HDTV Television

Optiarc* has unveiled its BC-5500A Blu-ray reader for laptops. It’s a all-round drive which provide Blu-ray playback on top of regular DVD and CD burning and playback functionality. It’s available now, retailing for around $320. —- *Optiarc is a joint venture between Sony and NEC.

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Sony has announced a new line of AR series laptops on offer, with options for Blu-ray and CableCard in the mix. The main differences: The $1,700 AR630E sports the Blu-ray drive alone, the $2,400 AR660U does the CablecCard thing, and the $3,300 AR690U does both. The VAIO AR600 laptops equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo [...]

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Toshiba has announced a new laptop in its Satellite range, targeted at gamers and with HD capabilities. The new laptop features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, the latest nVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT graphics with 512MB GDDR3 SDRAM VRAM, 2GB of RAM, an HD DVD-ROM and DVD SuperMulti double layer drive, 17-inch TruBrite widescreen display, [...]

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Gateway has announced its M-Series and T-Series laptop ranges, which both come HDTV Ready. And, AMD is launching its TV Wonder 650 Combo PCIe. New laptops allows receive locally available satellite and cable programming, including HDTV channels. Gateway’s line up features PCs with HDMI outputs, optional ATI graphics, Blu-ray or HD-DVD drives and wireless connectivity [...]

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