Toshiba's new PVR laptop

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Toshiba's new PVR laptop

After seeing my first Windows Media Center laptop (which features tv recording, movie, photo, and music playback and management), I wasn't impressed due to the form factor, but comments indicated that I was thinking too tivo-centric and portable PVRs have their uses.

Today Toshiba announced their new Windows Media Center notebook, and although I've seen the light on portable WMC machines, on this model I have to question the portability factor. It's based on their P25 17" widescreen system (copycat to Apple's 17" x-large pizza box?) which I've played with before. A couple things struck me about the P25 when I tested it: it's gigantic for a laptop, feeling even bigger than the powerbook, and it weighs a ton. About 10 pounds to be exact. At some point, these "portables" are going to feel more and more like lugging a desktop around. [via gizmodo]

by Matt Haughey July 24, 2003 in News

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You could just get a copy of SnapStreams Personal Video server and put it on a laptop (ok so you would need a capture card too)

I just got it on my pc (they now released a demo version of version 3) and it's pretty nice. -- and with the coupon code "maxsnap" (valid till the end of the month, it's pretty reasonable at $50 (normally it's $99)

Posted by: Rapunzel at Jul 24, 2003 9:19:19 PM

10 pounds for a 17 inch laptop? The Apple unit checks in at 6.8lbs? Since when are double digital laptops even in the realm of sanity?

Get a freakin' PowerBook 17", a FireWire capture box, script some capture software and it would still end up weighing less.

Thanks for the great postings but that Toshiba is Heavyshiba.

Good site, BTW.

Posted by: devotion at Jul 25, 2003 11:58:25 PM

As far as mac stuff goes, I told my brother about EyeTV after reading an article about it and he loves it!

http://www.elgato.com/eyeTV/

Posted by: Rapunzel at Jul 26, 2003 6:18:40 PM