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Satellite® : P500
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Satellite® P500 — Enjoy life on the big screen
Super-size display for games, video and multi-tasking
Superb sound and performance
A multi-talented desktop PC replacement
With exceptional power, features and room, our 18.4” Satellite® P500 laptop makes a great portable alternative to a desktop computer, giving you the freedom to work and create, or super-size your entertainment. If you’re a big multimedia fan, serious gamer, or just want an extra-large screen for multitasking, this is our pick.
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Big Screen Multimedia Enjoyment
Whether it’s a high-definition movie, the latest online game, or photos from your last vacation, everything looks better on a big screen like this. With the Satellite® P500 laptop you’ll get an extra-large 18.4” HD diagonal widescreen display with a 16:9 aspect ratio—just the thing for unhindered enjoyment of today’s blockbuster widescreen films.
Premium Windows®7 Performance
The Satellite® P500 is not only sized and equipped to enlarge your entertainment, but it’s also designed to help you have a more expansive Windows® 7 experience. So you’ll enjoy faster, more reliable and intuitive computing, simplified networking and Web browsing, plus more ways to relish your movies, music and photos.
Seamless Home Theater Connectivity
Want to go even bigger with your entertainment? Your Satellite® P500 notebook is ready. Offering support for full 1080p high-definition video and sound, the HDMI-CEC connection on these machines lets you scale up your gaming, movies and music by tapping into a home theater—and run the show with just a single remote control.
Entertaining Features
Watch the latest HD movies with an available built-in Blu-ray® disc player. Or choose a model with a versatile DVD SuperMulti optical drive for enjoying standard-def titles, and use its Labelflash™ burner to keep your growing disc collection looking attractive and organized. Then fire up the premium sound system and immerse yourself in rich, high-fidelity surround sound.
Exciting Extras
This Satellite® laptop comes with features that simply make life easier—like a touchpad with multi-touch control that puts more power in your fingertips, a Webcam with Toshiba Face Recognition* to enhance chatting and logging on, plus USB Sleep-and-Charge to power smart phones even when your PC is asleep or off.
Additional Features
USB Sleep-and-Charge
Power your smart phone and other portables—even when your laptop is off. learn more »
High-Speed Ports
Use the eSATA port to speeds data transfers to and from external storage devices, and the FireWire® IEEE 1394 port for uploading video from your camcorder.
Gorgeous Design
You love the Fusion™ Finish on this laptop, with its unique Sonic pattern and chrome accents in Black Onyx.
Eco Utility
Now with just a click you can quickly adjust the settings and power plan of your laptop, and monitor your ongoing power usage too.
Toshiba Innovation Features available on this laptop
Note: Your select model may not have all the features, ports, or other items corresponding to those shown
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Please see detailed specifications for more information.
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HDMI with Toshiba REGZA Link™ (HDMI-CEC)* — See it all on the big screen.
When the time comes to turn your favorite movie into a big-screen event, punch up your listening with full surround sound,
immerse yourself in gaming or deck out your home office with high-def displays, try a Toshiba laptop offering HDMI with
REGZA Link™.
Enlarge your entertainment
HDMI makes it easy to experience big-screen high-definition video in full 1080p with 5.1** surround sound through a single
cable. Simply connect your HDMI-equipped Toshiba laptop to a HDMI-compatible home theater and suddenly you’re right in the
middle of the action, lost in the drama, blown away by the crisp highs and rich bass tones.
Go high-def in your home office
Many discover they need one or more high-resolution monitors in their home office for better multitasking, graphic design
or video editing. If that’s you, you’ll be glad to know that Toshiba laptops with HDMI offer much better quality and more
flexibility than those with older A/V connections. So don’t deny yourself a single pixel of detail.
Use one remote. And lose the frustration
Along with a better picture and sound there are other benefits to Toshiba laptops offering HDMI with REGZA Link™. Connect
to other HDMI-CEC electronics—A/V receivers, TVs and DVD players—and you can run the entire show using a single remote control.
It makes adding or upgrading equipment easy too. And used with a camcorder it’s also great for faster home video editing.
* High-Definition Multimedia Interface with Consumer Electronic Control
** need a laptop equipped with a SP/DIF port
How does it work?
Toshiba laptop with HDMI connection
Other HDMI-compatible device (ie: receiver)
HDMI-compatible TV
Single remote control
Advanced/Discrete Graphics
Dedicated graphics enliven and enhance the way you view movies, photos and games, all without robbing the performance you need to get other things done.
It's your ticket to brilliant HD movies on the go or splashed across a home theater with your laptop's advanced A/V connections.
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Relish today’s HD movies.
Slot-load CD/DVD Drive
These sophisticated new drives not only simplify playing your music and movies, buy they also work great in cramped quarters, and add to the clean, streamlined looks of your laptop.
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Do discs differently.
harman/kardon® speakers
harman kardon stereo speakers bring an added dimension to music, movies and gaming with rich, immersive audio. Enjoy deeper, richer lows, crisper highs, and more lifelike conversations.
Advanced/Discrete Graphics
S/P DIF Digital Audio Port
Blu-ray™
Slot-load CD/DVD Drive
harman/kardon® speakers
Works Great With:
Toshiba Primary High Capacity Li Ion Battery Pack (12-Cell)
When you need extra power to take your laptop on vacation, or work outdoors, make sure you carry one of these. learn more »
Toshiba dynadock™ U Universal Docking Station
Now use a single USB cable to plug into your networks, or full-size equipment like a monitor, keyboard and more—in a snap.
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Toshiba 18.4” Gaming Backpack
Custom-designed to carry super-size laptops like the Satellite® P500, this handsome backpack has plenty of room for all
your other gaming gear including a full-size keyboard. learn more »
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