For those looking for bang for their buck, the Gateway NV79C49u is certainly a great option. Sporting a large 17.3-inch screen with a 1600x900 resolution and a 2.53 GHz Intel I5-460M and 4GB of DD3 RAM, this Gateway is quite the little powerhouse. It beautifully displays movies, whether on that large screen, through HDMI output or by Intel’s Wireless Display (WiDi) technology. With just a 6-cell included by default, its battery life leaves a little to be desired at 3.5 hours, and it could use a Blu-Ray drive, but at a price under $700 it delivers substantial performance without the substantial price.

The HP DV7-4170 is one of HP’s new laptops sporting the Beats Audio technology seen in their ENVY series. While the laptop also has a built-in subwoofer, it also improves the quality of movie audio heard through headphones dramatically. This HP offering isn’t quite the powerhouse as some of the other laptops mentioned here but sports a large 17.3 inch HD-quality screen but doesn’t sacrifice a thing in battery life, able to go for more than seven hours while still sporting an AMD Triple Core and dedicated graphics with an ATI Radeon 5470. For those long trips where you need a little movie goodness to get you through, the HP DV7-4170 is certainly a solid option.

The Sony VPC-F133FX, like most of Sony’s F-series laptops, is one of the best all-around entertainment machines on the market. With a 16.4-inch screen, Blu-Ray drive, Intel I7-740QM, 4GB of DD3 RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M graphics card, entertainment is this laptop’s game. Sony designed this for the movie buff in mind, with the laptop even monitoring its audio output to eliminate sudden changes in audio that make using headphones on a laptop such a frustrating experience. The VPC-F133FX’s one drawback is its short (2.5 hours) battery life, but an extended-life battery (approximately 3.25 hours) can be had for a little more than $200. With two USB 3.0 ports as well, this is the perfect entertainment-centered desktop replacement.

Looking for the hands-down, absolute sickest entertainment laptop that's currently on the market? If the movie buff on your holiday shopping list wants the best of the best, look no further than the Toshiba Qosmio. This gift has it all: a bright 18.4-inch widescreen monitor that uses as much viewing space as possible, a crazy powerful NVIDIA graphics card to ensure that movies and games run smooth as silk, a speedy Intel i7 processor that is equipped to handle simultaneous tasks effortlessly, a Blu-ray drive to deliver optimum movie quality...the list just goes on and on! What it boils down to is this: Movies look and sound spectacular on the Qosmio x505.