at 02:30 PM on 05/09/08
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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.
jiggaman2 at 02:37 PM on 05/09/08
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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.
lilaliendog at 02:54 PM on 05/09/08
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@Kaiser-Machead: lol there goes my mountain dew
Atsumi at 03:00 PM on 05/09/08
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@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.
ajcali08 at 04:17 PM on 05/09/08
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"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...
Michai at 06:07 PM on 05/09/08
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Thats a pretty nasty little machine.
Hvedhrungr at 06:13 PM on 05/09/08
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Needs more Yellow Dog stat!
Seiven at 06:23 PM on 05/09/08
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@Isoko: this was EXACTLY what I was referring too...I can't wait
xValentine at 10:27 AM on 05/10/08
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A built-in slot-in blu-ray drive on an LCD would be awesome IMO :D