We've seen laptops from the Toshiba Satellite A665 line before (more than once, in fact), and we've also previously seen laptops that incorporate Nvidia's 3D Vision technology. You can probably guess where this is going, as the new Satellite A665-3DV takes that familiar multimedia system and adds support for 3D Vision.
The Good
The Bad
The Bottom Line
The A665-3DV is a powerful performer, and solves a big problem with 3D gaming by building in all the required 3D-compatible hardware (the most important being the 120Hz display), requiring only your (included) rechargeable 3D glasses and a small USB IR emitter--the whole thing is much less cumbersome than using Nvidia's 3D Vision on a desktop PC. The Blu-ray drive also works with 3D Blu-ray discs, although the smallish screen doesn't make for a great group viewing experience.
Still, unless you're a real 3D fan, $1,599 is a bit of a stretch for a 15.6-inch laptop (interestingly, the two most recent Satellite A665 models we saw had slightly larger 16-inch displays), even one with an Intel Core i7-740QM CPU and Nvidia GeForce 350M GPU. If we were really into 3D PC gaming, we'd want something with a larger display, and better than the A665's 1,366x768 resolution.


