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It’s a day before CEATEC officially kicks off, but Toshiba‘s getting a head start on the news, dishing out all the deets on its Cell-powered Cell Regza LCD TV, now officially due out in Japan in early December. The 55-inch, 240Hz display boasts a mighty impressive 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio, self-congruency technology for improved picture detail on the edges, a peak luminance of 1250cd/m², and LED backlits dividing the screen into 512 distinct areas. A 7-speaker sound bar lies just below the display. Want more? How about eight-window simultaneous multi-display, an Opera-based web browser, DLNA, and a 3TB hard disk drive, 2TB for “time-shift” recording recording up to 26 hours of programs, up to eight channels simultaneously. There’s a sizable box on display, too, which seems to be where the Cell hardware is being housed. Curious about price? If we heard correctly, the retail price is expected to be around 1,000,000 yen, or around US $11,140. We just heard their sales target is leaning on the conservative side, about 1,000 units pushed each month.

If that’s not forward-thinking enough, Toshi’s also outlining its future concepts, dubbed Cell Regza Next. Those four include a 3D set, a 4K2K version that upcoverts 1080p to 3840 x 2160 resolution, a 46-inch model integrating its Cell Box dedicated TV tuner and HDD, and a 37-inch that works as a home network server. It looks like we’ll be getting some hands-on time with the 55X1 shortly, but in the meantime, one more pic and video after the break.

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Toshiba details Cell Regza LCD TV, coming December to Japan (update: video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Say it with us now: “Yippee!” Why such joviality? We’ll tell you why. Nokia, Samsung, Toshiba, Sony and Silicon Image have all teamed up to create yet another new connector, with this one hoping to forever harmonize the strained relationship between mobile phones / PMPs and high-def displays. The so-called Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group is seeking to create a new “industry standard” for connecting handsets and other portable consumer electronics to HDTVs and displays, though we’re still wondering why exactly we need a replacement for HDMI, DisplayLink and the forthcoming Light Peak so soon. As with most of these things, details about the actual product(s) are slim, but trust us, they’re working on it. And they’re working hard.

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Nokia, Samsung, Toshiba and Sony align on Mobile High-Definition Link originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We haven’t heard all that much from Toshiba on the Blu-ray front since it finally bit its tongue and went Blu at the beginning of this month, but it looks like its now starting to bring the rest of its products up to speed, like this newly-revised Qosmio X500 gaming laptop. As with its predecessors, this is one big and burly laptop, with it boasting an 18.4-inch, 1920 x 1080 screen, a 2.8GHz Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250MNV graphics, up to 8GB of RAM, dual 500GB hard drives, and not just a Blu-ray drive, but a Blu-ray burner as the standard optical drive. No word on a price just, if you need to ask, but it looks like this one should be available in the UK in late October.

[Via SlashGear]

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Toshiba debuts Qosmio X500 gaming laptop with Blu-ray, bitten bullet originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Netbook SSDs have come in all manner of shapes, sizes, and connectors for a while, but finding the right model for your machine is about to get a lot easier — the SATA-IO working group just announced a new mini-SATA standard called mSATA that should put an end to the mish-mash. Toshiba’s the first out the gate with 32nm drives in 30 and 62GB sizes, but expect to see mSATA drives and machines from a whole host of heavy hitters in the future, like Samsung, Dell, HP, SanDisk, Lenovo, STEC, and Toshiba. That’s pretty good news — now let’s just hope standardization leads to lower prices as well.

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Toshiba announces first SSD drives using new mini-SATA interface originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba’s existing Dynadock contains a variety of interesting connectivity options: four USB ports, two “sleep-and-charge” ports for powering up wireless devices, an audio card, and even an integrated video card for powering a second display. All Toshiba asks is that users connect a USB cable between the Dynadock and their laptop.

Now, you don’t even need that.

With the Dynadock Wireless U, Toshiba has replaced the USB cable with Wireless USB, a technology that has struggled to take hold. I would assume that the technology will still require a dongle for your laptop, although we’ve asked Toshiba to clarify.

The Dynadock Wireless U will be available in mid-September from a variety
of major consumer electronics and computer stores nationwide or directly
at www.toshibadirect.com
for $299.99. Unfortunately , we don’t have a picture of the newly revampled Dynadock, but we can assume that it will look like the old version, shown here.