Toshiba debuts ‘near-HD’ DVD player
By Joseph Palenchar of TWICE -- Video Business,08/18/2008
AUG. 18 | FROM TWICE: Toshiba is positioning its first DVD player with eXtended Detail Enhancement (XDE) technology as delivering "near-HD" picture quality from standard-definition DVDs and bridging the price and performance gap between current up-scaling DVD players and Blu-ray players.The XD-E500, available at retail on Aug. 18 for a $149 suggested retail, is targeted to consumers who are heavily invested in DVD collections, aren’t ready to step up to a high-definition player priced at a minimum $400, and would appreciate an up-scaling DVD player "with an added layer of enhancement" that brings picture quality "closer to HD," said Louis Masses, product planning director of Toshiba’s digital A/V group. XDE technology, however, "is not meant to replace, kill or compete with Blu-ray," he said.
The introduction is backed by a print- and Web-based ad campaign urging consumers to "breathe new life into your DVDs."
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| Submitted by: | David Mariez (mariezd@hotmail.com) 8/19/2008 5:48:31 AM PT |
Doesn''''t matter what you call it: in the end it''''s still a standard DVD. This player will simply enhance, even more, problems of the master used for the DVD on the HDTV.
I watched the standard version of "Twister" yesterday and it was horrible. People have to understand that an upconverter not only enhances the image by adding "false" lines that doesn''''t exist on the master in the first place
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