CES 2012 Post Show Report Part Three-Toshiba’s HDTV Line
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
[HD Guru]
Toshiba came to Las Vegas with nine new series of HDTVs. Its top series include Smart passive 3D models and all new slim styling. Toshiba also showed its latest iteration of glasses-less 3D TV with a promise of delivery later this year.
Glasses-Less 3D
Toshiba demonstration model was based on its model now on sale in Japan. The 55-Inch screen displays 2D content upconverted to 4K resolution (3840 x 2160) while providing up to nine viewing positions in 3D.
The latest glasses less version incorporates face tracking allowing a single viewer to sit anywhere in front of the TV and get the 3D effect. How did it look? To us the 3D was there but did not appear as dramatic as glasses models, however with Toshiba’s demo material it is difficult to judge if it issue was the programming or the TV.
To pull off the 3D requires the Toshiba to send different images to the left and right eyes. How do they do it? Toshiba won’t say. We’ll call it a work in process and anxiously await a US production model. With Sharp, Samsung
, LG and Toshiba promising 4K HDTVs this year it will be interesting to see which manufacturer will make it to market first.
Passive 3D
Toshiba 3D line features include new Aero styling with thin bezel, ePortal Media guide with search, Dual Core CQ signal processing and passive 3D.
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