HDTV quality DVD Player

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HDTV quality DVD Player is new generation of DVD player with High-definition television (HDTV) screen quality replay.

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Toshiba announced this new type of DVD player to put market by end of 2008 on late May 2008. This is to complement announces discontinuation of HD DVD businesses in February 2008. This player is aiming to replay existing DVD contents, available in rental shop or market as of May 2008, to quasi-HDTV screen quality.[1]

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The storage capacity of Blu-ray Disc is more than 5 times of DVD, and HD DVD is more than 3 times of DVD practically. The screen replay picture quality is over 2 million pixels with Blu-ray Disc, whereas DVD replay quality is approx. 350 thousand pixels. This new type of DVD player implements LSI to complement recorded signal and adding required information to realize almost HDTV picture quality by high-speed calculations.

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  1. ^ Article of Yomiuri Shimbun dated May 30, 2008 in Japanese.
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