March 24, 2004

By: Matt Arp
Website: http://www.1st-in-hdtv.com

Toshiba takes the wraps off bold new line of advanced direct-view

Toshiba's comprehensive color TV lineup for 2002 spans all types of advanced display devices, from advanced analog TVs to a 10th anniversary line of reference-standard Cinema Series TVs featuring the highest-resolution projection TV ever offered to the consumer market, the 57-inch LCoS projection set. The new lineup includes 20 HDTV-Compatible sets, 13 widescreen (16:9) models, with an expanded selection of FST Pure "Purely Flat" sets, more widescreen (16:9) TVs, two high-performance plasma displays, as well as the company's first LCD set.

Noted Scott Ramirez, Toshiba's Vice President of Marketing. "As a principal innovator and manufacturer of high-performance display devices, Toshiba is continuing to give consumers the most choice in display devices, more selections in screen size, feature packages and technologies throughout our TV line. We've made significant enhancements to the core image-producing technologies, along with convenience enhancements and new cosmetic designs that clearly establish Toshiba as the industry's most innovative, high-performance manufacturer offering the highest overall entertainment value."

Ongoing Commitment To High-Performance Direct-View TV Toshiba is demonstrating its commitment to high-performance direct-view television in 2002 with a strengthened and newly designed line of analog and HDTV-Compatible direct-view sets. The company's new line of non-flat color TV sets now ranges from 13-inch portables to 36-inch SuperTUBE™ sets, with new double-baffle silver cabinetry on select 20-inch and larger models. In analog projection TV, Toshiba is introducing models in screen sizes ranging from 43 to 61 inches, all with a newly designed PowerFocus™ HD CRT.

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