Toshiba CPBRO2005Eu brochure Insight High Definition TV

Insight: High Definition TV

An industry standard for connecting high definition components, High Definition Multimedia Interface™ transmits uncompressed digital video and audio content over a single cable, replacing the multiple cables required

Get Ready for HDTV

High Definition TV is coming soon.

For example, in the UK both commercial broadcasters and the BBC are already filming some programmes in High Definition. BSkyB has announced plans to start HD broadcasts in 2006 while many movie studios have committed to producing movies on HD DVD. You will need an HDTV receiver or HD DVD player, but most importantly, you will need a High Definition compatible TV.

What is HDTV?

Very simply, High Definition Television

The Technical Bit

• Current digital TV broadcast system

(PAL) offers 576 active lines of

picture information, sent as an

interlaced signal, reproducing around

210,000 pixels.

• There are three main HDTV

standards: 720p, which offers 720

lines of image, progressively scanned;

1080i, providing 1080 lines of

interlaced image; and 1080p, which

provides 1080 lines of progressively

scanned lines.

• High Definition broadcasts carry two

million pixels of data signal - that’s

•The display will accept HD signals via component video and DVI or HDMI interface.

•HD component inputs that will accept the following video formats:

a) 1280 x 720p and b) 1920x1080i (at 50 and 60Hz).

•A DVI or HDMI input with HDCP copy protection support.

Available Now!

Toshiba already has a range of TVs and projectors capable of displaying High Definition broadcasts in all their glory when they are available. In the

HD Ready: three high-spec LCD TVs with high resolution screens, 2x HDMI and Component Video inputs, plus integrated digital receivers (p.8)

Insight:

HD Ready: three striking LCD TVs with high resolution screens and HDMI input (p.10)

with analogue AV connections.

As there is no conversion from digital to analogue and back again (as with a SCART lead for example), the original digital quality is upheld.

HDMI™ dramatically simplifies home cinema system installation and offers numerous additional benefits including PC compatibility, automatic format adjustment, as well as automatic configuration of the system to turn on or off the components necessary to view a DVD, listen to a CD or watch cable or satellite TV.

is a digital system that gives you picture quality that is vastly superior to current broadcast systems. The improvement in clarity, depth and sharpness of

around eight times more picture detail

on the HDTV screen versus current

Digital broadcasts.

meantime, you can make the most of the products’ high specifications and their benefits.

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images is instantly visible.

HDTV provides an average of eight

High Resolution

The resolution of a screen dictates the amount of picture information you

Thanks to Digital TV, DVD and High Definition TV, the audio-visual quality of programmes available is generally far superior to anything we have experienced in the home before. However, you need to have the right equipment to enjoy this new level of home entertainment.

times more data on a display screen than a standard definition broadcast thanks to the increased picture resolution that HD broadcasts deliver.

A new European industry-wide technical standard has been defined for products which will be able to display High Definition images.

Any product featuring this logo guarantees:

•A minimum native resolution of the display or display engine (in the case of DLP projectors, for example) is 720 lines in widescreen format.

will see. The more image data available, the more detail in the display and the greater your viewing experience. That’s why all the widescreen LCD TVs in this brochure have a minimum panel resolution of 1280 x 720 (almost 1 million pixels). Potentially each pixel can display different information,

so enhancing the colour, tone and ultimately, the three-dimensionality of the image displayed.

As pioneers of DVD and the new HD DVD technologies, we have shown our continuing commitment to bringing the very latest advances in AV technology into your home for your ultimate enjoyment. Our latest LCD screens are packed with image-enhancing technology such as Active Vision LCD and Real Digital picture processing, while our range of DLP™ TVs and projectors bring the full impact of cinema style viewing into your living room.

What is Active Vision LCD?

Active Vision is a high performance picture processing system designed to produce a stunning picture by enhancing four core elements of a television image:

Detail – Active Vision LCD can reproduce three times more pixels than a conventional LCD TV.

Colour – Active Vision LCD can reproduce four times more colour tones than a conventional LCD TV.

Movement – Using Real Speed Progressive technology, Active Vision LCD dramatically reduces jagged edges on lines and detail during fast-moving scenes.

Contrast – Active Vision LCD uses a dynamic contrast enhancer to adjust contrast levels automatically. While it is important for an LCD TV to have a high performance panel, for the best results it is absolutely essential to have a high performance picture processing system.

What is Real Digital Picture Processing?

Real Digital adds yet another dimension to the picture processing technology by reducing the number of signal separations that normally occur in an LCD TV.

Signal processing in current LCD TVs has to pass through numerous separate signal conversions before it arrives at the panel processing chip. This process dramatically reduces the picture signal quality of the TV.

Toshiba’s new Real Digital picture processing reduces the signal separation stages, therefore maintaining the original detail of the signal, and enhancing the picture performance.

If the HDMI™ interface is used, the signal is carried directly to the panel signal processor as a digital signal, and no picture separation occurs.

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