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Not sure if this has already been posted, but it looks like Toshiba have something up their sleeve to already.
They are about to release new upscalers that can convert standard DVD's
into high resolution images comparable to Blu Ray and at a lower cost.....
From the quality of their current upscalers i can believe this too!
Heres the info and link -
Toshiba 'gets high resolution' from current DVDs
The Yomiuri Shimbun
By the end of the year, Toshiba Corp. plans to release a DVD player capable of producing high-resolution images from regular DVDs, company sources said Thursday.
The planned release of a model compatible with the current DVD format signifies an effort by the major electronic manufacturer to recover from a humiliating setback suffered in March
after announcing its decision to withdraw from its HD DVD business, the sources said.
Toshiba's withdrawal meant its defeat by a group of electronics makers, including Sony Corp., striving to promote the Blu-ray DVD format.
Standard DVD format is capable of playing a 350,000-pixel resolution. Blu-ray and other next-generation DVD formats have a resolution of about 2 million pixels, about six times greater than the current format.
Toshiba's new technology has been made possible by developing a large integrated circuit that can instantly convert images produced in the current format into high-resolution images.
This technology makes it possible to reproduce high-quality images comparable to Blu-ray video from current standard DVDs.
Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida said his company will not market DVD players that are compatible with Blu-ray.
Instead, Toshiba intends to compete with the Blu-ray camp by selling DVD players fitted with LSIs at lower prices than those of Blu-ray models.
To achieve this goal, Toshiba will advertise its new player as a device with which consumers can enjoy a broader array of content than is available in the Blu-ray format, the sources said.
Toshiba's withdrawal decision in March marked the end of a six-year competition between the HD DVD and Blu-ray camps.
Each was seeking to make its format the global standard.
(May. 30, 2008)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/20080530TDY01303.htm
They are about to release new upscalers that can convert standard DVD's
into high resolution images comparable to Blu Ray and at a lower cost.....
From the quality of their current upscalers i can believe this too!
Heres the info and link -
Toshiba 'gets high resolution' from current DVDs
The Yomiuri Shimbun
By the end of the year, Toshiba Corp. plans to release a DVD player capable of producing high-resolution images from regular DVDs, company sources said Thursday.
The planned release of a model compatible with the current DVD format signifies an effort by the major electronic manufacturer to recover from a humiliating setback suffered in March
after announcing its decision to withdraw from its HD DVD business, the sources said.
Toshiba's withdrawal meant its defeat by a group of electronics makers, including Sony Corp., striving to promote the Blu-ray DVD format.
Standard DVD format is capable of playing a 350,000-pixel resolution. Blu-ray and other next-generation DVD formats have a resolution of about 2 million pixels, about six times greater than the current format.
Toshiba's new technology has been made possible by developing a large integrated circuit that can instantly convert images produced in the current format into high-resolution images.
This technology makes it possible to reproduce high-quality images comparable to Blu-ray video from current standard DVDs.
Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida said his company will not market DVD players that are compatible with Blu-ray.
Instead, Toshiba intends to compete with the Blu-ray camp by selling DVD players fitted with LSIs at lower prices than those of Blu-ray models.
To achieve this goal, Toshiba will advertise its new player as a device with which consumers can enjoy a broader array of content than is available in the Blu-ray format, the sources said.
Toshiba's withdrawal decision in March marked the end of a six-year competition between the HD DVD and Blu-ray camps.
Each was seeking to make its format the global standard.
(May. 30, 2008)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/20080530TDY01303.htm