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I also have to give kudos to Nvidia for its part in providing the hardware component (HD acceleration and Post Processing) for smooth HD playback. The company enlisted the help of Cyberlink, creators of the PowerDVD suite, to bring uninterrupted HD playback to the dv9000t (Vista), and it shows.
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HP assured me that they'll have figured out how to handle high-def discs without booting Vista soon. In Windows XP, you can also play HD DVDs (along with regular DVDs and audio CDs) without booting into the OS. For example, running an initial disc read is faster on the dv9000t than on the AV660. Toshiba has made drastic improvements to its playback software (Toshiba HD DVD Player), but HP's QuickPlay 2.3 is more refined and more integrated. High-definition players are the new wave for Media Centers, and since both the HP and Toshiba have built-in HD DVD-ROM drives, it's only natural to dissect the software.
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The Qosmio AV660 has a true 1080p resolution (1,920-by-1,200), but you'll be hard pressed to find any differences between the two on the 17-inch screen. My configuration came with the latter, which looks great playing back high-definition content from either the hard drive or the HD DVD-ROM drive. The HP has two options for screen resolution available: 1,440-by-900 and 1,680-by-1050. At 8.8 pounds, the dv9000t is still heavy, but considerably lighter than the boxy AV660. Its dimensions are thin, too: 15.5 by 11.1 by 1.1 inches (HWD).
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There's a lot to be said about HP's design: The artistic imprints and the piano-black finish make it flashier than the Qosmio AV660. If that doesn't convince you, maybe the fact that all the cool features in the newest dv9000t are neatly tied together by Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate will. Now, with the latest iteration of the HP Pavilion dv9000t (now with Vista) clearly having the best HD playback software developed for the included HD DVD-ROM drive, not to mention a neat little remote that fits in the ExpressCard slot, I'm ready to hand it the Editors' Choice. One alternative I had my eye on, the Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660, had a long list of A/V features that could make anyone salivate, but it turned out to lack many of HP's finishing touches, especially when it came to high definition. Three months ago, I reviewed the HP Pavilion dv9000t ($2,569 direct), but hesitated to give it an Editors' Choice, thinking that a better Media Center laptop was in the works. It's a desktop replacement, a portable, and, ultimately, it's a living-room entertainment system. A Media Center laptop is a PC with multiple personalities.