Toshiba Corp. has unveiled a bunch of new products at the IFA Consumer Electronics Tradeshow (2009) in Berlin, including it’s first Blu-ray stand-alone player and Blu-ray equipped multimedia laptop. A new upscaling DVD player promising, “stunning, near-HD 1080p picture quality from standard DVDs” is also included in the new products, as well as an LED-backlit LCD television, three new Camileo HD camcorders and a new touchscreen Mobile Internet Device.
Here is some information, pictures and videos of the new products shown off by Toshiba.
Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-ray Disc Player
Toshiba UK announced the launch of the BDX2000 Blu-ray player, offering high image quality with a sophisticated design and underscoring Toshiba’s commitment to High-definition entertainment and the Blu-ray format it once was fighting against. Of course, the player touts full HD 1080p output and also the ability to play content at 24fps. Supporting BD-Live (Profile 2.0), the BDX2000 allows users to take advantage of interactive features through an Ethernet connection. It will become available in December 2009. (No Price info yet)
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BD-Live (Profile 2.0) & BonusView
1080p Full HD Video Output
DivX & AVCHD Playback
Toshiba REGZA-LINK (HDMI-CEC)
Support for enhanced audio formats from Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio | Essential
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Roxio has announced the release of Toast 9 Titanium, the latest update in its popular disc burning software for Macs. Among the notable updates are Blu-ray support and remote Streaming.
The new Blu-ray support includes the ability “to copy both computer files and RAW Video across multiple discs” and a few of the notable compatible video sources include TiVos, EyeTVs and AVCHD camcorders. There is even the ability to burn HD video to standard DVDs. As an added promotion, the HD/BD plug-in support will be free until April 13th. After that it will cost an extra $20 USD.
The new remote streaming component, known as Streamer, allows users to “broadcast video from a Mac to any Internet-connected Mac or PC, or iPhones and iPod touches within Wi-Fi range.” Users can also Capture songs from Internet radio and the tracks are automatically tagged with Title, artist, and other information.
The software costs $80 USD online, and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
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Originally announced at the CES event in January, Panasonic has finally unveiled its new PZ850-series Viera plasmas including specs, release dates and prices.
The lineup will have 46, 50, 58 and 65-inch models and will most notably have built-in Internet access, allowing TV viewers to watch YouTube clips or Picasa photos without needing a separate media hub. There will be support for other websites coming as well, says Panasonic.
Each HDTV will have four HDMI ports, PC inputs, and a high native contrast ratio of 30,000:1. The maximum dynamic contrast ratio is an also high 1,000,000:1. Each set will also have a built-in SD slot and internal H.264 decoding meaning owners of HD camcorders or those with HD video can watch immediately without having to convert the video.
The two smaller models will be available in mid-June with $3,100 USD and $3500 USD price tags respectively. The larger models will hit stores in September with $4300 USD and $8000 USD price tags respectively.
