We stumbled upon the new Toshiba Satellite A665 3D laptop in New York City recently. See it up close in our video preview.
Do you remember Samsung's new 3D LED HDTVs that hit store shelves recently? This week, Toshiba started selling new 3D gear of their own, namely the Toshiba Satellite A665 3D laptop. It uses NVIDIA 3D Vision software and hardware technologies to drive the stereoscopic 3D experience, delivering out-of-box compatibility with hundreds of PC games, as well as videos and photos. Ashley Barrett from Toshiba gives us an introduction to the Toshiba Satellite A665 3D Edition in the video below:
Toshiba Satellite A665 3D Edition Features
The Toshiba Satellite A665 3D Edition is encased in the all-new Fusion X2 finish in Charcoal, promising enthusiast-class performance and features with the processing power of the Intel Core i7-740QM quad core processor with TurboBoost technology, plus the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M GPU with 1GB of GDDR3 video memory.
The NVIDIA 3D Vision kit, which comes standard with the Satellite A665 (includes software, a pair of wireless active shutter glasses and an emitter) enables users to get in the action quickly with easy set-up and conversion of supported content for stereoscopic 3D viewing.
The Toshiba Satellite A665 3D Edition also sports built-in Harman/Kardon speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio, a Blu-ray disc drive, and Toshiba's new Sleep-and-Music technology that lets you play music from your MP3 player through the laptop's speakers even while the laptop is powered down.
Other specifications include Windows Home Premium, 15.6-inch LED backlit display with a 120Hz refresh rate, 4GB DDR RAM, 640GB HDD, Wi-Fi Wireless-N and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, touchpad with multi-touch control as well as a 12-cell battery.
When it comes to ports, the Toshiba Satellite A665 3D Edition incorporates 1x eSATA/USB combo port with Toshiba USB Sleep-and-Charge, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 1x HDMI port, 1x microphone input with Toshiba Sleep-and-Music, as well as a 5-in-1 memory card reader and an ExpressCard slot. There's also a built-in Web camera with Toshiba face recognition software.
Price and availability
The Toshiba Satellite A665 3D Edition laptop is available now at select retailers, e-tailers and directly from Toshiba with a starting price of $1600.