Here’s a summary of key technologies featured at this morning’s Toshiba press conference:
- Resolution+: During the event, the presenter made the statement,”The future of large screens is NOT 1080P.” Toshiba is looking to large screens that will someday have 4K x 2K (3820 x 2160) resolution. Their Resolution+ technology not only takes SD to near HD today but will someday take 1080P to new heights. They claimed this was more than simple scaling. They are developing “complex image correction.”
- PixelPure 5G: 14 bit processing enabling 4096 levels of gradation.
- Auto View: Adjusts brightness, contrast, gamma, sharpness and color to suit room environment.
- Instaport: Reduces the time to switch between HDMI sources (due largely to HDCP authorization) from 5 – 7 seconds to almost instantaneous.
- Clearscan 240: Doubles scan rate from 120Hz to 240Hz for smoother action.
- Dolby Volume: Sets a constant volume level regardless of the source (e.g. loud commercials).
- FocalLight: LED backlight with local dimming to significantly increase dynamic contrast up to 1,000,000 to 1 contrast ratios. We’ll have to take their word on this until we can see it in their booth on the show floor.
- Cell TV: A cell processor-based set-top box would be able to record up to six HD channels simultaneously, as well as incorporate wireless HD, built-in server capability, and Internet connectivity.
- Blu-ray: There was no mention.
Where to see it:
- Central 12814