Toshiba’s just chopped $500 off its Qosmio G35-AV660 HD DVD notebook’s price tag, bringing it down to $2,999. The multimedia powerhouse comes with a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo, dual 120 gig hard drives (240 GB total),2 gigs of memory, HDMI out your HDTV, TV Tuner and a 1920×1200 high def 17-inch widescreen display. While the Qosmio specs are impressive, keep in mind the HD DVD vs. BluRay battle is far from over and you don’t want to be stuck on the wrong side of the latest format war.

The above model’s cheaper cousin, the Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 notebook is a little lighter on the specs (Core Duo at 1.8 GHz, 1 gig of memory, dual 80gig drives,no HD-DVD, no HDMI), but the price is a lot easier to swallow at $1,899.