Digital Technology for Digital Living.
November 09, 2004
Qosmio In The Wild.
In July we mentioned the Qosmio laptops. Today a Gadget Lounge reader was kind enough to send us their thoughts after having bought one.
“Having brought one of the first G10 (2.0GHz/1 Gb/160Gb HDD) I was disappointed with what it can’t do.
We all know there’s no EPG, but one of the **10** Addendums that you find in the paper-work is that the Qosmio TV player is not supported !!
So, any thoughts about NOT having to boot into Windows are out the window (so to speak !).
I am still stumbling through Windows Media Centre, there appears to be NO instructions, printed or otherwise.
If you don’t need the TV features it’s one hell of a great computer ! If you want (or need) TV features, look else-where….”
Thanks Austen! We’re always keen to here how they go in the wild.
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Hey Rich. I’ve just spent a few days with a demo unit from Toshiba. I agree with Austen’s comments. In its current format its a great niche machine for people with portable A/V requirements. The screen and sound are just fantastic and the overall build of the machine is solid. I’m looking forward to the next generation of these machines when they get lighter and all the annoying software & TV/EPG issues are fixed.
heya guys, looking at purchasing the f10 series, what does austen mean when he talks about EPG and the inability to view dvd’s or tv without getting into windows? can it or cant it and if so why not. what is epg? any datails on the problems would be great so i know what to expect. thanks. please email back :-)
ps my email is hnmidcom@bigpond.net.au
cheers
rick
Hi Ricky
EPG is an Electronic Program Guide. Basically it’s your TV program that can be picked up by your computer to help automatically record your favorite shows etc.
I haven’t seen it first hand, and you might want to post a request to the Gadget Lounge Forum at :
http://www.gadgetlounge.net/forum/
but from what I understand you need to boot up the Operating System to view DVDs and the TV. The Qosmio has a quick boot that allows some operations to take place within seconds (using a mini-Operating System), like a real TV, but obviously not all features can use this.
Hope that makes sense.
Kind regards
Richard