Qosmio G30/97A, Toshiba’s first HD DVD-R Laptop

This week Toshiba revealed plans to release the very first notebook that can write HD DVD-Rs. The Qosmio G30/97A has been hinted at for months now, but this week’s announced laptop is the first laptop that is able to burn not just HD DVD-R discs, but also regular DVD-Rs and CD-Rs.

HD DVD-Rs burnt by the Qosmio are able to hold 2 hours of footage, which translates to about 15GB of space, a huge amount for a DVD-R. This allows for even bigger backups of data, as well as users being able to create and burn movies at a high resolution.

The Qosmio is loaded with a 2GHz Core Duo, as well as a GeForce Go 7600 graphics card. Additionally, the Qosmio is capable of holding as much as 320GB of files, making it one of the first laptops to have the capabilities of holding 320GB of space.

People will also like the fact that the Qosmio has a built in digital tuner, allowing users to watch HDTV and record as much as 37 hours of it. According to Electronista, Toshiba is set to release the laptop on January 30 in Japan. A North American release is set to follow. The laptop is expected to cost about $3,320 USD.