Toshiba Features Full Lineup Of Technology Products At CES 2003

Products Include Highest-Resolution LCoS Set Available, New DVD Portables, DVD/TiVo Combination Product, And HD-DVD And AOD Prototypes

9-Jan-03

Toshiba America Consumer Products Inc., a leader in innovative digital technologies, and Toshiba Corporation is showcasing its full line of consumer electronics at the International CES (booth 13616). From award-winning products to brand new technologies, Toshiba will be displaying and demonstrating the very latest in television, DVD and other digital innovations.Exciting News From Toshiba TV--Two New Products Now At Retail, And More To ComeA recipient of the CES ""Best Of Innovations"" award, Toshiba's award winning 57-inch 16:9 1080p Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS)-based projection TV is now shipping to select Cinema SeriesÆ retailers nationwide. Featuring the world's first three-chip 1080p system, the 57HLX82 57-inch widescreen projection TV utilizes LCoS technology with six million pixels to create unequalled picture quality, bringing the future of digital home entertainment into today's home theatres. In addition, Toshiba announced that they have begun shipping the new model TDP-MT8U high-definition DLPô front-projector. Utilizing the new higher-contrast HD-2 chip, the Toshiba ""MT8"" brings the perfect combination of advanced technology, innovative design, and brilliant results sought by home theatre videophiles looking for a super-large, cinema-style experience with high-performance features and dramatic visual impact.As part of an overall enhancement of their digital displays, Toshiba's TV group also announced that they will be aggressively developing and marketing a complete line of integrated HDTV sets in both the TheaterWide HD and Cinema Series HD lines, and will be significantly increasing its lineup of LCD TV sets with seven new screen sizes in 2003. Featured in Toshiba's booth are new 14- and 20-inch wireless LCD TV models.More Developments From Toshiba VideoThere is also the very latest in portable DVD with two new models introduced into the line. The SD-P1200 is the first portable DVD player available with a fashionably styled, sure-grip design in an eye-popping red color. The ergonomically designed SD-P1200 features a cabinet design with a faux rubberized texture and a 7-inch widescreen TFT LCD. For added portability, this full-featured model offers a 3.5-hour Lithium ion battery and a credit card-sized remote control. The SD-P2500 builds on the popularity of the industry's only portable DVD-Video/Audio player, with progressive scan output and an 8.9-inch high-resolution widescreen display (SD-P2000). The all-new SD-P2500 features Super ColorStream ProÆ progressive scan output, DVD-Audio, and the industry's highest-resolution LCD screen with 614,000-pixel resolution. Toshiba also displayed the newly developed Digital Media Server, a DVD/DVR product. This model will be the very first combination of DVD and TiVoÆ technologies resulting from a licensing agreement announced in November 2002. The TiVo/Toshiba combination DVD/DVR will broaden Toshiba's extensive line of DVD players to a new category that offers pleasure and convenience to consumers and opens a new dimension of digital entertainment lifestyle. The product is currently scheduled for introduction in the second half of 2003.Also adding to the new DVD line-up are two new DVD/VCR combination models. The SD-V290 and the SD-V390 offer consumers a convenient, one-unit solution for high-quality entertainment in both DVD and VHS formats.Building upon its industry-leading line of TV combination products, Toshiba is unveiling its new 2003 lineup of combination models, expanding TV/DVD models with new screen sizes and enhanced cosmetic design to meet fast growing consumer demand. With ten high-performance TV combination models, Toshiba reaffirms its leadership in this growing market and showcases its legacy in superior engineering and uncompromising design. Also at CES, Toshiba announced the company's first DVD Home Theater system. Toshiba's model SD-43HT is a slim, integrated DVD and receiver unit with Digital Cinema Progressive Scan, multichannel amplification, and five satellite speakers and an 8-inch subwoofer.Digital InnovationsAs a proven leader in the development of DVD technology, Toshiba has taken another giant step forward by demonstrating the next-generation of DVD players in the CES booth. With its prototype HD-DVD9 player using a red laser, and MPEG-4 AVC compression, Toshiba will be demonstrating how it is possible to store approximately 135 minutes of high-definition video images on a current two-layer, 8.5 GB DVD-ROM.Additionally, Toshiba will demonstrate the next-generation Advanced Optical Disk System (AOD) with a 405nm wavelength blue laser. While AOD supports large capacity storage of high-definition video images and large PC data, it also easily secures compatibility with current DVD by using the same 0.6mm bonded disk. Toshiba will be demonstrating a prototype of the AOD video recorder, and a prototype of the AOD rewritable drive from NEC, Toshiba's partner in proposing this AOD technology.For more information about Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc., visit www.toshiba.com/tacp. For more information about Toshiba Corporation, visit www.toshiba.co.jp.

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