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    Toshiba Satellite -- no good for Multimedia?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by MTHall51, Jul 4, 2008.

  1. MTHall51

    MTHall51 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, today has been a very frustrating day with Best Buy. I liked the A305D I saw today except for one really glaring issue. Two different Best Buy people gave me answers that I find tough to swallow.

    Problem:Built in speakers, turned on to top volume produced barely a whisper of sound. One guy said if the drivers were updated for speakers there would be plenty of volume. Other guy said Toshiba stinks for multimedia and I would never find any version of Satellite series which would do a decent job of playing a movie.

    What do you think. Either of these answers make sense for those of you who have a Satellite series model? :eek:
     
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    chun9430 Notebook Evangelist

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    My dad has a satellite A210. He's had it for about 6 months now. It's his desktop replacement. The speakers on it are ok, nothing special, when they are on full blast they do produce good sound. His battery is horrible tho, lasts maybe 1.5 hour surfing the net (no word or excel).

    I've used it a few times to just try it out. The big thing that bugs me the most is the TINY enter key. I always hit everything around it. His 15.4" also weights 6.1 lbs if you care about weight
     
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  3. Rodster

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    It's a pretty snazzy looking laptop. I saw it a my local Bestbuy. The thing that would bug me about the laptop is that it looks like a major fingerprint magnet. It's not a bad price for $599. I still prefer to have an Intel Core 2 Duo over an AMD processor. Just my 2 cents of course. ;)
     
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    The new Toshiba laptops have Harmon Kardon speakers, which is some of the best you'll find in a laptop. They produce good sound until maxed out, at which there's artifacting.

    I wouldn't expect it to compare to a real set of speakers, but the HKs on the Satellites are some of the best.
     
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    1) Best Buy employee's usually know nothing (I worked there 1 summer....)

    2) Laptop speakers suck in general. The Satellite speakers are supposed to be decent. Not amazing, but not bad.
     
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    That is what had me so surprised when the HK speakers at volume were just barely above a whisper. I think they were either defective on the one I looked at, or maybe something else was wrong.
     
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    Excellent question!! Thank you. I made the mistake of assuming the sales person must know all the features. Come to think of it I don't think I saw the sales person doing anything with the control knobs.
     
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    Check the link I gave you so you know where to find the volume knob. :)
     
    Rodster, Jul 5, 2008
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