Toshiba Releases Details on New Cell Powered TV
Toshiba has used the revolutionary chip inside the PlayStation 3 to develop a super TV set that is almost 150 times more powerful than today’s HDTVs and can store up to three terabytes of recordings.
The Toshiba Cell Regza 55-inch LCD TV, which is the first to use the ultrafast “Cell” chip found in the PS3, will be on the market in Japan in December and carry a price tag of ¥1 million ($12,700).
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That is about twice the price of a comparable current generation model but buyers will get the TV set and a set-top box containing 14 tuners (today’s HDTVs have three) and three terabytes (about 3000 gigabytes) of built-in storage for recording shows.
This will allow viewers to cycle back through the last 26 hours of high-definition content across eight channels on-demand.
Alternatively, eight channels can be shown on the screen at the same time.
The price might seem outlandish, especially as consumers have cut back on unnecessary spending during the global financial crisis, but Toshiba is hoping that, by the time it begins selling the TV outside Japan next year, viewers will be ready for their next big TV upgrade…
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