Toshiba Introduces 1080p Widescreen LCoS Projection TV

5-Jul-02

Toshiba has introduced its Cinema Series 57HLX82 57-inch projection TV, which utilizes Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) technology, an advanced three-chip system at 1920 x 1080 resolution.Noted Scott Ramirez, Toshiba Vice President of Marketing. ""Toshiba engineered every aspect of the Cinema Series 57HLX82 to create the world's best projection TV, offering true reference-standard image quality. By adding this new LCoS set to our Cinema Series line of advanced digital products, we're following through on our promise to provide discriminating home theatre enthusiasts with today's most innovative technologies, along with the advanced features and designs to meet their most demanding specifications. Toshiba intends to further demonstrate its leadership in this advanced new technology with additional LCoS displays in the future."" The projection set measures 17 inches deep and utilizes three LCoS microchips (red, green, and blue), along with Toshiba's new HID (High Intensity Discharge) 8,000-hour lamp and a variety of advanced digital optical technologies. In addition, there is a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) input with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Copy Protection). A 15-pin D-sub input provides XGA reception from a connected PC. The 57HLX82 features a glass shield with anti-reflective coating over a less than 0.1mm pitch screen, designed especially for LCoS display technology. There is built-in storage space underneath the screen. The 57HLX82 features SRSÆ TruSurroundô, along with bottom-mounted woofers and screen height tweeters.The Toshiba Cinema Series 57HLX82 will be available in the fourth quarter of 2002 at a suggested retail price of $8,999.99. For more information about Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc., visit www.tacp.com.

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