toshiba's "HD to go" ... what gives

while looking for a new notebook, i came across the toshiba satellite a100-011 here
which says that because theres a "HD to go" sticker on it, i can view hd content. however, the graphics card, which is a nvidia geforce go 7600, does not support purevideo hd, which is required to play hd content (i assume)
i was interested in this notebook because i thought i could upgrade the optical drive to hd-dvd when those became common (read cheap) and since id already have an hd screen (HD to go, isnt it?) i'd be set. however, that is out of the window as the video card is not hd-compliant.

so, my question is, without the hd-complaint video card, is it worth buying this notebook, or should i just buy an hp dv6xxx which purports to have a High Definition BrightView screen or is this all marketing jazz?

sorry if i make little sense, my brain is overloaded tryng to understand all this hd business. btw, what -are- the requirements to play hd content? i have yet to find a clear and simple guide to hd for noobs.

 

You dont need purevideo hd to play HD content. Purevideo HD just helps the CPU but the CPU could do it alone. Many laptops screens have a high resolution and can be used for HD. The companies that advertise it dont have anything extra. It is just a high resolution screen.

Tomshardware has alot of info on this. I suggest you read there because it can explain it better then I can.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/08/avivo_vs_purevideo_hd/

 

so i finally have it figured out. just posting here if someone else goes through this.

the geforce go 7600 is not hdcp compliant. its variant, the 7600 gt, however, is fully hdcp compliant. therefore, you will not be able to plug in an hd dvd player to view hd content with the plain 7600.
however, the 7600 will be useful in playing hd videos downloaded from the internet (encoded in h.264, vc-1 etc) as it does feature the purevideo technology.

maybe someone should write a guide to hd.