Wednesday 23 August 2006

1080p TVs from Toshiba, with a twist...

Everyone seems to be releasing 1080p TVs these days. Now Toshiba has announced updated REGZA LCD TVs.

The top 3 of the Z2000 series can handle the higher 1920 x 1080 resolution in 37, 42 and 47 inch variants. Their specs stand out from the crowd though with the 3 HDMI ports, 2 FireWire and 3 Ethernet ports.

Ethernet? Yup, apparently, they can playback content from a PC or a new Toshiba media server over your network.

It's an interesting concept I must admit and I wonder if it will catch on with other manufacturers. If it does, it kind of reduces the need for Mac minis and media centre PCs attached to TVs in the normal way, all you would need is some network attached storage.

Via HD Beat.

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