At CES 2001 Toshiba Puts Image Quality First With Its Line Of High Performance Projection And SuperTUBEô TVs

Toshiba Rounds Out Color TV Line With New 20- and 24-Inch FSTÆ Pureô Sets

20-Feb-01

Toshiba, a leading developer of advanced television technologies, reaffirmed its commitment to high performance analog color TVs at the 2001 CES with a broad lineup of SuperTUBEô direct-view and rear-projection TVs to complement its HDTV-compatible sets. The company's analog lineup includes sets ranging from 13- to 61-inches, including newly introduced 20- and 24-inch FSTÆ Pureô Flat models that offer dramatic improvements in image quality.All Toshiba analog TV sets include advanced picture-enhancing technologies and performance features, including ColorStreamÆ component video inputs and three-line digital comb filters with Vertical Contour Correction on virtually all 27-inch and larger models. ""Toshiba's ongoing goal is to provide consumers with TV sets that offer the best possible picture quality at every price point,"" noted Scott Ramirez, Toshiba Assistant Vice President of Marketing. ""To this end, we've made advanced technologies standard throughout virtually our entire lineup, including advanced digital comb filters, vertical contour correction and of course, ColorStream component video input. These enhancements mean that our customers will be able to enjoy superior resolution from today's advanced digital sources, including DVD players and digital set-top boxes.""FSTÆ Pureô: The Next Step In SuperTUBE TechnologyEver since Toshiba introduced the first SuperTUBE TV to the U.S. the company has led the category with state-of-the-art performance and feature packages. Recently the company introduced the next step in SuperTUBE technology, the FSTÆ Pureô perfectly flat picture tube. All of Toshiba's FST Pure TVs, including the 20-inch Model 20AF41 and 24-inch 24AF41, are designed as the ultimate high quality home theatre display devices, utilizing the most advanced direct-view picture tube the company has ever created. Thanks to its improved screen geometry and advanced tube design, the FST Pure creates images of unprecedented detail and color purity, with significantly less glare than conventional screens. In addition, the perfectly flat screen offers viewers the widest possible viewing angle, and virtually perfect corner-to-corner focus.ColorStream Component Video: Connection To The FutureTo ensure continued state-of-the-art performance for years to come, virtually all Toshiba SuperTUBE direct-view and TheaterView projection sets feature ColorStream component video inputs. When connected to a ColorStream component video DVD player, component video delivers increased color resolution, purity and fidelity, with more detail and realism than is possible with conventional S-Video or composite video connections. SuperTUBE: Advanced Image-Improving Technologies For Superb Picture QualityToshiba's entire SuperTUBE line benefits from a wide range of the industry's most advanced image-enhancing technologies. For example, Toshiba's three-line digital comb filter, included on virtually all SuperTUBE sets 32-inches and larger as well as several 27-inch models, converts analog signals to digital signals, and analyzes scan lines to separate the luminance (black and white) signal from the chrominance (color) signal, without the bandwidth limitation of conventional filters. The three-line comb filter processes the entire video signal and virtually eliminates ""dot crawl"" or cross-color interference for a superior picture, providing more consistent performance than conventional two-line filters. In addition, Toshiba's Vertical Contour Correction circuitry works with the comb filters to improve the horizontal edges for complete image enhancement.TheaterViewÆ Projection Offers Advanced Technology For Super Sharp ImagesAlong with the company's industry-leading HDTV-compatible projection sets, Toshiba's line of analog TheaterView projection TVs includes high-performance 61-, 55-, 50-, and 43-inch 4:3 models. All Toshiba projection TVs utilize advanced digital technologies to deliver crystal clear pictures with unsurpassed brightness and color realism. Key to the improved picture quality of Toshiba projection TVs is the company's new PowerFocusô optic system, which provides dramatically increased resolution and brightness. The PowerFocus lens system is designed to optimize both sharpness and brightness. It operates in conjunction with Toshiba's high performance PowerFocus cathode ray tubes (CRTs). PowerFocusô CRTs incorporate a unique fine phosphor for purer color reproduction compared to conventional CRTs. In addition, Toshiba's Dynamic Quadruple Focus system keeps the picture razor-sharp at all points on the screen, especially at the edges and corners where precise focus is most critical. Further enhancing picture quality, all Toshiba projection TVs feature the company's Multi-Linear Digital Focusô convergence system.TheaterBright Screen Technology For Enhanced Picture Quality Toshiba's projection sets are among the industry's brightest-ever projection TVs, thanks to their TheaterBrightô projection screens, which feature a fine 0.7 millimeter screen pitch for high resolution and a unique Surface Level Diffuser that enhances brightness and contrast while providing viewers with a wide 160-degree viewing angle. Toshiba also has a Corner Diffuser Enhancer for increased corner brightness and improved brightness uniformity as well as newly increased screen gain for an even brighter image.For the ultimate in user convenience, Toshiba projection TVs feature a new color icon-based trilingual on-screen menu system that provides easy access to movie and sports modes, StableSoundÆ, video labeling, video lock, direct video input selection and individual audio/video settings for input type. Additionally, by using the four cursor buttons on either the remote control or the front panel of the TV cabinet, users have easy access to the full range of TV functions. For more information, visit www.toshiba.com.

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