Talk Toshiba: Toshiba Qosmio F750 Hands-On Review

The Toshiba F750 brings a new dimension to portable 3D computing, combining the benefits of 2D and 3D in a single package that's loaded with clever features and technology. Toshiba showed off its latest attraction to a select group of experts last week, and here's a selection of what they had to say.

Engadget
Engadget's Sharif Sakr was unconvinced by a glasses-free 3D concept model back in January, but the Qosmio F750 managed to change his mind pretty quickly – in fact, his biggest complaint was that Toshiba didn't have enough 3D content loaded on board. “Nevertheless, the videos we saw were pretty mouthwatering -- at least once our eyes and brain adjusted to the 3D effect,” he wrote.

On top of that, some fairly athletic attempts to throw off the eye-tracking webcam that keeps the 3D goodness present and correct even when you move your head around proved futile: “The eye-tracking system was remarkably quick and refused to be fooled by the sharp movements and embarrassing head-bops we threw at it.” Sounds like a nod of approval to us.

The Inquirer
The Inquirer's Chris Martin was another to try and give the Qosmio F750's watchful eye the slip, and again was left impressed by how doggedly it stuck to its job: “[It] did a great job of tracking us as the user, with plenty of other people walking around behind us.”
He raised another valid issue too – not only is glasses-free 3D ground-breaking and convenient, it's also a big plus for anyone who already wears glasses. “It is certainly nice to sit down in front of a laptop screen and watch 3D without the hassle of using glasses,” he declared. “It eliminates feeling like a bit of an idiot wearing them and for people who wear glasses already it's nice not to have to wear two pairs at once.”

T3
For T3's Rhiain Morgan, the Qosmio's impressively sleek size and weight was an eye-opener considering the likes of the Intel i7 processor, Nvidia GeForce GT 540M graphics card, Harman Kardon stereo speakers and Blu-ray XL drive crammed inside. “With all that on-board you’d expect a breeze-block of a laptop but it’s surprisingly portable,” she reported.
So is the Qosmio F750 another successful 3D pioneer like the Satellite A665 before it? “If you’re tempted by the third dimension, we have to admit that the playback was fantastic and easily comparable to glasses-free 3D TVs,” Morgan concluded. That would be a yes, then.