Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Super PlayStation-powered TV records eight channels at once


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).

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 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).

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.

Source: smh


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