Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Category
Toshiba has announced its new Cell TV which promises 2D to 3D conversion, HD upscaling and internet video. It’s certainly promising, but will it deliver?
The Cell TV does have some power inside it with the ‘Broadband Engine’, a new proprietary eight-core processor. That’s ten times the average power of a PC and 143 times more powerful than a run of the mill LCD TV.
2D to 3D Upscaling
These processors are used to convert all content up to 1080p 3D, so a regular 2D video in standard definition (and even 2D games) becomes a 3D experience. Sounds on paper like you’ll be getting the Avatar experience.
But don’t get those old Baywatch tapes out just yet! SD to HD up-scaling in past HDTVs has not been the true HD experience promised, so its highly unlikely the 2D to 3D up-scaling will be either. After all even movies shot in 3D don’t always look that good. Continue Reading…
DivX has changed tact and reinvented itself more time than most. Its latest move is away from a dedicated set-top box and to a streaming Internet TV platform which will be available on a range of devices. Though competition is already fierce.
