It finally has an official name, a shipping date and specs. The new Qosmio, dubbed the G35-AV650, will be available at Toshiba's website on May 12th and hitting retail markets on May 15th. The AV650 will have the highly anticipated HD-DVD Rom and the HDMI Output port. The bad news is that this is a read-only drive. If you want the actual HD DVD burner, you might want to wait for the next Qosmio revision. Also, there are only a handful of HD DVD movies currently available, but it's a growing list. You can find a total of 18 titles on Amazon's site.
Below is a side by side comparison of the AV650 and our current Editor's Choice.
Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650
Intel Core Duo T2500(2.0Ghz)
Dual 100GB(200GB) hard drives
1920x1200 Native Resolution
1080p
1024MB RAM
HD-DVD Rom
Nvidia GeForce Go 7600, 256MB
Windows XP Media Center
$2999
HDMI Out
Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600
Intel Core Duo T2400(1.83Ghz)
Dual 80GB(160GB) hard drives
1440x900 Native Resolution
720p
1024MB RAM
Dual Layer DVD Burner
Nvidia GeForce Go 7300, 512MB
Windows XP Media Center
$2399