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Toshiba unveiled their new Cell TV at the CES 2010 show… and it was nothing short of amazing.  However, in today’s market, with the economy the way it is, only time will tell if people will cough up the dough for such an amazing time waster.

Some of the most remarkable features include:

1 ) Trivector 2D to 3D Upsampling
Toshiba claims the TV can actually convert 2D video to 3D, while very skeptical, I’m also very anxious to see how this feature works out.

2 ) Zira2 Localized Dimming
Localized dimming is a relatively new feature in the LCD TV game.  Basically, it dims the LED’s in parts of the screen with dark zones.  It produces stunning results, providing truly deep blacks and contrast not seen before in LCD TV’s.  None of the other TV’s at CES used more than 96 separately controlled zones, whereas the Cell TV will include an incredible 512 zones.

3 ) Wireless HD
Wow… just wow… trying to route 25 foot HDMI cables through your living room can be an incredibly complex challenge, but the Cell TV comes with a sending unit where you connect your HDMI input, then it sends the signal wirelessly to the TV.  This can save a lot of time and frustration, and should prove to be a popular feature.

4 ) Cell Processor
As the name suggests, the Cell TV packs the same punch as a Sony Playstation 3, with the Cell processor on board.  With 8 cores running at 3.2GHz, there’s no shorting of processing power in this beast.

5 ) Built in 1TB Hard Drive
With a full terabyte of storage space built in, the Cell TV is able to record an amazing amount of live TV, as well as serve as a media server for your whole house.

6 ) Resolution+
There are 2 modes to this feature: Super Resolution+ scales DVD like content up to HD-like quality, and Net Resolution+ scales web video into… something better.   It’s essentially interpolation, but with the power of the Cell processor, it’s much more advanced than what we’ve seen before.

7 ) Built-In Blue-ray Player With Recording
One more powerful feature, one less component cluttering up your living room.  With a built-in Blue-ray recorder, you will be able to archive footage from your hard drive, and even backup your Blue-ray discs to the 1TB hard drive (don’t count on this though… with DRM protection, I’m sure the MPAA will keep this locked town pretty tight).

8 ) Clear Scan 480
The Cell TV will hit 480 frames per second with backlight scanning, and without it, you’re viewing a true 240Hz LCD panel.  When used with the 3D feature, Toshiba claims each eye experiences true 240Hz motion.

9 ) Auto View RGB
The Cell TV will incorporates an RGB light sensor that will monitor the rooms brightness and light color, and will adjust it’s brightness, contrast, sharpness and color temperature to optimize the viewing experience in your particular setting.

10 ) Net TV
Wireless 802.11n connectivity gives the Cell TV access to Vudu, CinemaNow, and Netflix for movies, Pandora for music, Flickr for photos, Facebook and Twitter for social networking and RallyPoint for fantasy sports.

All in all, it’s an incredible list of features, but it’s sure to come with an incredible price tag as well.  Like I said, in an economy like this, this is risky business.  It’s no doubt a remarkable exhibit of technological advancement, but only time will tell if there’s really a market for it yet.

Source: Digital Trends

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