New Sharp notebook plays CD or DVD without booting

August 17, 2003

The introduction of this computer brings us one step closer to enjoying instant on capability. This Mebius notebook from Sharp Japan, allows you to watch TV or play a DVD movie without booting the operating system.

Sharp Japan introduces two new Mebius Notebooks the PC-SV1-7DB and the PC-SV1-5CB.

These new Notebooks have a built-in TV-Tuner and the Notebook does not require to boot Windows to view a DVD, watch TV or play a CD - Great Feature!
With the WinDVR software the notebook can record TV-Programs to the hard drive.
Besides that the Notebook has standard specs like:
- 15" high brightness clear type TFT liquid crystal (XGA)
- AMD Athlon CPU 2GHz/1.8Ghz
- 256MB-768MB RAM
- 60GB/40GB Hard Drives
- CD-R/RW&DVD-ROM
- Size:326mm in width x 90mm in depth x 36.8mm (minimum) 48.5mm (maximum) in height

By reading a rough translation at i4u, we can see that the units come with Windows XP Home
Edition service pack 1a, Office XP and Ulead VideoStudio7 SE to list a few.
With a battery life of approximately 1.8 hours and weighing in at 3.5kg
the notebooks go on sale at the end of this month. August 22 for the
PC-SV1-5CB and August 28 for the PC-SV1-7DB. No pricing is
given.

Source: i4u.com