Portege series: when they come in the 21st century?

I owned laptop computers Portege during the last millennium and has always been happy with them. My last was a M100 and I liked especially for its trackpoint instead of the Tablet and much of its equipment has been running flawlessly on Linux (in fact the only system I run on my machines). Analog video output with large resolutions, however, was not convincing on this latest model. And since 2000 on screens with connectors DVI appeared. On the Porteges, with cutting-edge technology in other areas, Toshiba decided to stay with the D - Sub connector since the 1980s. For me a reason to switch to another brand.

Now, we are in 2009. Yet, the only video output on a Portégé is an analog D - Sub connector. I see televisions flat screen with HDMI everywhere wherever I go and I plug in my laptop (not a portege) for them. In this way, I have photo slideshows for friends and family and I watch my movies in hotels. For my work, I have to work abroad, sometimes on another site. I bring my laptop and connect to a large TFT via DVI. If I need to connect to a projector, I do so via DVI. If the projector is very old, I have a DVI-> D - Sub adapter with me.
Don't forget that you can always have adapters to DVI to D - Sub, but not the other way around.

But now, I'm a little jealous of Portege users. Why? Because of the Transflective Display. No other vendor sells laptop with Transflective Display. And if at that time, I have a choice: EITHER an output Transflective screen OR a digital video. And NO, I don't want to exploit to a docking station with me all the time. A laptop should be portable and a Portege is especially portable. But not with a docking station.

So here's my request to Toshiba: Please, give the next edition of laptop computers Portege a digital DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort video connector. I don't really like that, there are adapters. In 2009, no one wants an obsolete D - Sub connector of the last millennium. DO YOUR CUSTOMERS A FAVOR! PROVIDE THEM WITH TODAYS TECHNOLOGY, NOT YESTERDAY! I really want to spend my money on a decent laptop, but now, Toshiba doesn't want my money.

I hope to have an answer from someone who has the background info: the next revision of the Porteges will have a digital video interface? If so, I'm willing to wait for them. If this isn't the case, I'll stick to something else.

Best regards

USENIX

Hello

I read your announcement carefully and I must say that you posted really interesting review on Portege laptops. At first, I must say that I agree with you that it would be nice to have a HDMI or DVI output on each laptop model. The fact is that portable Portege are professional laptops and in this market segment is not a high demand for a HDMI interfaces. I hope that this will change in the future and Toshiba offers will be more models of laptops with HDMI video output.

As you know in most computer laptop business professional will be used by clients or in the office. At the office you can use it with docking station. Docking stations offers DVI ports and you can use your laptop with the latest external displays, which you can find on the market. Video signal will be sent to an external display in the best quality and allow you a comfortable working with your laptop.

At this current HDMI ports are available on almost all the Qosmio, Satellite and Satellite Pro laptops. In any case, is really nice to have more different video output connections and I hope Toshiba will offer it on their next model of Portege R.
After HDMI all ports are available on almost all multimedia devices that can be used with laptops and can be used to watch movies or business presentation.

Let's see what Toshiba will do in the future.

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