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Toshiba Qosmio F750

Thursday 22 September 2011

G-Rating

Rating of 3

The basics

The Toshiba Qosmio F750 is the world's first laptop to feature a glasses-free 3D screen. It's also a great media centre machine, with an integrated Blu-ray drive, HD display and powerful components. Read on to find out if that's enough to make it a best-seller.

The good

The Toshiba Qosmio F750 is the first laptop to get a glasses-free display. It's an impressive panel, with a Full-HD resolution that looks perfect and pin-sharp in regular 2D mode. It's not quite so good when viewed in 3D, but more on that later. Build quality is decent, although it's an incredibly bulky laptop – we wouldn't want to carry it much further than the next room. The keyboard responds with a pleasing action, however, and plastics are of a reasonable quality. There are plenty of ports on the sides of the Toshiba Qosmio F750, including the latest USB 3.0 connections, an HDMI port and more. Processing power is impressive, courtesy of an Intel Core i7 chip. It has an impact on battery life, however, so you'll find yourself plugging it in more often than not.

The bad

Although the screen offers pin-sharp images when used in 2D mode, things aren't so impressive when using the laptop for 3D means. You'll find signs of ghosting when watching movies, and the resolution also drops.

The bottom line

Overall, although the Toshiba Qosmio F750 is a decent enough all-rounder, it's not worth buying for the 3D screen alone. Options we've seen with active or passive glasses have actually offered better 3D images, and we'd be tempted to wait until the tech matures if you really want a glasses-free laptop.
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