Toshiba Europe GmbH has announced a new series in its RV range of LCD TVs. The RV733 series is aimed at consumers who value a high quality viewing experience, sophisticated usability and broad connectivity at an affordable price. The RV series spans three models with different screen sizes: the 81.3 cm (32”) 32RV733, 93.4 cm (37”) 37RV733, and 101.6 cm (40”) 40RV733. They will be available in March throughout Europe.
First class picture quality
Toshiba’s RV733 series sets come with a Full HD 16:9 panel with 1920 x 1080 pixels to meet consumers’ demand for high picture quality. To tap the full potential of the Full HD panels – the vast majority of content in Europe is still in SD quality – the RV733 TVs feature Toshiba’s upscaling technology Resolution+. Powered by Toshiba’s MetaBrain processor Resolution+ upscales content from standard definition (SD) sources to near high definition quality with improved edge detail and texture. A natural colour reproduction in accordance with movie production standards and the high dynamic contrast ratio of 50.000:1 boost the impression of sharp and brilliant picture quality close to HD level.
Part of a wireless connected home
Anticipating the raising demand for connectivity in consumer electronics home devices, Toshiba equipped its RV733 series with a variety of interfaces: All RV733 TVs are Wi-Fi® ready for wireless connection via an USB dongle with WLAN interface. Support of Wi-Fi® Protected Setup (WPS) enables the addition of WLAN connections to the home network easyily by a push of a button. Thanks to the DLNA® (Digital Living Network Alliance) certification the RV733 series can share content with other digital devices in an existing home network.
In addition to WLAN connectivity, all RV733 models come with two USB and two Scart interfaces, a PC port, LAN interface, headphone output, ports for digital audio output, component video input and a DVB common interface. To receive uncompressed signals from a source device the RV733 series is equipped with four HDMI 1.4 (High Definition Multimedia Interface).
A CI+ slot (Common Interface) enables users to subscribe to different pay TV channels. When connected to a games console or a PC the RV733’s Game Mode and PC Mode respectively automatically adjust the picture settings and adapt the picture to the screen format of the TV accordingly.
Toshiba expands its standard-level LCD TV range
Toshiba Europe GmbH has also unveiled new members of its LCD TV portfolio, the AV and LV series. The new series offer brilliant picture quality in W-XGA (AV series) and Full HD (LV series) and have a broad connectivity set. The AV series models with smaller screen sizes of 48 cm (19’’), 56 cm (22”) and 66cm (26”) are suited to smaller rooms with limited space, including. kitchens, bedrooms, home offices, children’s room or student accommodation. The AV and LV series models with 81.3 cm (32”) and 102 cm (40”) are suitable for all-day use in larger rooms like living rooms. The AV and LV series will be available in Europe in April 2010.
Easy and broad connectivity
The new AV and LV series offer broad connectivity options to make content transfer and sharing with other devices in the home network feasible. In addition to HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) they now offer a USB interface enabling slide shows stored on devices such as laptops and camcorders.
Scart ports, a PC port, inputs for headphones, and a component video input complement the connectivity services. The AV/LV 713 and AV/LV 733 series also come with a DVB common interface. For connecting a games console or a PC with an AV/LV series TV the Game Mode or PC mode respectively automatically switch to the appropriate picture settings. These modes adapt the format of the displayed pictures according to the input of the connected device.
AV series: HD ready
The HD ready AV 703 / 713 / 733 series offer a choice of screen sizes spanning 48.3 cm (19”), 55.9 cm (22”), 66.0 cm (26”), and 81.3 cm (32”) and a panel resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels (WXGA). They will be available either in an airy glossy black design (AV7x3) or in glossy white (AV7x4). The AV703 series comes with an analogue tuner only while the AV713 TVs are also equipped with a DVB-T tuner. The AV733 devices feature analogue and digital tuners for DVB-T and DVB-C. Last but not least the AV713 and AV733 devices also can receive HD signals.
LV series: Full HD ready
The Full HD TVs of the LV series come with the screen sizes of 81.3 cm (32”) and 101.6 cm (40”). With a panel resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, they can display content in Full HD resolution at a yet very decent price. The new LV series come in a stylish black Bottom Lagoon Design. All TVs of the LV 703 / 713 / 733 series have an analogue tuner. LV713 TVs feature a DVB-T tuner, and RV733 offers also access to DVB-C.
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Source: Toshiba
