Toshiba Qosmio G40 User Manual
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User’s Manual
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Qosmio G40
Display
The computer’s internal display panel supports high-resolution video 
graphics and can be set to a wide range of viewing angles for maximum 
comfort and readability.
HD DVD-R drive
Some models are equipped with a full-size 
HD DVD-R drive module that lets you run CD’s or 
DVD’s without using an adaptor.
The drive reads DVD-ROM’s at a maximum 
8x speed and CD-ROM’s at a maximum 
24x speed, and HD DVD’s at a maximum 
1x speed and writes CD-R’s at up to 16x speed, 
CD-RW’s at up to 10x speed, DVD-R’s and 
DVD+R’s at up to 4x speed, DVD-RW’s and 
DVD+RW’s at up to 4x speed, DVD-R (Dual 
layer) at up to 2x speed, DVD+R (Double Layer) 
at up to 2.4x speed and DVD-RAM at up to 
3x speed, HD DVD-R at up to 1x speed, and 
supports the following formats in addition to 
HD DVD-ROM drive:
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HD DVD-R
The optical drive installed on this computer cannot write multiple sessions 
on HD DVD-R Dual Layer disc sessions. Once a disc has been written to 
once, it will be finalized. Once finalized, no further writing to the disc will be 
possible regardless of what portion of the total disc capacity was used.
Legal Footnote (General HD DVD technology and 
playback)
For more information regarding the General HD DVD technology and 
playback, please refer to the 
section in Chapter 11 or click
the *5 above.
Built-in
17" TFT LCD screen, 32 million colors, with a 
resolution of 1920 horizontal x 1200 vertical 
pixels WUXGA.
Legal Footnote (LCD)
For more information regarding the LCD, please refer to the
section in Chapter 11 or click the *6 above.
Graphics controller
Graphics controller maximizes display 
performance. Refer to 
section in Appendix B for more
information.
