{"id":1185,"date":"2009-01-10T02:19:32","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T07:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2009-01-10T02:19:32","modified_gmt":"2009-01-10T07:19:32","slug":"toshiba-cell-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1185","title":{"rendered":"Toshiba Cell TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/celltv1.jpg\" alt=\"celltv1.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Toshiba Cell TV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">After losing the HD DVD \/ Blu-ray format war Toshiba hasn&#8217;t had\u00a0a lot of new stuff to talk about.\u00a0 They still make some nice LCD TVs, but when you see other manufacturers coming out with interesting new Blu-ray players, camcorders, digital cameras, etc. Toshiba is running the risk of becoming marginalized with their limited product line.\u00a0 They still make great TVs and laptops, but so do a lot of other manufacturers.\u00a0 They have great engineering capabilities and the public would be well served if they put them to good use expanding their\u00a0offerings to include new components.\u00a0 One upcoming product is the Cell TV, which is not a new TV but an enhancement of\u00a0existing technology.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The Cell TV uses the Cell processor found in the PlayStation 3.\u00a0 The Cell is like a miniature supercomputer, and when incorporated into the Cell TV it can record six high-def channels at once and processes 1080p to what is called 4K&#8230; four times 1080p resolution, for what is supposed to be the last word in image quality.\u00a0 It is likely to cost between $5,000 and $10,000.\u00a0 During the Toshiba press conference we were encouraged to stop by the Toshiba booth and check it out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/celltv2.jpg\" alt=\"celltv2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I did just that and like the Mitsubishi LaserVue, this TV failed to impress me.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t look outright bad as the LaserVue did, in fact it looked good&#8230; but it certainly didn&#8217;t look incredible.\u00a0 If I passed it on the show floor, I would have just thought it was another nice TV among hundreds around CES.\u00a0 In fact, I saw a lot of less expensive TVs that I thought looked better, and it didn&#8217;t look dramatically better than any of Toshiba&#8217;s other fine LCD TVs.\u00a0 They do make a very good one&#8230; I bought a 42&#8243; model for my mom last year, and she loves it.\u00a0 I shopped for weeks before deciding on the Toshiba, too.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Recording six HD streams would be nice, but in terms of image quality the Cell TV doesn&#8217;t look exceptional or live\u00a0up to the hype.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n  addthis_url    = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D1185';\n  addthis_title  = 'Toshiba+Cell+TV';\n  addthis_pub    = '';\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/addthis_widget.php?v=12\" ><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toshiba Cell TV After losing the HD DVD \/ Blu-ray format war Toshiba hasn&#8217;t had\u00a0a lot of new stuff to talk about.\u00a0 They still make some nice LCD TVs, but when you see other manufacturers coming out with interesting new Blu-ray players, camcorders, digital cameras, etc. Toshiba is running the risk of becoming marginalized with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[234,25],"tags":[258,257,63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}